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I-80 Football Show: Does Penn State need to reach the National Championship for their season to be successful?
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The 2025 football season is around the corner, and we're starting preview season off by asking ten questions about the Big Ten! After winning a national championship, will Ohio State take a step back, or will they make another deep playoff run? Oregon won the Big Ten in their first season in the conference. will they end the season as a top two team in back-to-back seasons? We can't wait for the season to start, where these questions will be answered in due time!
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Introduction and Personal Stories
00:00:11
Get Defensive Sports Network
What's good, everybody? Welcome in into another episode of gay Defensive Sports Network's I-80 football show. As always, i'm your host, Jordan. i'm here with my co-host, Dante.
00:00:23
Dante
Struggling. Oh, man. Besides struggling with the name, how you doing?
00:00:28
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You know, I'm all right. actually, um I was just on I-80. while
00:00:35
Dante
Yep, yep, yeah.
00:00:35
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But like for a good seven hours. And I was thinking about this show while I was on there. I said, man, that's this is a this is a good name.
00:00:42
Dante
Oh.
00:00:44
Get Defensive Sports Network
you know is ah i drove past Penn State's campus, like the exit to Penn State.
00:00:45
Dante
Oh.
00:00:48
Dante
Mm-hmm.
00:00:49
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I said, man, taking a road trip. It was funny. i you know You know, like when you drive and you get like bored. I was like trying to like, we have, our show is good. So I didn't, I actually didn't think of anything that needed to be changed.
00:01:03
Get Defensive Sports Network
But I was driving like, man, do we need a new segment? So I was just like looking at things on the side of the road, like whatever, to see. like i was I was thinking about the show as I was making that eight-hour drive from Akron to to New York on I-80.
00:01:13
Dante
Oh, my God.
00:01:15
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So, yeah, but I'm like, yeah, it ain't that bad.
00:01:16
Dante
Eight hour drive. Good heavens. you know ah do You know, see, here's my thing. I've said this plenty of times. if people If you've been a fan of the show and people from chat, because I am streaming, hello.
00:01:30
Dante
um I hate driving.
00:01:35
Dante
I hate it so much. And when you add, like, my legit limit, the longest drive I've ever done in my life was $8. My limit that I will do personally driving is $5.
00:01:45
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Okay.
00:01:49
Dante
You asked me to do any...
00:01:49
Get Defensive Sports Network
That barely gets you out of Ohio. From
00:01:52
Dante
That literally gets me to Chicago from Columbus.
00:01:55
Get Defensive Sports Network
Columbus, not from Cleveland. yeah Actually, no, sorry. From Cleveland, it probably gets you to Chicago, too, because you can just take I-80. But in general, five hours barely.
00:02:06
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If you had to go south, five hours barely gets you out of Ohio.
00:02:07
Dante
it get me state it gives me to It also gets me to Indianapolis
00:02:11
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From Cleveland?
00:02:12
Dante
from columbus
00:02:13
Get Defensive Sports Network
Oh, well, yeah. that Listen, i ah know no no bullshit. I tell everyone that one of my favorite things about living in Columbus is you can get almost anywhere under six hours. like And I've actually like looked it up and some of the jobs I've made.
00:02:23
Dante
yep
00:02:25
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You can get to Chicago, Indianapolis, North Carolina. You can't get to Charlotte, but you can get to the Raleigh-Durham area in six. I think you can get somewhere in Tennessee...
00:02:32
Dante
Yep. I could get to East Lansing in four, I believe. Right.
00:02:37
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Yep, you can get to Detroit. You can get to the DMV. Oh, no, the DMV is eight. You can get to Pittsburgh, of course.
00:02:44
Dante
Right.
00:02:44
Get Defensive Sports Network
if you If you're like me and for some reason went to WVU, you can get to WVU. ah You can get to certain parts of Virginia, but you can't get to Virginia Beach. That's further.
00:02:55
Dante
Mm-hmm. Oh, yeah, you're right.
00:02:56
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But, you can get a lot of places.
00:02:57
Dante
Because I've been to West Virginia, too, as well. And he came in out Columbus.
00:02:59
Get Defensive Sports Network
Yeah, West Virginia.
00:03:01
Dante
Yeah. So, yeah. Yep. Yep. Mm-hmm.
00:03:03
Get Defensive Sports Network
Yeah, you can get a lot of places. And you can...
00:03:05
Dante
Yeah,
00:03:07
Get Defensive Sports Network
It's eight it eight to get to New York. So, yeah, but no, like, that's one my favorite...
00:03:09
Dante
because I've driven. I've driven. i've i've i did part of the drive, but I rode from Cleveland to New York, and that was like eight hours.
00:03:20
Get Defensive Sports Network
Yeah, yep. So, yeah, no, that's that was one of my favorite things about living in Columbus, because that's also why there's so much drug trafficking.
00:03:21
Dante
Yeah. Yeah.
00:03:26
Get Defensive Sports Network
there's also why there's...
00:03:26
Dante
you Yeah.
00:03:29
Get Defensive Sports Network
this There's also other trafficking that I don't want to talk about right now.
00:03:30
Dante
here Yeah.
00:03:35
Get Defensive Sports Network
There's a lot of things because Columbus and all the highways and then things. But yeah, no. Columbus is that. I do. I do like that about Columbus.
00:03:43
Dante
Yeah.
00:03:45
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I don't know. people But I like to drive. Anything...
00:03:48
Dante
See, that's fair.
00:03:50
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As long as I'm going for a long enough time, i have, when I was in college, I would drive eight hours and be there for 48 hours. I can't do that no more. Like, it has to be worth being there.
00:04:01
Dante
Mm-hmm.
00:04:01
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Like, yeah, I would get in the car and drive to North Carolina for a weekend.
00:04:04
Dante
Yeah, no.
00:04:06
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Yeah, like, so like, now that, like, I have to be there for like long enough, like, if I was going to do it now, if I was going to eight hours and i was going somewhere, i would have to leave on Thursday and come back Monday.
00:04:16
Dante
Mm-hmm.
00:04:17
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Because to be there Friday, Saturday, Sunday, to me would be worth it. Three days, I can make the eight hours down and back. Anything less than that, I'm not doing it no more. But yeah, driving, I like to drive. I just move.
00:04:27
Dante
Yeah, nah, I hate to drive. And it's really because of every everybody else.
00:04:32
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There.
00:04:33
Dante
Yeah. i
00:04:34
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Well, on the I-80 football show, my personal drive down I-80 was super easy. There was nobody on the road. It was a straight shot. no No traffic, no BS.
00:04:41
Dante
Nice.
00:04:44
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It was all right. So...
00:04:45
Dante
You really went home. two It's jabbed rip Jazz and Ripfest this weekend.
00:04:54
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Truth is I'm tired. with This is piss me off.
00:04:57
Dante
yeah
00:04:59
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I told you.
00:04:59
Dante
ah
00:05:00
Get Defensive Sports Network
i don't know if I said it on the show, but I told you all the good stuff was to happen when I when i left.
00:05:04
Dante
The weekend after.
00:05:05
Get Defensive Sports Network
No.
00:05:08
Dante
I looked it up last night and was like, damn. Damn.
00:05:14
Get Defensive Sports Network
no That's my sister's fault. She couldn't have waited another week.
00:05:18
Dante
Nope.
00:05:20
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Well, what can we do?
Big Ten Conference Preview
00:05:22
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Yeah, no, I knew I knew i knew i was going.
00:05:23
Dante
It's funny how you didn't blame the baby. No.
00:05:25
Get Defensive Sports Network
It wasn't always her fault because if she waited a week, then her due date would have been this week and I would have been there. If the baby stayed another week, they'd have to take her to the hospital. That's not healthy, I don't think. I don't think you can be that that far. That's 10 days past the due date. I think they'd have been concerned.
00:05:42
Dante
Nah, people have done much longer.
00:05:45
Get Defensive Sports Network
Then 10 days past the due date?
00:05:47
Dante
Yes. Some people have done like a month.
00:05:48
Get Defensive Sports Network
Hey, you gotta, you gotta get this thing out of here.
00:05:52
Dante
Yeah.
00:05:52
Get Defensive Sports Network
braty lo talk No, no.
00:05:55
Dante
and but
00:05:57
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Yeah.
00:05:59
Dante
I mean, you can induce it.
00:05:59
Get Defensive Sports Network
My sister was hitting.
00:06:00
Dante
If you if you're if you get to the due date and it'll go past, you can induce it if you want, but they'll wait a little bit.
00:06:06
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My sister hit her due date and was like, why is this baby still in here?
00:06:11
Dante
like, what the fuck are we
00:06:16
Dante
ah see light with the but fuck are we yeah
00:06:19
Get Defensive Sports Network
No, because she thought the baby was going to come early.
00:06:20
Dante
but
00:06:21
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So he likes me with duvet.
00:06:22
Dante
i
00:06:24
Get Defensive Sports Network
And she said, dog, come on, bro. What are we?
00:06:26
Dante
you really wait You really wanted... Really?
00:06:29
Get Defensive Sports Network
You wanted to go, you were like you needed to go full term?
00:06:30
Dante
Really?
00:06:32
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Yeah.
00:06:33
Dante
really
00:06:34
Get Defensive Sports Network
Yeah, so.
00:06:35
Dante
oh crying that what he
00:06:38
Get Defensive Sports Network
Oh, God. Yeah, but no, the last thing I'm going to say about this road trip, I listened to the Clips album. Have you heard it yet?
00:06:46
Dante
yes yes i have
00:06:48
Get Defensive Sports Network
I listened to it while i was driving, and they lucky there was nobody on that road. cause i Hey, boy, that was a haters anthem. I really would have let guys sort them out. Like, don't don't drive crazy when I'm listening to this album, bro. What you talking about?
00:07:03
Get Defensive Sports Network
I was on I-80. Look, I was looking for the cops like I had drugs in the car. plastic of I up I-80.
00:07:10
Dante
I got a level four felony in my car.
00:07:12
Get Defensive Sports Network
i had the
00:07:12
Dante
Shut up.
00:07:13
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powder whitney
00:07:17
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go look there Yeah, you think it's suitcases. It looks like I'm moving. No, moving work.
00:07:25
Dante
ah
00:07:26
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Bruh, that album, yeah, that album was fire, but also just the hate.
00:07:30
Dante
aella little
00:07:30
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The hate.
00:07:32
Dante
fe are shut up thats
00:07:36
Get Defensive Sports Network
Boy, what you talking about? And it's like,
00:07:38
Dante
And I'm crossing state lines.
00:07:41
Get Defensive Sports Network
Multiple, multiple. Stop playing with me. I got drugs all through PA.
00:07:51
Get Defensive Sports Network
But yeah, now the album is fire, bro. I'm like, yeah, but I do know. i had to bring it up on the podcast because, first of all, Let God Sort Him Out is the perfect title for haters.
00:08:03
Get Defensive Sports Network
just like it's just It's just like the perfect, but I really don't fuck with these niggas. Let God sweat them out. like But also, it's just so much hate in the lyrics. Like it was 70, it was 60% coke, 30% hate and 10% I'm richer than you, which is another form of hating.
00:08:20
Dante
I bleed the fifth.
00:08:22
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Like it's another form of like, ugh, broke, brokey. I ignored that part. But you know you know, the rest of it, I was locked in.
00:08:27
Dante
Yeah.
00:08:31
Dante
yeah
00:08:31
Get Defensive Sports Network
I was selling drugs too, if you ask me.
00:08:37
Dante
happily to fifth who yeah
00:08:42
Get Defensive Sports Network
No, the album was fire. i was i I think I listened to it i think i listened to it twice while i was in the car, and I said, yeah.
00:08:44
Dante
Yeah, I like the album.
00:08:49
Get Defensive Sports Network
This is not the album you listen to and have road rage.
00:08:53
Dante
And that's why I haven't listened to it in the car.
00:08:55
Get Defensive Sports Network
But you have to. Just don't drive nowhere. just Just don't drive nowhere.
00:08:59
Dante
But it's a whole album. I have to drive somewhere if I'm going to listen
00:09:01
Get Defensive Sports Network
Well, you're right. I don't know what to tell you. i don't know what to tell the people around. Let guys sort it out.
00:09:07
Dante
to it. You know what I got to do?
00:09:08
Get Defensive Sports Network
Like,
00:09:10
Dante
I got to pull my truck... yeah Put my truck on my insurance and then I'll be fine. I still haven't done that.
00:09:15
Get Defensive Sports Network
There you go
00:09:16
Dante
I still haven't done that for some odd reason.
00:09:19
Get Defensive Sports Network
go. You driving dirty.
00:09:23
Dante
Technically, no. I'm insured. the ah
00:09:27
Get Defensive Sports Network
OK.
00:09:28
Dante
i am personally am insured. My car, on the other hand.
00:09:31
Get Defensive Sports Network
OK. Got you. Gray area.
00:09:34
Dante
Yeah.
00:09:35
Get Defensive Sports Network
Gray area. There is insurance. Gray area.
00:09:38
Dante
There is insurance, yes.
00:09:38
Get Defensive Sports Network
I got it. understand. I understand.
00:09:40
Dante
I just got to switch the car, you know? need to switch the vehicle and then we're good.
00:09:44
Get Defensive Sports Network
if
00:09:46
Dante
We're good.
00:09:46
Get Defensive Sports Network
Yeah. This is, I promise we won't start the show. I promise.
00:09:51
Dante
This is
00:09:51
Get Defensive Sports Network
um So I don't think, this is definitely not specifically a Northeast Ohio thing, but we perpetrated some of the worst.
00:10:02
Get Defensive Sports Network
I used to get yelled at for the fact of like how much I used to drive with my license suspended. And I had to tell my wife, i was like, everybody I know drives with their license suspended. Like everybody I know. She's like, no. I was like, everybody that you meet from Canton that I know has driven with their license suspended.
00:10:20
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It just happens. but but What do you mean? which what The license is a suggestion.
00:10:25
Dante
No.
00:10:25
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Sometimes you you got to go to work.
00:10:25
Dante
um
00:10:27
Get Defensive Sports Network
You got to go to work. And then Canton, they love to suspend their license. You got to go to work. My license has been suspended like four times. I got to go to work.
00:10:35
Dante
Jesus Christ. So my I was driving with my license suspended, but I had no clue I was doing that.
00:10:37
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Yeah.
00:10:42
Get Defensive Sports Network
They don't tell you.
00:10:44
Dante
had no clue. Okay.
00:10:44
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First of all, so four sounds crazy, but two times were off the same thing because I thought I cleared it.
00:10:46
Dante
i had no clue
00:10:52
Get Defensive Sports Network
So my license were suspended.
00:10:57
Get Defensive Sports Network
And then I went to college. and I cleared it, but they did something wrong. So then I got pulled over in Kent and they suspended it again. So it's really been three, because two times about the same thing, and it was a paperwork error.
00:11:10
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It wasn't my fault. like I had to go back down there and be like, I paid this.
00:11:11
Dante
okay fair fair fair
00:11:13
Get Defensive Sports Network
Why am I licensed still suspended? So it's really only been three times. They don't be telling nobody.
00:11:20
Dante
yeah uh yeah yeah like
00:11:20
Get Defensive Sports Network
They just suspended. You don't find out until you can...
00:11:24
Dante
I was driving from Columbus back to Cleveland and cop pulls me over. I literally just get off the highway. Cop pulls me over. He takes my license and my stuff. He comes back. He's like, so you're driving with a suspended license.
00:11:36
Dante
was like, no, I'm not. Like, ah
00:11:39
Get Defensive Sports Network
And that's always the reaction. What are you talking about? No, they never
00:11:42
Dante
what are you talking about? No, I'm not. He's like, yeah, no, it says here your license has been suspended for like two months. i was like, hmm? I was like, I had no clue.
00:11:49
Get Defensive Sports Network
send it.
00:11:50
Dante
Since when? was like, what do you mean two months? He was like, you didn't get anything in the mail? No, not at all. And I was like i've been he was like, he was like, all right, so I'm going to give you back your license and I'm going to act like you got picked up.
00:11:56
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they' never recind it
00:12:07
Dante
And I'm going to go on wait for me to leave, then you get home. was like, all right. I got home the next day.
00:12:14
Get Defensive Sports Network
but
00:12:15
Dante
i literally went to the B&B and got everything or courthouse and everything figured out. Because he told me he told me what where it was, what happened. i was like, don't even know.
00:12:25
Get Defensive Sports Network
Yeah, that's crazy. One time, ah first of all, I didn't know you could go to jail for driving with a suspended license. So I was driving around Kent and I got, and and to make it matters worse, it was Thanksgiving weekend, bruh, they pulled me over.
00:12:36
Dante
leave
00:12:39
Get Defensive Sports Network
And you your suspended license. And then they said, it's Thanksgiving, so we're not going to take you to jail. I said, you can go to jail for driving without a suspended license? What are talking about? He said, yeah.
00:12:48
Dante
and
00:12:49
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I said, since when?
00:12:50
Dante
I thought you just take the car. I thought you just take the car.
00:12:54
Get Defensive Sports Network
je I'm like, jail? For a suspended license?
00:12:56
Dante
Jail?
00:12:57
Get Defensive Sports Network
The worst case? I had to walk home. What do you mean? So, yeah, they they put me in the back and they dropped me off at my dorm and they took the car. But I said, jail for a suspended license is crazy.
00:13:07
Dante
jail
00:13:07
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You want me to hold up on Thanksgiving? Talking about, talking about yeah, what you in here for? it I have a license. Like, that's dumb, bro. Stop playing
00:13:15
Dante
but
00:13:16
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Yeah, so...
00:13:16
Dante
You know, to the dude, the cop was like, we're we're technically supposed to take your car. I was like, bro, I didn't know. was like, no one told me anything. was like, that don't take my car.
00:13:27
Dante
Like, how how else am I going to go fix this?
00:13:27
Get Defensive Sports Network
One time I...
00:13:31
Dante
Like, what's
00:13:31
Get Defensive Sports Network
Yeah, like, how am I going... Yeah, if you have to... But i am I found out my license was suspended one time while going to renew my license. I was at the DMV and I was at the DMV. I said, yeah, I want to renew my tax or something. And they said, you can't renew your tax. I said, why? They said, your license is suspended.
00:13:54
Get Defensive Sports Network
I said, what do you mean? And i' was like, so can I fix it? They're like, no, you have to go to court. I'm like, but I'm at the DMV. And they say, yeah, you you got to go to court.
00:14:03
Dante
like They can't stop you.
00:14:07
Get Defensive Sports Network
And they let me drive away. They just handed me my paperwork back.
00:14:12
Dante
There's nothing they can do.
00:14:13
Get Defensive Sports Network
They said, whatever, I just gotta say. And this one was bad because, um, They got suspended up near Toledo. You know that, like, stretch right before you get on 480? Like, it's just, there's, like, nothing there. Like, you get off, yeah, right there.
00:14:28
Get Defensive Sports Network
Like, when we used used to go to Toledo all the time, because the signals and stuff up there, and every time we went, whoever was driving got pulled over every single time. And one of them times, it was me, and I guess they suspended my license, and I didn't even know it, so...
00:14:41
Get Defensive Sports Network
But here on the I-80 football show, we, our license are in order to record this podcast, at least.
00:14:47
Dante
Yes, yes, yes.
00:14:48
Get Defensive Sports Network
We are legal when we go up and down I-80.
00:14:51
Dante
Yeah, because literally just had to renew my license.
00:14:51
Get Defensive Sports Network
Damn.
00:14:54
Dante
I literally just had to do it because I turned 31 earlier this year. So, yep.
00:14:58
Get Defensive Sports Network
All right.
00:14:59
Dante
All right.
00:15:03
Get Defensive Sports Network
So 15 minutes and we'll actually talk about football. Um,
00:15:11
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If you listen to last week's show, you know what this episode is about because in the middle of, like, not the middle, that's exaggerated. In the very beginning of the show, I'm like, man, I feel like we're doing the wrong show.
00:15:18
Dante
Go right.
00:15:21
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And we started talking. I said, no, we we're actually doing the wrong show. So this is the right show.
00:15:27
Dante
Mm-hmm.
00:15:27
Get Defensive Sports Network
This show, we're doing 10 questions for the Big Ten.
00:15:27
Dante
Mm-hmm.
00:15:30
Get Defensive Sports Network
This is officially the start preview season. um Next week, we will have our first preview. um And you should listen. Obviously, i don't care what anybody says. We do the best preview of the Big Ten.
00:15:44
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I don't care nobody says.
00:15:45
Dante
I'm going to have to start streaming.
00:15:46
Get Defensive Sports Network
ah have found one or two other Big Ten conference, Big Ten podcast. They're asked. We do the best. If you like the Big Ten conference, you should listen to us.
00:15:56
Dante
Not their ass.
00:15:58
Get Defensive Sports Network
If you have a fan, if you have a friend, a significant other, cousin, a brother, a girlfriend, a wife, it doesn't matter who they are. Someone, a coworker, Someone you know likes the team of the Big Ten, you should send them this way, right? Football season is around the corner.
00:16:13
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that's when they I mean, this show is good all the time, but it gets really good during football season when we actually have games to watch. So this is the time. Stop playing with us. Follow the YouTube. Follow the TikTok. Share it with your friends. We're here. This is the start of preview season. We start next week. But first, so we wanted to look at the big the conference as a whole, 10 questions for the Big Ten.
00:16:32
Get Defensive Sports Network
And we can just jump right into it. Question number one. is does ohio state does Ohio State take a step back after winning a national championship?
00:16:43
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and define And to be clear, to define a step back, this is not asking if they're going to repeat.
00:16:43
Dante
Uh.
00:16:49
Get Defensive Sports Network
A step back is more like what LSU does, what Michigan did, where like they're because they lost a whole bunch, they're going to win eight or nine games. ah Contention is not a step back.
00:17:00
Get Defensive Sports Network
Are they going to be Are they going to struggle? Are they going to win eight or nine games? Are they not, at the end of the season, going to be one of the teams that we think can win ah national championship? That's a step back.
00:17:12
Dante
Hmm.
00:17:21
Dante
I don't think they take that much of a step back. but that If the step back is literally like only winning, um what is it, eight or nine games? No. um There's a good chance they they don't play in the Big Ten Championship game again.
00:17:40
Dante
um
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So that would be a step back. So like, I said, it yeah, but like, okay, I guess the better way to say it is at the end of the season, are they going to be a team we think can win a national championship, whether they do or don't, or are they either out of the playoffs at like 10-2, 9-3, or are we expecting them to lose in the first round?
00:17:43
Dante
They didn't play any last year though.
00:18:07
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I don't think you're out of the playoffs at 10 and two.
00:18:11
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It depends on how far, probably not.
00:18:11
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who
00:18:13
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Probably not, yeah.
00:18:13
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and Yeah, i don't I don't think that happens. um
00:18:18
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I would say like they don't they might lose in the first first or second round of the playoffs. I forget how many rounds there like three or four, right?
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So you're you're predicting a step back?
00:18:28
Dante
Yeah, a bit of win. I don't think they play in the national championship game, no.
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Okay. So, yeah, I think this was interesting. I'm going to say, based on the criteria, I'm going to say no because I think they get out of the first round. And I think anything after the first round, you can't call it a step back.
00:18:44
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Whether they won the national championship or not, Ohio State should never be a team that loses the first round in the playoff. So based on just how the seating works, if the seating changes, maybe. So like, I think they get out of the first round.
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I'm not entirely sold just yet. We have some time to get to it on how far I think they're going to get. But I think Ohio State benefits this year in particular from everyone sort of taking a step back. Like there's not like we talk about Penn State, but Penn State is who they are. We'll get to them shortly.
00:19:12
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But who is the team that's going to do it, right? Texas lost just as many players as Ohio State has a first-year quarterback. Georgia has a first-year quarterback who I actively think is bad.
00:19:24
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um um Oregon, first-year quarterback who was actively bad at his previous place. Penn State, don't think their quarterback is bad. and Don't think their quarterback is great. And we've seen the Jane Franklin thing.
00:19:37
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Alabama also has a first-year starter. Michigan also has a first-year starter. So this is not a year where I think if you look at Ohio State's roster and situation, if you put this in like 2018, 2019, I think that step back could have been there based on the other teams.
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But I think the whole sport is – I really think the whole sport is more even than it's ever been, and it's largely because all of the top programs are all starting first-year quarterbacks.
00:20:06
Dante
Oh, OK.
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which I think helps them get to that next level of like, yeah, you lost people, but when the next best team in the country is Texas and they lost their entire offensive line, they lost both of their starting tackles, they lost all of their wide receivers.
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And despite the fact that he has a Manning name, he's still a first year starting quarterback. It's like, how much better is anyone than Ohio State, if that makes sense?
00:20:31
Dante
Now see what you mean. um I can see them still losing in the first round. I can see that happening. I can see the same thing where it's like they didn't even they don't ah they don't even they don't make it to the Big Ten Championship game, but that doesn't kick them out of the playoffs.
00:20:49
Dante
I can see that possibly happening. But can... but
00:20:57
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I think it'd be like a small setback. I could see a loss in the first round, but it's just not a bad season. You guys will think would think it'd be terrible though.
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ah Yeah, yeah, i mean, yeah, like I mean, we're not going to be happy.
00:21:09
Dante
nothing
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i think i think I think your assessment is fair. That's reasonable. That doesn't mean we're going to be fair and reasonable if it happens. We being Ohio State fans, we're not.
00:21:17
Dante
Yeah, no, no, no.
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Question number two. And this is not one that we can answer, but it is a question that matters for the conference. Who is Michigan's starting quarterback? There's a lot of smoke that Michigan is going to have a first-year starter who's also a freshman.
00:21:35
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They're going to do the Dylan Raiola thing, a highly recruited quarterback, maybe the number one player, maybe the number one quarterback. i don't remember exactly his recruiting, but he was at least a top 10 player overall, I believe.
00:21:46
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Oops, excuse me.
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And he was like a top five quarterback nationally ah from Michigan. They outbid and a crazy NIL deal. They outbid LSU for him. His name is Bryce Underwood.
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The other guy who is in contention is Mikey Keene, who is the last line of these like fifth-year quarterback kind of things.
00:22:09
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Mikey King came from Fresno State. i think he's I think he's sort of interesting because Michigan played him the last two years, at least last year, but i think it's the last two years they played Fresno State. So they got to see him up front.
00:22:21
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They brought him in as a senior ah to compete for the job. So who knows, right?
00:22:26
Dante
Interesting.
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I think everyone is assuming that it's going to be Bryce. I'm not assuming that it's going to be him, largely because i think we just i think we need to remember how hard it is to start as a freshman.
00:22:40
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like I know we have all this hype and like all these quarterbacks, but like most quarterbacks don't start as a freshman. Bryce Young didn't. CJ Stroud didn't. Josh Allen, like, him. Patrick Mahomes.
00:22:53
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It's really hard to start as a freshman. I think he does have a good chance, better than most, sort of similar to the Nebraska situation with Dylan, of, like, who is going to take the job from him kind of thing. I also think that's partially why he went there, because LSU, he wouldn't start as a freshman.
00:23:10
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um So, yeah, Bryce, I mean, it's it's entirely a guess, but... um if you had to blind guess, Bryce Underwood or Mikey Keene.
00:23:22
Dante
um
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Do they go freshman or do they go senior with experience?
00:23:30
Dante
To start the season.
00:23:32
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Game one.
00:23:32
Dante
First game of the season, game one.
00:23:34
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Game one.
00:23:35
Dante
um I probably go with to see I think I would do the scene
00:23:44
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I would too, which makes me think they're not. But i really I really think they need to protect this kid from himself.
00:23:48
Dante
yeah mm-hmm
00:23:51
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Like, it's like, i don't want to, we're going to do the Dylan Rayola conversation here shortly. But, and we've talked about this before. Think about how Dylan Rayola is used, right?
00:24:05
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He did not have a bad year.
00:24:06
Dante
Uh-huh.
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He had a regular freshman year. And now people just talk about him like he's chopped liver.
00:24:11
Dante
ah
00:24:15
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And Dylan was as highly recruited as as much expectation, if not more, than this kid. And he had a good year. he wasn't the worst. He was middle of the pack as a freshman. He had great moments.
00:24:30
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He had moments where it's like, man, his arm talent is spectacular, but he you can tell he's 19. And he also didn't have a great talent around him.
00:24:37
Dante
Mm-hmm.
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And now people talk about him like he's trash. Like, like you look at all these lists and you look at all this stuff and like nobody, like this kid was like, everyone was talking about three year starter, number one pick. And that legitimately could still happen for him.
00:24:52
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But because he didn't compete for a Heisman as a freshman, people act like he's garbage. So,
00:24:58
Dante
Which is like, that's that's very rare. Something happened on in a few times.
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right. So, you know what I'm saying? so like I think that, um,
00:25:06
Dante
I know.
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I would go with the older guy as well. I think that they should protect him from himself and from the media and from all of these things. I don't know that that's going to happen. So, yeah, probably probably going to be the freshman. Probably going to be Bryce, but I wouldn't do that.
00:25:22
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Question three. This one's fun. um I don't think they're all good, but whatever. This one's fun. What does Indiana look like in year two with Kirk Signetti? We won't go too deep into it because we are going Indiana eventually. Like I said, we do the best previews in the Big Ten. If you've never been here for preview season, I just want to let you know that we talk in depth about every single team, top to bottom, is all 18.
00:25:42
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um And so we're going to get into Indiana. But...
00:25:45
Dante
So many teams.
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So many, so many teams. It's literally five.
00:25:49
Dante
Oh, this used to be easier.
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It's four and four episodes, right?
00:25:50
Dante
It's a lot.
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it' Yeah, God, man. As soon as we we started with 14, and it was cute. It was a cute little 14. And then the next year, it was like, man, we're going to go to 16 in a couple of years. So let's let's just add them in. Let's just talk about it. Let's just do it.
00:26:04
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And then right after that, it was 18. And it's like...
00:26:07
Dante
So many teams.
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Why are we doing this? what Why are you doing this to us? 18 teams is crazy.
00:26:11
Dante
oh eighteen
00:26:13
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um
00:26:14
Dante
Big 10 my ass.
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So we want yeah we we want we won't go too deep into it now, but Indiana lost some people, of course, but they bring in a transfer quarterback.
00:26:16
Dante
know
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They bring in some transfer wide receivers. um They're expected to have a pretty solid defense. And so it's sort of, but at the same
00:26:32
Dante
I think they had a pretty solid defense already. so
00:26:35
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Right, right. But at the same time, they're no longer going to surprise anybody. So I'm not asking for records.
00:26:41
Dante
You think so?
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i After last year, I don't think they can surprise anybody.
00:26:47
Dante
i think I think it still happens. i think I think a lot of people are going to look at Indiana and be like, it's just north like it's it's a Northwestern or Purdue or like Michigan State where they just, eh, blimp.
00:26:56
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e
00:26:59
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and Anyone can have a good year and just...
00:27:02
Dante
Mm-hmm.
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Okay.
00:27:06
Dante
Who else? Who else happened that happened for in the Big Ten?
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Minnesota.
00:27:13
Dante
I was going to say Minnesota. Yeah, Minnesota. um Something like that. Because I think teams still get tripped up by Iowa.
00:27:23
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Crazy.
00:27:24
Dante
hey I think schools still get tripped up by Iowa. So I get what you're coming from. like that That makes sense. And I think the top teams will see that, will understand that. And by that time, there are already being games played, so you can't really... I think...
00:27:44
Dante
i do think Week six, there would be schools getting tripped up and be like, oh, crap, Indiana. like I thought y'all were really not that good. Y'all weren't really going to be good.
00:27:56
Dante
i could see that.
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That's fair. Okay, so...
00:28:00
Dante
the
00:28:01
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I don't know where to set this, because playoffs seem sort of aggressive.
00:28:04
Dante
because cause i
00:28:05
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But it's... So...
00:28:06
Dante
But it's not it's not. I mean, why not? They did it last year. They literally did it last year.
00:28:10
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so Okay, so if you had to bet or give a percentage chance, let let's just do it this way. Is it more likely than not that they get back into the playoffs or at least get close? Let's call it a top 15 finish.
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Top 15 finish.
00:28:27
Dante
Yes. I think they get close.
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They're one the –
00:28:29
Dante
I think they get close, but don't get voted in because of how it ended last year. And like the voters are going to have that type of thought process behind the school, but they definitely probably deserve to make it.
00:28:35
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Mm-hmm.
00:28:43
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I like that. I like that. I agree.
00:28:44
Dante
Mm hmm.
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I think that um we're we're trying to i think we're trying to get off of Indiana too quickly. i I'm not saying they're going to sustain it. as in three, four, or five years from now.
00:28:57
Dante
Mm-hmm.
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But I think they're in a unique place to at least do it two years before they really sort of erode with the transfers. And and like you said, then they're really being taken serious. and And I mean, they recruited one of the best quarterbacks in the portal and it's because his brother played there.
00:29:06
Dante
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
00:29:13
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So they had that, but like he was being recruited by everybody, right? So like, it's not even like they, like they,
00:29:16
Dante
Yep. Yep.
00:29:19
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they have a quarterback that Georgia wanted, right? They had a quarterback that all these teams that I mentioned who have these starting quarterbacks who are new, a lot of these teams, won Oregon wanted of them, right? And at Indiana.
00:29:30
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So Indiana already has a top three, top five quarterback at the beginning of the season in the big 10. And so i agree. I think that, I think it's more likely than not at least top 15 because you can never, you're never sure with how the, um,
00:29:45
Dante
Yeah, I think i think um um i think they're going to – all the complaining that happened last year about them being in it, I I don't think they deserve to be in there. And you're like, all right.
00:30:02
Dante
And then they're going put in an SEC team with a worse record and they're going to lose and you're to be like –
00:30:05
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And we're going to be on this podcast losing our mind.
00:30:08
Dante
Because then we're going to be like, what would have been the difference? The same thing happened. Look at that. Put the better record in at this point.
00:30:14
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Basically.
00:30:15
Dante
You never know.
00:30:17
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I agree with that. Next question. Can Oregon stay as one of the top two teams in the conference? I am not projecting that Oregon is going to be bad. I am not projecting that they're going to fall off.
00:30:28
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But Oregon went in and ran through the conference. started thirteen and o They obviously hit, they got beat by Ohio State in the playoff game, but you have this Ohio State team coming back.
00:30:39
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You have Oregon. You have all this hype with Penn State. You have this Illinois team with a three-year starter coming back. Someone's got to be the third. Someone's got to be fourth.
00:30:47
Dante
you
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Is Oregon that, is is it is it Oregon and then Ohio State and Penn State are fighting for that second spot, or is Oregon maybe the third one looking in? Can they stay as a top two team in the conference going in?
00:31:01
Dante
um I think they can. i think they have to stay around top four. They have to. um Just because my thing is, is i I look at it like this. For Oregon,
00:31:17
Dante
And the Big Ten can be a legit household name and a great recruiting spot because of knit Nike. and And it already has probably.
00:31:29
Dante
But now that they're in the Big Ten, it's a bigger conference, more TV deals, things like that. So I think they have to stay top four.
00:31:35
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are
00:31:38
Dante
I think they can stay top two.
00:31:41
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Yeah, I struggle with this one because i just, I've seen the kid play. I don't think Dante Moore's a good quarterback. And like, everyone's talking about him as the best quarterback in the conference and doing all these things.
00:31:53
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And it's just like, it's weird because i don't think that Oregon has ever, and the two, like, I get what they did with Bo Nix. I get what they did with Michael Penix, right? And then back-to-back first, whatever, right? It's fine.
00:32:10
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But no, Michael Penix was Washington. It was Bo Nix and Dylan Gabriel. Sorry. Bo Nix and Dylan Gabriel.
00:32:22
Dante
Yes, yes, yeah.
00:32:23
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I get it. But it just wasn't impressive to me, to be honest with you. And i think that they're also losing, as everyone is, they're also losing some players.
00:32:35
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i don't I think that ah at least going into the year, In my opinion, the top two teams would be Ohio State and Penn State. Oregon replaces Penn State as a team that's going to be good.
00:32:49
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And if one of those teams loses a game they shouldn't, then they get that second spot. But no one going, I mean, 12 games into the year, no one said that Penn State was the second best team in the Big Ten, even though they went into the conference championship game.
00:33:04
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So can I get to the conference championship game? Sure. I think it comes with some help. It comes with Ohio State stumbling. It comes with Penn State stubling stumbling, losing a game that they shouldn't. Maybe one of them plays an Illinois team and gets upset or something like that.
00:33:17
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But if we're talking beginning right now and how we feel week 12, week 13, rivalry week, I don't think that Oregon going to be considered one of the two best teams in the conference.
00:33:28
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Top four, of course. This is not a prediction that they fall off, but I don't think they have the magic of last year where they were literally the number one seed in the playoff until the playoff started.
00:33:38
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Like, like they were, know I Like they were, or were they the number one seed the whole time?
00:33:42
Dante
i think I think they might have been.
00:33:42
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Were they, were they the number one seed?
00:33:45
Dante
I think they were in number one team.
00:33:46
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Yeah. Well, they were the number one seed. So good, good, but not special.
00:33:48
Dante
I think so, yes.
00:33:52
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um I think they end up three or four and still probably, I do still think they make the playoffs though.
00:33:58
Dante
Yeah.
00:33:58
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Like to be clear, this is not a prediction they fall off.
00:33:58
Dante
Yeah. I'm thinking the question. Yeah.
00:34:01
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That's what ah
00:34:02
Dante
Well, cause the question says, can they, and I think they can. Yes. If you say, will they, will they, I don't know.
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I worded that. Yeah, that should have been will they.
00:34:10
Dante
don't know, but I think they can. Yeah. i think it's possible.
00:34:12
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Yeah, can is the wrong way to word that.
00:34:12
Dante
I think I, again, last, my thing is, is the thing is, is that last you're saying like, can Ohio state and Penn state slip up?
00:34:13
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That should have been will they be.
00:34:21
Dante
Yes. Cause over the past two or three years, both teams have shown that they can't.
00:34:26
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Yeah, can is the wrong word. That should have been will.
00:34:28
Dante
ah
00:34:29
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it It should have been will Oregon stay as one of the top two teams in the conference, which, as you said, is a different question.
00:34:33
Dante
yeah Yeah, I don't think they will, but I think but i definitely think they can. ah definitely think they can.
00:34:38
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Yeah, for sure. Okay, so the next question, question five, is Penn State a legit title contender? And...
00:34:48
Dante
I thought they were last year, so i can't change my answer this year.
00:34:53
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Okay.
00:34:55
Dante
Yeah.
00:34:55
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Yeah, that's fair.
00:34:56
Dante
Yeah.
00:34:57
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And it's another one of those more sort of vague questions like, are there a legit title contender? You have to say yes, but history...
00:35:02
Dante
Because remember I said I didn't think there was really one last year. I didn't think there was a true title contender last year. When we were at this point in the time of the season, yeah.
00:35:09
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Yeah, and me and you went back and...
00:35:12
Dante
And
00:35:13
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Yeah, me and you went back and forth on Penn State the whole year. Because I'm like, I just don't think they're that good. And you're like, bro, what are you watching? And I'm like, I don't know.
00:35:20
Dante
that's what I kept saying.
00:35:20
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I just like, have you are you watching are you watching the quarterback?
00:35:21
Dante
I was like, what are you?
00:35:24
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In the end, I was right. Because the quarterback lost him a game they should have Like, they went further than I thought.
00:35:29
Dante
But you're right.
00:35:29
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But the quarterback lost him game.
00:35:30
Dante
you're you're you're You were right about in that moment, but like they were still a good team.
00:35:31
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But
00:35:35
Dante
They could they could have won a national championship.
00:35:35
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yes, yes.
00:35:38
Dante
For real, for real. like
00:35:39
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Yeah, which which honestly makes this thing worse because it's like, why didn't they? Well, partially the quarterback, and maybe maybe maybe it really is James Franklin. like It's so funny because like if you listen to me talk about James Franklin, I bet you think I don't like him, and then you see where I rank him and the like ranking of coaches, and it's like, you like him.
00:36:00
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like Yes, i think he's I think he's a great coach.
00:36:02
Dante
He's a great coach.
00:36:03
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He is, but also, but but dot, dot, dot, He don't win the big game. and well He just doesn't.
00:36:10
Dante
Sometimes, you you know, I look at it like this.
00:36:11
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like
00:36:13
Dante
You know, at some point, you the break, like, he hasn't caught a break. Let's be, let's, to win a championship takes a lot of skill.
00:36:25
Dante
Let's not act like there's no luck involved. Like, let's, we, we,
00:36:28
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on. We all watch sports. There's a lot of luck involved.
00:36:30
Dante
its There's some luck involved. like Let's be for real. And he hasn't been – he's been on the unlucky side a lot of the time. I have – I'll bring this up all the time. It was against the at that Ohio State game where he played a – he coached a beautiful, beautiful defensive game for about – what is it, 12 minutes a quarter?
00:36:53
Dante
It's 12 minutes a quarter, right?
00:36:54
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Yeah.
00:36:55
Dante
So, like, almost 48 minutes.
00:36:55
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Yeah.
00:36:56
Dante
Like, literally almost. the They're like 40, 45 minutes. forty five minutes equal who go It might be Yeah, you...
00:37:01
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No, is it 15? Am I tripping?
00:37:05
Dante
Fuck, is it
00:37:08
Dante
either way
00:37:08
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Why do Wigs sound so stupid right now? And now in my mind, I'm like, it's 15, right?
00:37:11
Dante
friday right
00:37:16
Dante
right that dont
00:37:18
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This is embarrassing.
00:37:19
Dante
is
00:37:19
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This is something you don't ever think about. But I'm pretty sure it's 15.
00:37:22
Dante
I don't pay attention to.
00:37:26
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Yeah, it's 15. It's the same as the NFL.
00:37:27
Dante
Okay. Okay.
00:37:28
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It's the same as, yeah.
00:37:28
Dante
Okay. So, yeah.
00:37:29
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I'm like, yeah, it's good.
00:37:32
Dante
So, for about three hours, he coached.
00:37:33
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Yeah.
00:37:34
Dante
Because I'm still wrong. But, like, for, a he coached and he.
00:37:38
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Yeah. No, no, when you add in the commercials, it was three hours.
00:37:40
Dante
he
00:37:42
Dante
yeah
00:37:42
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Because cause if we're talking about it in the end, the game was probably like three hours and 13 minutes.
00:37:43
Dante
He coached. Mm-hmm.
00:37:47
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And for three hours, it was just...
00:37:49
Dante
and he coached a beautifully defensive game and he got aggressive. I even, I think I said back then I didn't like the call, but at the same time, I get it.
00:37:59
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You hated it.
00:37:59
Dante
It's a, I hated the call.
00:38:00
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You hated it.
00:38:01
Dante
I did. Cause he was doing beautiful, but my thing is just like, I get it, get aggressive.
00:38:03
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yeah
00:38:05
Dante
You might cause a ah mistake on their Cause it's happened on their end before I get where you were going with it. I just really hated the call.
00:38:15
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Yeah, and for those of you who don't remember, he called a man blitz, like, late, like, late in Ohio.
00:38:19
Dante
Man Blitz. Really, really immediately on that play.
00:38:21
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I'm pretty sure. Did they score a touchdown, or did they just get, like, really close to the end? Yeah. Yeah, okay.
00:38:27
Dante
Literally on that play.
00:38:27
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I couldn't remember they scored a touchdown or if they they went into, like, the five yards. Like, yeah, they scored a touchdown, and it was basically a game.
00:38:31
Dante
was something like that. was like they even...
00:38:33
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And, like, Dante lost his mind for two weeks, two weeks on the podcast talking about why would you call a man blitz? You haven't done it all games.
00:38:40
Dante
ah all game. They were literally waiting for it. like It looked like they were waiting for that.
00:38:46
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Yeah.
00:38:47
Dante
they Oh my god, yay! like
00:38:50
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the
00:38:54
Dante
Oh, just it pissed me off.
00:38:54
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No, I literally just did that in the college football video game.
00:38:56
Dante
But I do think I do think I do think
00:38:57
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I said, yes, touchdown. Yeah, that's exactly what happened.
00:39:03
Dante
he He hasn't been able to truly catch catch that break like how Ryan Day did. right like Like Ryan Day caught a break, oh even though he he he he slipped up but caught a break.
00:39:15
Dante
um ah dad um What's his name? That's at the Chargers now for Michigan.
00:39:21
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Jim Harbaugh.
00:39:22
Dante
Jim, he caught a break. like
00:39:24
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They all do. like like
00:39:25
Dante
Yeah, he just hasn't caught that break yet, honestly.
00:39:25
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Like, no one, this dominant run of kind of, like, it just never really happens.
00:39:29
Dante
Yeah.
00:39:32
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Most people, you you sort of catch a break. um Yeah, Penn State's interesting, man.
00:39:34
Dante
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
00:39:36
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I think, okay, ah before we move off of this, What is – because you can't predict a national championship. You just can't. Even though Michigan loaded up in one and won and Ohio State loaded up and won, you just can't predict a national championship.
00:39:52
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So I don't want to say that.
00:39:52
Dante
and
00:39:54
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What is considered a failure? Losing – like, what – like, do they have to get to the 90 or is it a failure? Do they have to be Final Four teams because – like, what – what okay.
00:40:04
Dante
I would have to say Final Four.
00:40:05
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Okay. okay
00:40:06
Dante
As a contender, if your contender is a Final Four, Final Four appearance, and I think they can definitely do that.
00:40:13
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And if they...
00:40:13
Dante
I think you have to at least repeat what you did last year.
00:40:14
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So if they don't get...
00:40:18
Dante
And last year, you were a Final Four team.
00:40:18
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Okay. Because you're nicer than me. So if they don't get to a Final Four, you would consider that a failure?
00:40:25
Dante
Yeah, because you didn't you didn't even do at least what you did last year.
00:40:29
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Yeah.
00:40:30
Dante
You have to do at least what you did last year.
00:40:31
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yeah I just feel like... I think I agree because it's hard to say anything else. But I low-key feel like they at least have to get to the natty.
00:40:45
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Like with all the players, which is hard to say.
00:40:45
Dante
I get where you're coming from with that. my you Because you're asking me what would be a failure. In my eyes, if you don't at least do what you did last year after loading up
00:40:57
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It's definitely a failure with all the hype. Yeah.
00:41:01
Dante
then that's a failure. If you get, I can see why, like, even getting to that point, people would see it as a failure because it's like, again, you you as you said, they loaded up and all that. So i can see how people would say that was a failure.
00:41:13
Dante
To me, as a failure, if you don't at least get to the semifinals, that's a failure for real.
00:41:21
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Yes. Okay. So I agree.
00:41:22
Dante
And also i'll also i'll even I'll even hedge my bet a little more.
00:41:23
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I'm going to.
00:41:25
Dante
If you get to that semifinal game and then get dismalished,
00:41:29
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yeah That's what I was going to say. That's what I was going to say, because it's hard to say, get to a nanny, right?
00:41:31
Dante
Uh-huh.
00:41:35
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Because of what happened last year.
00:41:35
Dante
Uh-huh.
00:41:37
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But to your point, um I was going to go a step further than you. You got it. You have to get there and you have to be competitive. It has to be, we're watching that game and we thought you could win.
00:41:48
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If they get in and get demolished, that doesn't count. Like, that's still a failure. Like, you have to be competitive in the semifinal for me. Otherwise, it's a failure. If you get there, you lose by three touchdowns.
00:41:56
Dante
umm I'm pretty sure they're going to look at it like if we don't get...
00:41:57
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What's the point? Like, why did you get there?
00:42:00
Dante
yeah i know the team will probably look at it if we don't get to a national championship game where we failed.
00:42:06
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Yep.
00:42:07
Dante
They'll probably look at it that way.
00:42:07
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Next question. think this is a
00:42:12
Dante
Those are the only two?
00:42:14
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in So, like, because because the Greek rifle, if you remember this, he started at Minnesota, correct? So he's a third-year starter.
00:42:23
Dante
The who?
00:42:24
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The Greek rifle, the Rutgers quarterback, you don't remember?
00:42:25
Dante
I...
00:42:27
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You love that nickname and you keep forgetting who he is. Ethan Kaliakmanis, the quarterback, he transferred from Minnesota to Rutgers.
00:42:34
Dante
Okay.
00:42:35
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But I'm pretty sure he started at Rutgers, at Minnesota for a year.
00:42:35
Dante
Okay, yeah
00:42:39
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So he's not a second-year quarterback.
00:42:39
Dante
oh
00:42:41
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Yeah.
00:42:43
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So he's he's the third he's the thirty third year starter. Okay.
00:42:47
Dante
yeah.
00:42:47
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So Rutgers is off the list.
00:42:48
Dante
UCLA, Washington's quarterback is is is what?
00:42:49
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and
00:42:51
Dante
Okay.
00:42:52
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Oh, he's a second year starter. ah Yeah.
00:42:54
Dante
Okay.
00:42:55
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What is his name? What is his name? DeMond. Hold on. Is it Williams?
00:43:00
Dante
Not the mon. the mon.
00:43:02
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It is. i
00:43:04
Dante
I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Chad. And I'm sorry, our viewers. um I apologize for my outbursts.
00:43:08
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Yeah. His name is DeMond Williams. That is.
00:43:12
Dante
Okay.
00:43:13
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That is such a black name. I love DeMond Williams Jr. Hey, my boy. i'm I'm with you. I like him. he So he he counts. He was not the starter all of last year.
00:43:24
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But he ended the year as a starter or something? Hold on a minute.
00:43:28
Dante
okay Well, what is Minnesota's?
00:43:33
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Hold on. No, no, no. He's a first-year starter.
00:43:35
Dante
Okay.
00:43:36
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He only had 105 attempts. He didn't play in every game. He came in when like someone was injured. or So, yeah, he's a first-year starter, so he doesn't count.
00:43:45
Dante
Okay. um Minnesota's quarterback.
00:43:49
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Oof. I don't even know who that's going to be. But I'm pretty sure their quarterback... I don't think their quarterback's returning. Because
00:43:57
Dante
Okay. Um,
00:44:01
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if I remember correctly, their quarterback last year was... was
00:44:07
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a one-year rental.
00:44:12
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Yeah.
00:44:14
Dante
OK.
00:44:15
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Yep, he's new as well. He's going to yep, he's new. Drake, they're expecting it to be Drake Lindsey.
00:44:19
Dante
I'm trying to think of every USC's QB.
00:44:20
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Nope, first year.
00:44:25
Dante
No, Teddy.
00:44:25
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Jaden Maia either.
00:44:26
Dante
Who
00:44:27
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Yeah. um
00:44:31
Dante
who else is out there?
00:44:33
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Illinois is going into his third year.
00:44:33
Dante
already know. OK.
00:44:36
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Iowa's going to be his first year.
00:44:38
Dante
Got you.
00:44:38
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Michigan his first year.
00:44:41
Dante
First year or a first year regardless, right?
00:44:44
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Yeah.
00:44:45
Dante
If the senior plays, that would be useful.
00:44:45
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Yeah.
00:44:47
Dante
Okay.
00:44:48
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Or yeah, it'd be more, yeah. Maryland is going to be new. It's going a new quarterback.
00:44:54
Dante
Purdue.
00:44:54
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um I have no idea what the hell Purdue's doing, so maybe, but like,
00:44:58
Dante
Purdue.
00:45:00
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like purdue We forgot that Purdue had a new coach. So like maybe maybe we're wrong about Purdue, but I'm fairly positive that this is not a second-year starter. I think the only second-year starters at the same school is Nebraska and Michigan State.
00:45:18
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If I'm wrong, somebody will tell me. Illinois, like said, is third year. Indiana is multiple. Iowa... Washington we just did. Oregon is new.
00:45:31
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UCLA is new. That's going to be – technically, he's a second-year starter, but he's new to UCLA because that's going to be Nico.
00:45:38
Dante
Yeah.
00:45:43
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Yeah, no. i think I think it's just those two. It doesn't matter.
00:45:46
Dante
Northwestern?
00:45:47
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It's – I don't know what the hell they're doing. on To be honest, this is why we do our whole, like, like we're I'm going to figure out what Northwestern's doing. They're probably going to be on the next show, but as of today, don't know.
00:46:04
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Brother, I couldn't tell you. Does Northwestern play football still
00:46:08
Dante
Yes. Yes. we
00:46:10
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still? They're just happy they're not in the news because last time they were in the news, they was hazing people.
00:46:16
Dante
ah
00:46:16
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Nope. Nope, they're going to be new too. I think their quarterback is going to be Preston Stone from... from um from a
00:46:22
Dante
Okay. Okay. Okay. Rutgers. Rutgers.
00:46:27
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So Rutgers, that's the one we're back... That one is no, because I think he's... I'm pretty sure Aethan started for Minnesota. So he's going to be a third-year starter.
00:46:36
Dante
Okay.
00:46:39
Dante
Okay. But a first year started at Rutgers regardless.
00:46:41
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So if he... If he wins the job... Northwestern will have a second year starter. He started midway through the season.
00:46:51
Dante
Okay.
00:46:54
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He was a freshman a sophomore.
00:46:56
Dante
Okay.
00:46:56
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His name was Jack Lausch.
00:46:58
Dante
Okay.
00:46:58
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So he ended the season as the starter, but I don't know if he's going to win the job. Cause I think they brought in the transfer.
00:47:05
Dante
Got you. Okay.
00:47:06
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But this is – Ohio State beat their ass. But this is the guy that was, like, piecing up Ohio State. You remember?
00:47:12
Dante
Mm-hmm.
00:47:12
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He just kept getting first downs.
00:47:12
Dante
Yeah.
00:47:13
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Like, it was, like, third and 12.
00:47:14
Dante
Yeah.
00:47:16
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Run for it.
00:47:16
Dante
Yeah.
00:47:16
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Like, a certain third and four. Perfectly thrown slant pass. And it's like, bro, what the – what is going on? Like, that is – and we ended up with – yeah.
00:47:23
Dante
Who is this kid? Yeah, I remember that game now.
00:47:26
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Like, that game was that game was close until half.
00:47:26
Dante
Mm-hmm.
00:47:28
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Or, like, right before half, I remember. And I'm like, bro, if y'all don't stop playing with this – yeah, so – Northwestern's half, because I don't know if he's expected to win the job, but we'll include him. We'll include him.
00:47:39
Dante
OK.
00:47:40
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Okay, so we have... Yeah, we have three. um We have three. So, Dylan Rayola at Nebraska, Aiden Childs at Michigan State, and we'll call it Jack Lausch at...
00:47:53
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Northwestern. So the now that we've done that, the actual question is how will the second your year quarterbacks fare?
00:47:57
Dante
yeah
00:48:03
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I don't think a lot of people paid attention to the Jack Lausch. I thought the couple of games that he played, I thought he was impressive.
00:48:07
Dante
Yo, what just happened?
00:48:09
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I think he was one of the better quarterbacks that Northwestern has had, but he's also played at Northwestern, which means he wasn't that good. ah But he was... He showed the ability to make some tough throws at times.
00:48:22
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He showed the ability to run um and at least to sort of pick up key downs.
00:48:25
Dante
I'm still here. But what just happened?
00:48:29
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And again, Northwestern has just had awful quarterbacks. So can he be...
00:48:36
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We're back after slight technical issues, which is going to sound really weird for you all listening because it doesn't really sound like we cut out. but I don't know if you lost Dante or not, so whatever. Talking about Northwestern's quarterback, Jack Lausch,
00:48:46
Dante
Yeah.
00:48:49
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i don't know, man. It's hard to really talk about him because I don't expect Northwestern to be pretty good. But I think at least for him, we should sort of start with, is he going to, one, win the job? And two, is he going to be better than what Northwestern has had?
00:49:03
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um And I think the thing with Northwestern, which they did the first year and then they did not do last year under this coach, is just can they get to a bowl game?
00:49:05
Dante
Yeah.
00:49:11
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um And so...
00:49:16
Dante
im
00:49:18
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They won three games last year. They got to a bowl game the year before that. um
00:49:22
Dante
I don't think so. No, I don't think so.
00:49:23
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So you don't... Okay.
00:49:27
Dante
Yeah. I don't think they make a bowl game.
00:49:28
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Yeah.
00:49:30
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Well, there we have it. Moving on to Aiden Childs.
00:49:33
Dante
Uh-huh.
00:49:36
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Aiden Childs... Boy. Aiden Childs a He was one of the most fun players to watch, but he was literally the epitome of the, oh, no, no, no, no. no no Yes.
00:49:53
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Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes. Just come on, bro. Like, he, like, his game, he was a kid. like Like, straight up, straight down, he was a kid playing quarterback.
00:50:03
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He... Very inaccurate, but made some of the best, though, that you had seen. he Literally, the kid would break four tackles, run for 15 yards, and then fumble.
00:50:18
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And it's like, what?
00:50:19
Dante
yeah
00:50:20
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it's it's it was it was such ah It was such a weird sort of experience. And it was one of the things where it was just like, you you literally just had to let him play.
00:50:32
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Like, you just had to let him play because he has to learn from it.
00:50:34
Dante
Mm-hmm.
00:50:37
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And you just hope that he's better. i think he's going to be better. But with players like him, it's sort of like, for for those of you just didn't pay attention to him, the best thing that I would say is it's like the Anthony Richardson thing, where you see a lot of potential.
00:50:51
Dante
yeah
00:50:54
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Obviously, he's much younger. but like you So is next year just going to be the same exact thing, or is he going to get better? You just don't know. I'm rooting for getting better because he was really fun. He was able to keep Nick Marsh, who was one of the best young wide receivers in the conference.
00:51:09
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But how good will he be in year two? um I mean, they... did
00:51:15
Dante
I think ah think we might see less of what we saw last year. but not a complete, all of it gone.
00:51:24
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I think I agree with that. So let's let's let's let's be specific, right? So he had 59% completion percentage. Is that better?
00:51:34
Dante
Wait, that's what he had?
00:51:36
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Yeah, last year. last year though do you think he becomes slightly more?
00:51:38
Dante
oh yeah, I think he could get it ah into the 60s, yeah.
00:51:41
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Okay. He threw for 2,400 yards. He played all 12 games. He threw for 2,400 yards. Does he do better than that?
00:51:47
Dante
Yeah.
00:51:49
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He had 13 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.
00:51:53
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i The touchdown numbers, whatever, because I still don't know how good they're going to be. Does he drop the interceptions, which is the thing that he really needs to do? Like, can he, like, is he going have...
00:52:02
Dante
Yeah, I think he'll go. It'll be like 15 touchdowns, eight interceptions.
00:52:09
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Still slightly better. so So better but not spectacular.
00:52:10
Dante
Yeah. Yeah, I don't think there would be a spectacular.
00:52:13
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All right. For a player of his caliber, I think that's solid.
00:52:15
Dante
Mm
00:52:17
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And then you hope that his third year, it really clicks for him.
00:52:20
Dante
hmm.
00:52:21
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Like, if if he could do, like, 2,800 yards, 15 touchdowns, eight interceptions, and throw in a couple rushing touchdowns, I think they'd be happy with that. i think I think they'd be happy with that. Last one, and this is the big one because there's a lot that sort of relies on his shoulders.
00:52:31
Dante
Yeah.
00:52:39
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Dylan Rayola. What does he look like in year two?
00:52:41
Dante
If he...
00:52:43
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Dylan Rayola finished...
00:52:45
Dante
Oh, yeah, go ahead, because I need to know.
00:52:47
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Finished last year, 67% completion percentage, 2,800 yards, 13 touchdowns, 11 interceptions.
00:52:57
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um And let's see, let's see, let's see.
00:52:59
Dante
but
00:53:02
Dante
Okay, I think he...
00:53:02
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The interceptions, let's see. So here's the thing. yeah The interceptions, yes, he was, but the interceptions also came in bunches.
00:53:08
Dante
He was trying to be cute.
00:53:14
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But the problem with that is they came towards the end of the season. So let's see. One, two, three, four, five, six. His first six games, he had three interceptions.
00:53:25
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That's a solid pace. These are the four games after that. Three against Indiana, one against Ohio State, one against UCLA, two against USC.
00:53:32
Dante
Sheesh. Oh. Mm. Mm. Mm.
00:53:38
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So he went six games with three, and then in four games, he picked up seven.
00:53:42
Dante
Got eight interceptions. Oh.
00:53:46
Dante
Like seven eight.
00:53:46
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Yeah, it's seven. It's seven. And then the last two games, he didn't throw an interception. So it was just, it's it's just like, he was so up and down, right?
00:53:57
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It was like, he was a freshman.
00:53:59
Dante
Three against Indiana is crazy.
00:53:59
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ultimate Ultimately, yeah, I don't know what the hell. I don't, I love he, I need to go back and watch that game. What was he doing?
00:54:07
Dante
Mm-hmm.
00:54:08
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Just throwing that thing away.
00:54:08
Dante
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
00:54:10
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Yeah, that is interesting.
00:54:12
Dante
So I think he'll do better as well, especially if he's taking in his this whole shtick seriously.
00:54:12
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So yeah, I love
00:54:19
Dante
atti I think he'll be better as well. I think he can throw for around the same amount, same percentage, maybe like 68, 69. Nice. Yeah. sixty nine nice
00:54:30
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Yeah, his percentage was fine.
00:54:31
Dante
ah
00:54:32
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He stays around there.
00:54:33
Dante
yeah
00:54:33
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Yeah,
00:54:34
Dante
Yeah, I think he could get to 3,000 yards a little over, and I think he could get to close to 20 touchdowns and probably still eight inter interceptions.
00:54:43
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yeah he cannot have double-digit interceptions. He just can't.
00:54:46
Dante
Nah.
00:54:47
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The thing with him is he just has much more hype around him, and he needs he needs to be a top-five quarterback in a conference. If he's not a top-five quarterback in a conference, he's not...
00:55:00
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living up to the billing.
00:55:02
Dante
It is kind of of cool that, like, I'll have to say these schools have these, um these attractions in a way. Like it's crazy to call players, let actions but you know what I mean?
00:55:12
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Yeah.
00:55:14
Dante
Like they're bringing attention.
00:55:14
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Yeah.
00:55:15
Dante
Like Nebraska has someone that can bring attention to them. Michigan just brought attention to themselves by, but wow.
00:55:19
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Boom. Yeah. Cheating. You know.
00:55:26
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Hey, man. say man. You know what it is?
00:55:27
Dante
Even though I know you don't like Dante more, Oregon has Dante more. There's, there's, there's,
00:55:32
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It's not even that I don't like him as much as it's...
00:55:35
Dante
I know you don't think he's good is what I'm saying.
00:55:37
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Yeah.
00:55:38
Dante
Yeah. Okay.
00:55:39
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Yes.
00:55:39
Dante
Yeah.
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I don't.
00:55:40
Dante
But they have Dante Moore.
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At all. At all. I've watched him play. Yes.
00:55:46
Dante
But so like Indiana and things like that, they have, they have, they have players that make you want to watch these schools, which is the, that's what I, that's what was most needed out of the big 10.
00:55:58
Dante
And it's probably also needed in the sec too, is that more schools need players
00:56:01
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yeah
00:56:04
Dante
so I know a lot of people getting all upset because all these players are go to different schools and transferring stuff, but these schools all these schools need players to have people watch these games because these teams are actually entertaining to watch.
00:56:17
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Yeah.
00:56:17
Dante
they're good They're good teams.
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Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
00:56:18
Dante
So, like, yeah.
00:56:23
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and take
00:56:23
Dante
But, yeah, I think Dillon Riello will be a little bit better as well. I think he could be better. Yeah.
00:56:31
Dante
Especially if they watch their mistakes, both him and Aiden Childs. think they could be better.
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Yeah, and I'm sorry. I just have to do this because at this point, I'm afraid that I'm starting to sound like a hater.
00:56:39
Dante
Mm-hmm.
00:56:45
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Dante Moore started nine games. Nine.
00:56:52
Dante
Mm-hmm.
00:56:54
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Three-fourths of the season. 1,600 yards, 11 touchdowns, nine interceptions, and a 53% completion percentage.
00:56:59
Dante
Mm-hmm.
00:57:05
Dante
What about running rushing yard?
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If you are wondering, that's worse than the two quarterbacks we just talked about who also started as freshmen.
00:57:11
Dante
Yes. Yes, it is. Yes, it is.
00:57:14
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Significantly worse than the two that also started as freshmen.
00:57:15
Dante
Yes, it is. But how do i hold on, hold hold on.
00:57:18
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One of which people act like is dog shit now. So, and then, hold on, hold on.
00:57:24
Dante
Hold on.
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What?
00:57:25
Dante
Hold on.
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Go ahead.
00:57:26
Dante
Hold on. would have got those last three games, do you think he he probably would –
00:57:29
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He wasn't going get 1,700 yards? No. hundreded yard the
00:57:33
Dante
He wasn't going to get 2,800. No, he wasn't going to get 2,800. No, but he could have, you said how much? sixteen hundred 1,600? Fuck. He could have got 2,200, 2,100 probably 13 touchdowns and 11 interceptions just like they did. It would have been worse than Yardins.
00:57:45
Dante
It would have been like, you said 50 what? It might have been like 55, which It would have been worse, yes.
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But his completion percentage would have been worse.
00:57:51
Dante
and wouldve been like
00:57:51
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And he probably... 3.
00:57:53
Dante
what you you said fifty what it been like it might have been like fifty five which is true yeah what it would have be worse yes
00:58:00
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So, so like like, I watched him play, and then he goes to Oregon last year. And mind you, Oregon... was blowing people out. They were blowing everybody out.
00:58:10
Dante
Yes. Yeah.
00:58:12
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Everybody. They let him throw eight passes all year. That's it. That's it. Eight. Eight. Well, how's they going walk on a quarterback who could have thrown eight passes? And so my thing with him is just like, how do we go from god-awful to one of the best quarterbacks in the country? That that is the thing that I'm so consistent with.
00:58:37
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I don't like talking bad about college kids. I don't like pretending that they're not human. I want to give them grace. I want to let them play. But I don't, I can't stand the hype machine, especially because I think it hurts them.
00:58:51
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There is nothing in here that says he is going to be a Heisman finalist.
00:58:51
Dante
There
00:58:57
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Let me pull up the Heisman odds.
00:59:03
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There's nothing that we've seen that says this is a good quarterback at all.
00:59:05
Dante
is nothing here.
00:59:10
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At all. Like, like in the slightest.
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What the heck I put? Oh my God, bro.
00:59:18
Dante
you said there it's nothing you
00:59:21
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We need it. We have it. I'm like, am I wrong?
00:59:23
Dante
Wait, what's his what was his rushing yards?
00:59:25
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Am I wrong?
00:59:25
Dante
as though what was his What was his rushing yards? What was his rushing yards to add on to that?
00:59:33
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and He's nine in Heisman odds. Nine. Okay, hold on You said rushing. um Negative 84.
00:59:39
Dante
Yeah.
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or Dante, I understand that some of this is the team that he played on, but sacks are also quarterback stats. He had game with four sacks, a game with five sacks, a game with six sacks, and a game where he was sacked seven times.
01:00:00
Dante
Damn.
01:00:04
Dante
Golly.
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Seven times. Seven times is not on the offensive line.
01:00:06
Dante
we Now, you know what?
01:00:07
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Unless you're playing Road to Glory.
01:00:07
Dante
Listen. Listen. Listen.
01:00:09
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Unless you're playing Road to Glory and NCAA.
01:00:13
Dante
listen
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Seven times is not on the offensive line.
01:00:14
Dante
lawyer
01:00:16
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the the Like, come on, bruh. No.
01:00:18
Dante
i will have i would like to um I would like to go back and watch that seven sack game because I would have to say, especially in some college teams, i would I would go five of them. Five of them are on the offensive line.
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ah give four. but he took he had to take three of them he Three of them was his, bro.
01:00:33
Dante
Okay.
01:00:36
Dante
ah like
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And they have him as nine. They have as nine. They have him over John Mateer, Oklahoma, and Sam Levin, Arizona State. Like, players who have played and been good. and And, again, like, I try to be mindful of this because I know this show, when we get famous, this show can be clipped and these things. And so i always want to provide context.
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So at least if I say something crazy, I can be like, but I also said this. This hype hurts him. Like, that's the thing.
01:01:03
Dante
They can. They can.
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Again, Dylan Rayola was hyped as the next best thing. He had 2,800 yards, 13 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions, which to me is a solid freshman year.
01:01:16
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And people act like he's scrubs. You have this dude who didn't do half of that. You put him at Oregon, and now he's a national title contender. Now Oregon's going to gonna be one of the best teams in the country.
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And now he's going to be a high. I've seen with my own eyes people predicting him to be a Heisman finalist. You can't tell me that doesn't hurt him when he's been dog shit. He got benched at UCLA. Dante, he got benched at UCLA.
01:01:40
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UCLA said, we don't want you to play here no more.
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know bad you
01:01:48
Dante
da there may maybe with Maybe with better talent around him, he can he can produce at a better level. You never know.
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You're trying so hard.
01:01:59
Dante
It's very possible.
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I do think he'll be better.
01:02:00
Dante
I'm telling you, it's very possible. I'm not saying it will.
01:02:02
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think he'll be
01:02:03
Dante
It's possible. It's possible.
01:02:05
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I think he will be better. Do I think he'll be one of the best quarterbacks in the Big Ten in a Heisman finalist?
01:02:08
Dante
hello
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No.
01:02:12
Dante
No. But he...
01:02:13
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right, let's just put it here. Let's put it here. Let's put it here. Does he have a, regardless of stats, because stats are whatever, if you ah if you just watch the watch it, you just watch it. Does he have a better year than Dylan Rayola last year?
01:02:26
Dante
No.
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Okay.
01:02:28
Dante
Oh, wait. does he this year Does he this year have a better season than last year?
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Next question.
01:02:33
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Season than Dylan Rayola's last year.
01:02:35
Dante
Oh, I think it's possible. I think it's possible.
01:02:41
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That's not a yes or no. i that's a yeah i mean yeah anything is pi Anything is possible through Kathleen's strength is me.
01:02:43
Dante
It's not.
01:02:45
Dante
How many teams get into the playoffs? Uh...
01:02:49
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All right. Yes. Next question. How many teams get to the playoff?
01:02:55
Dante
ah
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As a reminder, this year is still still a 12-team playoff. Last year, um they got four teams in.
01:03:04
Dante
How many? Four teams?
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They got four. Do they get four again?
01:03:06
Dante
I think that happens literally again. Yeah, I think that literally happens again.
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Yeah.
01:03:10
Dante
Yeah.
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I think it's Ohio State, Penn State, Oregon, and then one of Indiana or Illinois, whoever battles it out.
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And then the other one, I think it's the thing that you said where we think they probably should have got in and really could have got in because I don't think the SEC is going to be great this year and they're going to be scooped up for SEC team.
01:03:29
Dante
Look out for Washington.
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They're going to end up like, yeah.
01:03:31
Dante
I think they might and my sneak somehow.
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Also, you yeah you also got to look out for Iowa.
01:03:35
Dante
You never know.
01:03:36
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Iowa might have a quarterback, which is our next question.
01:03:37
Dante
Yes. Yes. Yes.
01:03:39
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Does Iowa's offense make an improvement? I know this a crazy thing.
01:03:42
Dante
The answer is yes, and that's not fair.
01:03:43
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If you haven't, right, but yes, ah we won't, again, we won't go into this too, too much because we're going to do a a full Iowa preview.
01:03:44
Dante
That's an easy yes.
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But for those of you who just haven't been paying attention at all, Iowa has a quarterback who is a multi-time national champion, has rushed for over a thousand yards and, like maybe not in an individual season, but has like over a thousand yards rushing in his season is a pretty solid passer.
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And if I remember correctly, has won or competed for the lower levels version of the Heisman. I don't remember what that award is called.
01:04:15
Dante
Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
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He is one, he was one of the best quarterbacks in the country and the FCS. He has won national championships for South Dakota state. He is now their quarterback running a similar offense.
01:04:27
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He should be the best quarterback that they've had.
01:04:30
Dante
ah
01:04:30
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They also have a wide receiver, Vanderzee, can't remember his first name, who was like had a pretty decent freshman year as well. So, this is some of these questions were really bad.
01:04:42
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I should have worded this better. Does they make an improvement is yes. That is a suit a simple answer.
01:04:46
Dante
Yeah.
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the better i guess the question I really wanted to say is, does Iowa's offense make –
01:04:47
Dante
How much of an improvement? I truly don't.
01:04:54
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make a make a good enough improvement to make them a contender for the Big Ten? Does it make them a contender for that third or fourth playoff spot?
01:05:01
Dante
If that defense, if the if the defense has been an Iowa defense for the past, what is it, five years? I can just, that's the closest, it's the quickest number can think of.
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Yes.
01:05:10
Dante
If it's anything like the past five years, so and i think the offense could be good enough for them to be playing in that Big Ten championship game. And that's why I say Ohio State can be a playoff team and not be in the in the Big Ten championship game because of something like that.
01:05:30
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So, okay, so so your answer is yes You think it makes enough improvement for them to contend for that third or fourth playoff spot.
01:05:32
Dante
Yeah.
01:05:36
Dante
I think so, yes. I think so, yes. Because they they were putting up points to end the season last year. I remember I kept bringing that up.
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Yep.
01:05:44
Dante
I was like, Iowa is doing something weird on offense now, and that's scaring me.
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Mm-hmm.
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Yeah. Weird being it worked.
01:05:49
Dante
Yeah.
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They're playing offense. That's weird. Yeah.
01:05:52
Dante
They're playing offense. That's terrifying. And to improve put ah key positions, especially key positions you never had, at least as long as we've been doing this goddamn podcast, you've never had.
01:05:55
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Yeah.
01:06:04
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ah was Ever. Yeah, ever.
01:06:06
Dante
is
01:06:07
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We've been doing this four years now.
01:06:07
Dante
You've never had. a
01:06:09
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Yeah.
01:06:10
Dante
Yeah. So I do think so. Yes.
01:06:14
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Gosh, this is our fifth season, by the way.
01:06:15
Dante
Mm-hmm. Yes, it is. Mm-hmm.
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That's insane. um next Next question. Can Illinois match the hype? The hype for Illinois is that they're going to be Indiana. They they have a team. They're bringing back a third-year starter. They're bringing back a lot of players. They got their defense figured it out at the end of the year.
01:06:35
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They end the year on a high. They beat South Carolina, who everybody wanted to go to the playoffs, everyone being SEC. They finished really high. and And the thing is, Brett Bielma is the creator of this when I have seniors, we win it thing.
01:06:50
Dante
Mm-hmm.
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Right. He did it at Wisconsin.
01:06:50
Dante
Mm-hmm.
01:06:52
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I was copied it like all the Big Ten West schools that were good, essentially copied what he was doing. And and he got it from someone else. Someone's going to be like, oh, my God, he wasn't the first one. I can't remember the guy before him, but doesn't matter.
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Brad Bieland was one of the best at it. This is the year. The hype is they are going they can be a playoff team. do they do it? Or do they disappoint us? Like Minnesota, I, oh God, Minnesota pissed me off so bad.
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And I'm, I'm trying to lock in on Illinois, but I'm afraid that if I lock in, they're going to disappoint me like, like Minnesota did.
01:07:22
Dante
I think, yeah, I think,
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Do they disappoint or can they make the playoff? Will they make the playoff?
01:07:27
Dante
will they make the playoff?
01:07:31
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I think to match the hype, they have to make the playoff. Unless it's like one of those things where like, like they end up at like 13 and we're all mad. Like, I'm going to say, will they, with the caveat that like if if they don't, it has to feel like a mistake.
01:07:47
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like It has to feel like they were robbed by the committee.
01:07:50
Dante
Oh, okay.
01:07:52
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like They can't be 18 or 19.
01:07:52
Dante
i
01:07:54
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They got be 13, and we're on this podcast like, what the hell are you watching?
01:07:56
Dante
I can i can i can yeah i can see that happening. I don't know what their schedule is like. I still haven't looked. but um I haven't looked at the schedule for any of those any of the schools.
01:08:08
Dante
but i think Illinois could get a shocker win out of this. I think they could. they play Oregon, I think they could snatch and that win. But Oregon will make the playoffs and Illinois won't. and We'd be like...
01:08:23
Dante
We'll be sitting here like, what what the what the hell? What the hell,
01:08:30
Dante
he?
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They don't play Oregon.
01:08:32
Dante
They don't. who who who's this They got to play one, right?
01:08:36
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They play Ohio State, and then they they play Indiana, which is not in the Oregon, Ohio State, Penn State tier, but still a game that they could lose. And it's at Indiana. So they play they play Ohio State and Indiana.
01:08:47
Dante
ah Damn. um They could snatch the Indiana game.
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01:08:53
Dante
They'll scare Ohio State.
01:08:57
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They will scare Ohio State.
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You said...
01:08:58
Dante
You know what? That could be the game for Ohio State. It won't be ah it won't be Michigan. It won't be Michigan. You'll lose this one and then beat the dog shit out of Michigan because of it.
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And, you know, i can't say I'm that far off of that because I'm not sure, and we'll get into it but i'm not I'm just not sure that Texas is going to be good.
01:09:18
Dante
Mm-hmm.
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But I can't – I'm not predicting Ohio State to go 12-0. So, a loss at Illinois or losing to Penn State, I think one of them is probably coming.
01:09:27
Dante
Uh-huh.
01:09:32
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Uh-huh.
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Yeah.
01:09:34
Dante
Uh-huh. There's
01:09:36
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Yeah. yeah You know what?
01:09:37
Dante
good chance it could be both. Uh-huh.
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I definitely don't think they lose both, but one of them wins, one of them scares, and then they hopefully destroy. Okay, last question, ending on a banger.
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and like This should not be the last question. um Who's going be the worst team? You got to say
01:10:05
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And it's hard because the teams that we're thinking, some of them have new coaches, so they can surprise. you got You got to make your claim right now. Who's the worst team the conference?
01:10:15
Dante
Maryland.
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Damn, I was going to say that. I was hoping you were going to stick with Old Faithful and say Purdue. Ah, okay.
01:10:23
Dante
yeah I thought about it. I was thinking Purdue. I really was. it was on my eye. ah But Maryland. Yeah. All right, Toy.
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Man, I don't want to say Maryland too now. I want to say something different, but like, Maryland's going to be my answer.
01:10:34
Dante
All right.
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I didn't prepare for you to say that.
01:10:40
Dante
Shit.
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It's just going to, we're both going to say Maryland, man.
01:10:42
Dante
Tragic.
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Well, ah like, yeah.
01:10:45
Dante
that's I think it could be possibly Maryland. For real, for real.
01:10:52
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yeah Yep, Maryland.
01:10:54
Dante
Purdue was there.
01:10:54
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Go with Maryland.
01:10:55
Dante
I kept thinking Purdue, and I was like, I keep saying Purdue.
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Yeah.
01:11:00
Dante
I'm to say someone else. I didn't think I was going to you off like that.
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right, it's fine. i won't I'll just, I'll go with but Northwestern.
01:11:08
Dante
Ah, I was scared to choose them because they won three games last year, and that confused the shit out of me because I said Northwestern last year.
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Yeah.
01:11:15
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Yeah.
01:11:17
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Yeah.
01:11:18
Dante
i did say Northwestern last year.
01:11:18
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Probably.
01:11:19
Dante
it was either them or Purdue for me, but I'm going with Maryland this year.
01:11:24
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I hate that you stole that from me.
01:11:24
Dante
I'm going to be wrong. Watch.
01:11:25
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No, you're not. Maryland's going to be awful. Like, Maryland's going to be so bad.
01:11:28
Dante
fact of I don't think they're one win bad, though.
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my... my
01:11:33
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Are we sure?
01:11:35
Dante
right.
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Especially because it just needs to be one win in the Big Ten. Oof. All right, I'm just going to run through their schedule really quickly, okay?
01:11:45
Dante
ae
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Florida Atlantic, NIU, Townsend. I think they may lose to Northern Illinois, but whatever. And then they play Wisconsin, Washington, Nebraska, UCLA, Indiana, Rutgers, Illinois, Michigan, and Michigan State.
01:12:00
Dante
Well, I don't want trust UCLA.
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Problem the reason yeah reason why I say this, yeah, but here's the thing.
01:12:07
Dante
and don't trust Maryland or UCLA. i almost said UCLA too from the worst team.
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The reason why I mention this, right, Washington, you said watch out for them.
01:12:16
Dante
You too. Mm-hmm.
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They could be sneaky. We're expecting decent things from Nebraska and decent, not great, but decent things from Nebraska. UCLA has Nico, who may be good.
01:12:32
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Indiana, we said, is probably going to be good. I don't think we're ever going to pick Rutgers to lose to Maryland. They should, like, Illinois is going to be good.
01:12:39
Dante
At least not this year.
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they shouldn't They shouldn't beat Michigan. And Michigan State, we just talked about their quarterback as well. There's no guaranteed win in their Big Ten schedule. They don't get Northwestern.
01:12:51
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They don't get Purdue. Like, they don't get all the best teams, of course, right? But every team that they're playing is equal or better than them, even slightly.
01:12:57
Dante
They don't. Yeah. Yeah.
01:13:00
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So it's like,
01:13:00
Dante
Yeah. yeah
01:13:03
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there's no layoff in their Big Ten schedule. There's no, like, whew, we got Northwestern this week. We should win that game. There's not a game in that big 10 schedule that I think they're guaranteed to win that I'm looking And it's like, yeah, they should beat that team.
01:13:19
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Yeah, yeah, might be on the song there.
01:13:21
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Well, I mean, you're onto something you stole it from me.
01:13:22
Dante
I'm flying, chat.
01:13:24
Get Defensive Sports Network
All right. So to wrap, to wrap up the show, as always, we wrap up with that pit stop. Our pit stop is where we, while we're driving down, as I'm driving down I-80, because Dante doesn't like road trips, which is bad for the brand.
01:13:36
Get Defensive Sports Network
As I'm driving to ah so drafted down I-80, yeah.
01:13:39
Dante
um
01:13:42
Get Defensive Sports Network
i this this is This is not the American Airlines podcast, dog. What are you doing? You got to get in the car. Get in the car.
01:13:51
Dante
ah
01:13:52
Get Defensive Sports Network
um ah Yeah, been taking a piss. I've been using the use He's about to take a break, getting gas, doing whatever.
01:14:00
Dante
Man, you know, it's a layover.
01:14:00
Get Defensive Sports Network
This is time to talk about something.
01:14:02
Dante
but like
01:14:03
Get Defensive Sports Network
Jeez. No, no. Stop it. Stop it. Honestly, no. You know what's crazy? My pit stop should be that. ah Actually, hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. While we're here.
01:14:17
Get Defensive Sports Network
There's at least one person that listens to this show that's a lawyer. i hope he made it this far. If anyone who's made it this far as a lawyer, I need you to hit me up because I need to know how to ah ah trademark this show. Someone stole our name.
Trademark Frustrations and Gaming Discussion
01:14:31
Get Defensive Sports Network
And their graphics suck.
01:14:34
Get Defensive Sports Network
Yeah. So there's ah there's another podcast that they have this, they have a, like a, you know, like ours is like Get Defensive Sports Network. They're just called the I-80 Club. So they have other shows called I-80 whatever.
01:14:47
Get Defensive Sports Network
And then they decided to have a football show. So what'd they call it? The I-80 football show. And I know they stole it because last week I saw it and they said, welcome to the first episode of the I-80 football show. And the problem is they have a bigger following than us because they did other things. They just never did football.
01:15:05
Get Defensive Sports Network
And it's literally our show name. I'm like, uh-uh, nope, don't like that.
01:15:08
Dante
na No, no, no, no, no.
01:15:10
Get Defensive Sports Network
So if anyone's a lawyer,
01:15:11
Dante
No, no, no, no, no.
01:15:12
Get Defensive Sports Network
Anyone's a lawyer, I need y'all to figure it out.
01:15:13
Dante
That's not how this works, pal.
01:15:15
Get Defensive Sports Network
we need We need to trademark. We've been doing this show for five years.
01:15:17
Dante
Yeah, no, yeah, we need help. We need help.
01:15:19
Get Defensive Sports Network
ah
01:15:19
Dante
We need help.
01:15:20
Get Defensive Sports Network
You can't just come in. And then the problem is it's also a Big Ten team.
01:15:22
Dante
Mm-hmm.
01:15:24
Get Defensive Sports Network
It's and it's ah it's ah it's a podcast for Nebraska.
01:15:27
Dante
Oh, yeah, no, no, no, no.
01:15:28
Get Defensive Sports Network
Because Nebraska's on I-80, which is why our name is so good, bro.
01:15:30
Dante
it Yeah, yeah, no, no, no, no.
01:15:31
Get Defensive Sports Network
fuck i That's my pit stop. I need to find a lawyer. Somebody teach me how to trademark so I can do it.
01:15:36
Dante
Somebody, we need chat. Chat if you're paying attention.
01:15:37
Get Defensive Sports Network
Because, uh-uh, come on, stop playing.
01:15:39
Dante
Mm-hmm.
01:15:39
Get Defensive Sports Network
They trying to take our stuff.
01:15:40
Dante
Mm-hmm.
01:15:41
Get Defensive Sports Network
Let me actually, I messaged them on Blue Sky. and I'm going to see if they responded.
01:15:45
Dante
Cause this has been our name for what? wait a Well, two years.
01:15:48
Get Defensive Sports Network
Five, yeah, three years, three years, because it was it was originally I-70.
01:15:52
Dante
Yeah. I thought it was only been two years.
01:15:54
Get Defensive Sports Network
Two or three years.
01:15:55
Dante
Yeah.
01:15:55
Get Defensive Sports Network
Two years, it don't matter. Whatever it is, yeah, they didn't respond either.
01:15:57
Dante
It's still longer than them.
01:16:03
Dante
course they didn't.
01:16:03
Get Defensive Sports Network
Don't play
01:16:05
Dante
Of course they didn't. Wow. Wow. Wow. Chad. wow cha
01:16:13
Get Defensive Sports Network
Trash. Trash. Get up out of here. Stop playing.
01:16:17
Dante
Get outta here! Get outta here!
01:16:20
Get Defensive Sports Network
Get the fuck out of here.
01:16:21
Dante
Gon' get...
01:16:22
Get Defensive Sports Network
Skiddle. Skiddle fucking down.
01:16:23
Dante
Ski-fuckin' battle!
01:16:26
Get Defensive Sports Network
Yeah. So that's, not even going talk about what I want to talk about. My pit stop is, look, we're about to pull over and I'm about to put gas in gas and I'm about to burn their podcast down.
01:16:38
Dante
jesus
01:16:39
Get Defensive Sports Network
Let God sort them out. Let God sort them out. yeah
01:16:47
Dante
My pissed I was just going to be funny because I don't remember if I had my new tattoo by the time we were recorded our episodes.
01:17:00
Get Defensive Sports Network
think so
01:17:01
Dante
I don't think Either way, i'm I'm going to talk about the college football game. ah They didn't fix that ah that that fucking wear and tear shit. They did not fix it. You have to fix it. You have to fix it yourself.
01:17:13
Dante
They have settings where you can adjust it adjusted and shit like that, but they didn't fix it.
01:17:15
Get Defensive Sports Network
cut it out a little bit.
01:17:19
Dante
It's it's just as bad.
01:17:20
Get Defensive Sports Network
Yeah. Especially for running backs.
01:17:21
Dante
Before I touched anything, and my coach, even though I got a bunch of – I'm Ohio State, right?
01:17:22
Get Defensive Sports Network
It's so bad.
01:17:29
Dante
My coach, Ryan gives me a few passing plays, but when I pick those passing plays, our fucking quarterback just throws me the ball. Nigga, I am passing the ball. I want a break.
01:17:41
Dante
Like, stop passing. but
01:17:44
Get Defensive Sports Network
yeah
01:17:45
Dante
um They didn't fix it. That's the only thing I to talk about. They have not fixed that at all. So be go to your settings and change your settings for for the wear and tear.
01:17:50
Get Defensive Sports Network
Yeah, that's...
01:17:55
Get Defensive Sports Network
What'd you put yours on?
01:17:57
Dante
like 30 for everything. Cause you could do a, so it's like imp impact block that all the impact blocks, tackles and things like that have a ah impact on wear and tear.
01:18:08
Dante
It starts at 50. I brought it down to like 30 or 25. Like quit playing with me. I like,
01:18:13
Get Defensive Sports Network
Yeah, it's way it's way too heavy high. Especially for running back. Like, had a running...
01:18:19
Dante
My season, my season is, my season wearing tear is gone. I'm already on my career. I already lost a year and the season's not even done yet.
01:18:29
Dante
Like, nigga.
01:18:30
Get Defensive Sports Network
Jeez. Yeah, that's crazy. The way it's such a cool idea, but it's just too heavy.
01:18:34
Dante
The craziest part is that it' that I didn't start. I wasn't the starting running back. So there was games where I didn't even play in, and I'm still lost about a year on my career wearing tear.
01:18:44
Get Defensive Sports Network
And they still, damn. best That's crazy. That's crazy. um yeah Yeah, well, we can end that. That's that's funny. didn Real quick, though.
01:18:59
Get Defensive Sports Network
Yes or no?
01:18:59
Dante
Mm-hmm.
01:18:59
Get Defensive Sports Network
Did you like high school? Did you like how they did it?
01:19:03
Dante
Give me a high school game. It's OK for now, I guess. But give me a high school game.
01:19:08
Get Defensive Sports Network
You want play the full game?
01:19:10
Dante
Yes.
01:19:11
Get Defensive Sports Network
I agree.
01:19:11
Dante
Like, don't give me moments. Don't give me moments. Just give me the game. You can literally make a game. Like, you've are it's a football. You already have a football game.
01:19:20
Get Defensive Sports Network
Yeah.
01:19:21
Dante
Just give me ah of the high school game. That's it. And give him even if you're going to do four games, give especially if you're going to only do four games, give me four games.
01:19:25
Get Defensive Sports Network
So I...
01:19:33
Get Defensive Sports Network
So what I will say is I mix it. I do like, I want to play the full game, but I do like the moments where they can boost, where they can boost your recruiting.
01:19:43
Dante
Have the moments in there.
01:19:46
Get Defensive Sports Network
So keep the moments, but I want to play the full game.
01:19:47
Dante
I also also think you should put that into the college aspect as well.
01:19:49
Get Defensive Sports Network
Yeah.
01:19:55
Get Defensive Sports Network
Yeah.
01:19:57
Dante
Things you can do ah within game.
01:19:57
Get Defensive Sports Network
yeah
01:19:59
Dante
They just random and they randomly pop up.
01:20:00
Get Defensive Sports Network
To like boost your trust and and stuff.
01:20:01
Dante
doesn't even it doesn't Doesn't have to happen every game, but they can randomly happen within the game.
01:20:02
Get Defensive Sports Network
Yeah.
01:20:05
Get Defensive Sports Network
Because they have that in Madden.
01:20:06
Dante
Mm-hmm.
01:20:07
Get Defensive Sports Network
I don't know the weight that it has in Madden, but like Madden does have drive goals, like get three first downs. Like, you know, like, yeah. So fair enough. I agree. I think it's a good start, but i do want to play the full game.
01:20:20
Get Defensive Sports Network
Also, linebacker pretty easy. I haven't played in college, but the high school and linebacker was pretty easy. I started as a four star and I worked my way up to, um will never be cornered.
01:20:27
Dante
I, I,
01:20:31
Get Defensive Sports Network
It's dumb, but the high school one's not that bad.
01:20:31
Dante
Oh, I play corner. I play corner. I like I'm finishing the season with like 20, 25, 27 interceptions. that.
01:20:39
Get Defensive Sports Network
Crazy. I'm not good enough.
01:20:40
Dante
can read to
01:20:41
Get Defensive Sports Network
i know I know my limits. I'm not good enough to play corner, but the high school, the linebacker one is pretty All right. That's the show. This is our last there's
Season Previews Promotion and Listener Engagement
01:20:51
Get Defensive Sports Network
a last show. This is the first of the previews. We're getting into previews next week.
01:20:54
Get Defensive Sports Network
We're getting into it. Again, you have any fans, friends, siblings, cousins, significant others, coworkers, doesn't matter.
01:20:58
Dante
I did. Sorry.
01:21:04
Get Defensive Sports Network
who like football, but especially like Big Ten, there are 18 teams to choose from. You got someone that likes one of those 18 teams. Send them send us their way. It's time for the season. We up, and we'll catch you next week.