Josh Pate Says Texas Tech Will Handle BYU + Will Compton & Taylor Lewan Ride With Dan Lanning/Oregon

Summary

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Bussin' With The Boys – Podcast Summary

Episode: Josh Pate Says Texas Tech Will Handle BYU + Will Compton & Taylor Lewan Ride With Dan Lanning/Oregon

Date: November 5, 2025
Hosts: Will Compton, Taylor Lewan
Guest: Josh Pate

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Overview

This episode is a deep-dive into the upcoming college football weekend with picks, breakdowns, and banter focused on key matchups like BYU vs. Texas Tech, Oregon at Iowa, and playoff picture permutations. The Boys are joined by analyst Josh Pate, who brings sharp analysis and lively conversation. The group debates odds, playoff scenarios, potential coaching moves, and delivers their signature humorous takes. Expect everything from passionate hypothetical rants to quirky analogies about duck mating habits—classic Bussin’ with the Boys energy.

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Episode Structure

• [03:31] College Football Weekend Preview: Picks, records, and key storylines
• [05:39] Nebraska review, playoff dreams, team mentality
• [07:41] Oregon's playoff path and selection committee frustrations
• [13:55] Playoff chaos scenarios: Utah, BYU, Texas Tech, Big 12 drama
• [16:44] Georgia at Mississippi State: Slow starts, spread debates
• [25:19] Texas A&M at Mizzou: Battle of backup QBs, "battered Aggie syndrome"
• [33:01] Oregon at Iowa: "Dirt track" games, weather, and Dan Lanning’s wardrobe
• [47:27] LSU at Alabama: Interim coach effect, matchups, and the “galvanization” factor
• [51:41] BYU at Texas Tech: Culture wars, biggest spotlights, and Pate’s call
• [58:53] Dogs of the week: Nebraska, Auburn, Kansas
• [65:41] Coaching carousel rumors and final show predictions

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

College Football Playoff Picture and Hypotheticals

• The Boys riff on who controls their destiny, calling out how Oregon, Georgia, and others could punch or lose tickets to the playoff.
• Josh Pate breaks down the committee's mindset, highlighting how “narrative wins” matter as much as data:
  • "I highly advise Dan Lanning in Oregon to go ahead and try and win all their games." – Josh Pate ([09:20])
• Extended “what if” scenarios for the Big Ten: With 10-2 teams galore, who gets left out? Pate notes the committee’s inconsistency and TV-driven decisions.

BYU vs. Texas Tech – Game of the Week

• Texas Tech is at home, with both College Gameday and the Boys’ tour in town—biggest game in Lubbock since Michael Crabtree’s legendary catch.

  • Pate hammers home Texas Tech's advantage: “Texas Tech's got the number one explosive play offense in the country... If you got even a little crack in the dam somewhere, they can turn it into a flood really quick.” ([56:34])
  • BYU, despite defying predictions all year, is considered to finally run into a wall.

• All three ride with Texas Tech, expecting the emotion in Lubbock and Tech’s depth to overwhelm BYU:

  • “No one has made Brigham Young play from behind all year. No one's made that 88th ranked passing offense have to keep them in a game.” – Josh Pate ([54:23])

Oregon at Iowa – "Dirt Track" Football

• The panel discusses if Oregon can adapt to muddy, rainy Iowa City—Pate’s metaphor is a winner:
  • "Are you a street racing car or are you a dirt track car? … This isn’t summer seven-on-seven, we’re not wearing shorts, we’re not wearing shells. We're going to have to get dirty.” – Josh Pate ([41:02])
• All ultimately take Oregon to win and cover, predicting the Ducks will finally show another gear.
  • "Dan Lanning, he wakes up in a cold sweat at night remembering what the Buckeyes did because the boys weren't prepared when it mattered most... this has got to be pedal to the metal..." – Will Compton ([37:05])

Georgia at Mississippi State

• The Boys debate if Georgia's repeated slow starts will catch up to them against a gritty Mississippi State squad.
  • Will and Josh both lean Mississippi State +8.5, identifying Georgia as "above average by Georgia standards, but not elite" ([20:00]).
  • Mississippi State feels like a locker room just playing with house money, while Georgia could be caught looking ahead.

Texas A&M at Missouri – Backup QB Magic

• Taylor is high on Texas A&M, citing their D-line and Mike Elko’s coaching. Will and Josh go with Mizzou’s backup QB spark in front of a "back against the wall" home crowd.
  • "I love backup quarterbacks in their first start...because of the galvanization effect." – Josh Pate ([31:25])

LSU at Alabama

• Josh takes Bama to win and cover, emphasizing how Saban’s teams peak later and interim head coach theory for LSU is overhyped.
• Will and Taylor pick LSU to cover because of the “weight being lifted” in Baton Rouge after Brian Kelly’s firing:
  • "There’s always the energy of the interim head coach. His first game coming in...I think Alabama wins this game, but I think it’s closer than Alabama wants it to be.” – Taylor Lewan ([50:46])

Coaching Carousel Speculation

• Pate dishes insider buzz about potential moves at Auburn, Florida, Penn State, LSU, and more:
  • Lane Kiffin and Marcus Freeman are top names for LSU ("Make him tell you no") ([69:35])
  • Kenny Dillingham’s supposed loyalty to ASU is doubted by Pate: "You got the wrong understanding. Every man has his price." ([71:01])

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Nebraska’s playoff hopes:

  • “If these kids can be wrong, a 9 and 3 Nebraska football team can make the playoffs.” – Will Compton ([06:44])

• On backup QBs:

  • “I love backup quarterbacks in their first start...because of the galvanization effect.” – Josh Pate ([31:25])

• On playoff resume debates:

  • “Committee's going to sit there...and say ‘Penn State's not even ranked. That's a five loss team. That's not a quality win.’” – Josh Pate ([08:35])

• Dan Lanning’s rain game attire:

  • “He responded with, my mama didn’t raise no bitch.” – As told by Will Compton ([12:27])

• Dirt Track Analysis:

  • "Are you a street racing car or a dirt track car?" – Josh Pate ([41:00])

• Duck Reproductive System Football Analogy:

  • “You take your Oregon Ducks and you fly to Iowa City and you introduce the Hawkeyes to the duck's reproductive system...you gang bang him. This is Oregon minus six and a half.” – Will Compton ([36:30])

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Timestamps of Key Segments

• [03:31] – Picks records, setting up major games
• [05:39] – Nebraska playoff talk and season review
• [09:20] – Playoff selection committee and Oregon’s plight
• [13:55] – BYU/Texas Tech/Utah playoff chaos scenario
• [16:44] – Georgia vs. Mississippi State betting breakdown
• [25:19] – Texas A&M at Missouri: opponent scouting, backup QB talk
• [33:01] – Oregon at Iowa City “dirt track” metaphor & picks
• [47:27] – LSU at Alabama: Coaching changes, picks, culture
• [51:41] – BYU at Texas Tech: “Culture test” & game of the week analysis
• [65:41] – Coaching carousel rumors and staff moves
• [72:21] – Final bites: Bold and funny closing takes

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Tone & Style

• The vibe is raucous, often irreverent, but always rooted in genuine football analysis with colorful analogies, locker-room humor, and inside jokes.
• The show balances statistical insight with wild, passionate rants and playful digs between the Boys and guest.

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Quick Picks Recap

• BYU at Texas Tech: All pick Texas Tech to handle BYU and cover.
• Oregon at Iowa: All ultimately ride with Oregon to win and cover, despite weather and reputation concerns.
• Georgia at Mississippi State: Josh and Will take Mississippi State +8.5; Taylor leans Georgia.
• Texas A&M at Missouri: Taylor picks A&M; Will and Josh go Missouri/points, citing “backup QB magic.”
• LSU at Alabama: Josh backs Bama to cover; Will & Taylor like LSU to cover with interim coach boost.
• Dogs of the Week: Nebraska (Will), Auburn (Taylor), Kansas (Josh)

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Final Bites (Closing Thoughts)

• Will's bold prediction: “TJ Lateef. Over 300 all-purpose yards out of UCLA.” ([72:21])
• Taylor says, “This is truly separation Saturday. We’re finally going to see separation between the three of us on this show and it’s gonna be beautiful. Hopefully for me.” ([73:10])
• Josh with a tongue-in-cheek warning: “I think Dan’s gonna wear the cotton again and get soaked and look miserable in a win at Iowa State.” ([73:10])

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For New Listeners

If you love a blend of sharp football analysis, degenerate gambling banter, and never-too-serious locker room vibes, this episode is a must. Expect hot takes, original analogies (you’ll never hear the words "duck reproductive system" the same way again), and a real sense of camaraderie whether you agree with the Boys’ picks or not.

Transcript

[A]

Welcome to another episode of the Locker Room. I'm your host Will Compton along with Josh Pate, Taylor Lawan. We got a week coming up, boys. Wherever you're tuned in right now, whether you're watching on your computer, listening on your phone, watching on your phone, just make sure you are subscribed to the Boyz's channel. First week College football playoff rankings. We got a five game slate here with Georgia at Mississippi State, A and M at Mizzou, Oregon at Iowa, lsu, Alabama, byu, Texas Tech. Where college game day is going, where the fall Don't Lie tour is going. Here's our records and standings from last week to tough week. It was a tough week. We're all tied up 24, 28 on the season. You can see the standings here. Josh P. Leads the way. Taylor and Will, we suck but we're coming back this week. We are happy you're here. Big hugs, tiny kisses again. Make sure you you are subscribed. Let's have a show.

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[A]

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[A]

Josh Pate.

[B]

Yeah, Good morning. How are you doing?

[A]

I'm doing well. I look at the one in four.

[B]

All right.

[A]

Hey, you know, over the weekend.

[D]

It's not what he's asking. He's not asking about your record.

[B]

I'm looking at you, but also through you. Do you know what's behind you? Do you know the only neon sign that's behind you that I care about? That's that neon sign you told me last week. You told him last week. You told America last week. When we leaned in right here, we clasped hands. You were a little later than me and him, but we still clasped hands. And you said, kiss your families goodbye. We may not come back.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And I got to tell you, I took it seriously. And I have not seen Savannah since last week.

[D]

A man hasn't seen his wife because of the Huskers.

[A]

Yeah, look, we didn't come back. Dylan Rayola doesn't go down in the.

[B]

Third quarter, we win it, we win.

[A]

That game, and it hurts.

[D]

That's not even a question.

[A]

It's not. It's not. I mean, it's. It's. It's hard to play those hypotheticals. Not in my head. Yeah, it was tough, man. Face was painted. The boys were in there. We were all blacked out together, bringing the noise, bringing the juice. Nebraska took the fight to usc, held that offense, that passing offense to, I believe, under 200 yards. Secondary showed up.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

Yeah, man, it was. It was tough. But I tell you what, it's a bad week to be a Bruin because I don't know if you saw any of the pressers. I watch all of them and I'm on the phones like, hey, what's. How are the boys feeling? Cause this, you know, I'm telling the ball coaches, this is where you find out about your team right here. Playoff hope's kind of gone. Pretty much 99% gone, 99.9% gone.

[B]

Still a chance.

[A]

There's always a chance. You need a lot to happen.

[D]

You see? Pretty much gone. 99% gone, 99.9% gone. And I'm all getting that. I was like, will's gonna figure out a way to get a basket in the playoffs.

[A]

You need a lot to happen because.

[D]

We'Re now in the world where a 10 and 2 team is not gonna get in.

[E]

Yeah.

[D]

And it was like 99.9.

[A]

But if these teams start losing, you truly never know is all I'm saying.

[D]

No doubt. And as we've seen, because our picks are never wrong, these kids can be wrong.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah.

[D]

If these kids can be wrong, a 9 and 3 Nebraska football team can make the playoffs.

[A]

Yeah. But this is where it's like the mentality shifts. A, you don't make the playoffs, who's going to go out to ucla. And it was a tone setter to where, hey, you lick your wounds for 24 hours, but when you show up on Tuesday, you're either fucking in or you're out. If you have any doubt in your mind, you don't have to walk through those Doors. Tire team shows up, everybody's juiced. The mentality, you see it in everybody's press conference. The boys are ready to rally behind TJ Lateef, who's going home, Compton, California and playing in front of his family and friends. Get a. Get a week of prep as the starting qb. He can run around a little bit. He's dynamic with his legs. So there is an ass whooping brewing in UCLA right now, which is important.

[B]

Because last time we saw a team's hopes and dreams crushed and then went to the Rose bowl, the next week it was Penn State.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So we remember what that looks like.

[A]

And yeah, Penn State now people, I feel like are just throwing away Oregon season a little bit. I know they're nine, they're still ranked, they're in the College Football Playoff right now. But I just feel like people are over. I feel like the College Football Playoff has positioned Iowa at 20, Oregon at 9. This game's kind of up in the air this weekend, but one slip up here by Oregon.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

And they're pretty much out of it.

[B]

I don't know that they're pretty much out of it. I think they are on the bubble as a two loss team in a way that you didn't think they'd be on the bubble because I think the three of us have sat here. We were talking about Nebraska when we said a two loss Big Ten, but it turns out we could have been talking about Oregon, but we've all agreed, hey, a two loss Big Ten team is going to be in. A two loss SEC team is going to be in. You just kind of say that. You just kind of blanketly believe that. All right, well, now we enter a world where the AP's got Oregon at 6, but the playoff committee's got them all the way down at nine because they keep devaluing that Penn State win. We've already gone over that here and how that may be a little stupid. So it doesn't matter because we're not on the committee this year. Maybe next year, but not this year. So if they go and they lose to Iowa, which is a game we're going to break down really competitive game. If they lose close to Iowa, that's their second loss. They got to count on USC being a ranked win. They got to count on Washington being a ranked win. Oh, by the way, they got to go beat them. But they got to count on those being ranked wins or else they're going to be sitting there at the end of the day and their biggest win was supposed to be Penn State. That's supposed to be the one they can hang their hat on. The committee's going to sit there. Nobody under the age of 93 on that committee saying, first off, I was asleep at halftime of that game. Secondly, the paper here says Penn State's not even ranked. That's a five loss team. That's not a quality win. I highly advise Dan Lanning. This is free. I highly advise Dan Lanning in Oregon to go ahead and try and win all their games.

[D]

Yeah, the rest will take care of itself. The rest take care of itself.

[B]

They're not leaving out of one loss of Oregon. I know that.

[D]

What happens if Oregon wins this game? But Washington beats Oregon, Michigan beats Ohio State. So you now have three 10 and two teams in the Big Ten, Ohio State's 11 1, Indiana's 12, 0. Going to the Big Ten championship. Is this true or not? Like they did not. They're not valuing conference games anymore. Is that a conference title games, Conference title games.

[B]

They value them, but they don't value them in a sense that you're going to get knocked out if you lose them, basically. But that's what they say. I don't know that that's true. Like I've got a.

[A]

You could have a situation that happens with. With byu.

[B]

Yeah. Or in the acc.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. So last, like last year, for example, SMU was in the top 12 going into conference title Saturday. They lose on conference title Saturday. But the committee didn't drop them out because the thinking was we're not going to punish you for playing in your conference title game and an extra game.

[D]

Everybody else.

[B]

But then SMU went and got smoked in the playoff. Now that should not matter, but I don't know that it won't matter in future iterations of the playoff selection process because it really is a TV product at the end of the day. Again, not advocating for that to be the criteria. I'm just saying those are people in the room and there's a lot of money on the line.

[D]

Right.

[B]

So we'll see if that carries weight this year.

[D]

So if Michigan's 10 and 2, Washington's 10 and 2, Oregon's 10 and 2, who's the dog that gets left out?

[B]

So you got Ohio State in, you got Indiana in.

[D]

Right.

[B]

Give me the other ones.

[D]

Oregon, Oregon 10 and 2.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Who did that?

[B]

Losing?

[D]

Lose to Washington. Lost to Washington Because Washington has two losses. They play Washington late in the year.

[B]

Okay, so you got a head to head Washington over Oregon.

[A]

Yep.

[D]

And then Washington has to win Out. Oregon loses to Washington. Michigan wins out.

[B]

I think Michigan would be in. They would have a win over Ohio State, right?

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Yeah, you'd have to.

[B]

So they'd have the best win in the country. They will have also had a loss at Oklahoma. Oklahoma is a highly ranked team right now. Who would their other loss have been to?

[D]

Usc.

[B]

Usc. USC is also a ranked team, and that was on the road. I think Michigan would be your playoff team.

[D]

So Washington would then be out, or would Oregon be out because Washington beat Oregon?

[B]

It may be Oregon, which would be nuts. It may be Oregon. I'd have to look at all those fancy.

[A]

Like you said, highly advised. Just win the rest of them.

[D]

Just win the rest.

[B]

Right.

[D]

We're playing hypothetical games here.

[B]

You do whatever you want to.

[D]

Yeah. Just having a little fun, what ifs.

[B]

If I were Dan Lanning, I would win the games. If I were him. But if I were him, I also wouldn't wear cotton in the pouring rain. But he did against Wisconsin.

[D]

Yeah, he did do that.

[B]

And you want to see something as we kick off?

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Okay. Now, we got to keep the sources private here. Lanning played Wisconsin two weeks ago. It was pouring down rain and he wore cotton. And I was worried about hypothermia, like, I was worried about health. So they're going to play Iowa this week. It's going to be in the 40s. It's going to be pouring down rain. I said on my show last night, someone in the organ equipment room has to wise up and get Lanning something to wear other than cotton. Do you want to read that out loud?

[A]

The gray. I tried to talk to D. I tried to talk D line. Or I tried to talk DL Into a jacket. And he responded with, my mama didn't raise no bitch. True story. Three laughing emojis.

[B]

So Dan's probably going cotton again, right? On the road this Saturday.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

He knows it's gonna pour. He knows it's gonna be in the 40s. He may not come back. Talk about us not coming back. He may not come back.

[D]

We're already not back. We're gone.

[B]

Yeah, we're gone.

[D]

Does he join us being gone?

[B]

We got in the foxhole at the worst possible time. Yeah.

[D]

And we kind of knew it, too.

[B]

That's the nature of a fox, right?

[D]

It's like fury. You sit the tank. Brad Pitt says he's not leaving. Everyone's like, fuck, I guess we gotta stay, too.

[B]

Yep. You know, it's probably the way we would have wanted to go out.

[D]

Yeah. Absolutely.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

There are no moral victories.

[B]

Nope.

[A]

I was proud of the fight.

[D]

Does Mississippi State get a moral victory versus Georgia this week? That is the question. Because those two teams are playing. It's not in my hand.

[B]

Got a straight up before we left.

[A]

Somebody who's positioned perfectly for the College Football Playoff in my opinion is Utah. You get to end with. Is it tcu, Kansas? Who's their third? Is it this week?

[B]

Baylor?

[A]

I mean, they could be sitting. They're just down the hall in the waiting room waiting for the chaos to, you know, Texas Tech, BYU, whatever. Could be a rematch in the Big 12 championship. Man, it would be brutal. Say if whoever loses this weekend, they end up getting back in the Big 12 championship. Yeah, there's going to be a whole lot of chaos. That's why we love this game.

[D]

Util's like the cleaning crew and John Wick, like there's a bunch of chaos going on outside the door. And then once it's all over, they just walk in, clean stuff up and they're in the playoffs.

[B]

Hold on, hold on. So, so think this through. All right? We got byu, Texas Tech this weekend, right? Utah is just kind of sitting there. They're already a two loss team, but they're sitting there. They were what, 12 or 11 or something like that last night. Where were they ranked? I don't know, Somewhere. Somewhere in the.

[A]

Yeah, they were right outside looking in.

[B]

We fast forward a month. Utah just wins out there. They're 10 and 2.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Brigham Young loses this weekend at Texas Tech. So they're both one loss teams. They go the rest of the way. They rematch in the Big 12 title game. Texas Tech beats him again. Would the committee drop a two loss? Brigham Young, whose second loss came in the conference title game behind Utah, who Brigham Young beat as Utah sits at home on conference championship Saturday. Now that is what we call a classic conundrum. You remember the thing we did last week about the ACC, how they could get three teams in? Maybe it was the Big 12 the whole time.

[D]

Maybe it was.

[B]

It ripped off the AC mask.

[A]

The game was at byu.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. Multiple turnover. Not that this matters, but like say the holy war.

[A]

3 point loss. BYU was at home. I'd say they dropped. They. They throw out byu.

[B]

It'd be Utah and we call it College Football Playoff primeval.

[D]

Which will be the subject of my conversation when we get to the true classic game of the week. Because this is the third time BYU's made it on our show. I'm not having it.

[A]

Yeah, well, look, they've. They've They've taken care of business, man there. What was their over under in the. The sportsbook at before?

[B]

Good question.

[A]

What was it?

[B]

Six and a half, seven somewhere around there? Yeah.

[A]

They've been taking care of. They've been soaking their way all the way to the end.

[D]

Yep. All the way. How they held it for this long? That's the question.

[B]

Yeah. All right.

[D]

Number five, Georgia. They're at Mississippi State. Georgia's favorite eight and a half points team doesn't start very fast in the first half. Total points in that game is 57 and a half. My question is Georgia slept. Walked through their entire season so far other than Alabama obviously got them a little bit, but they've started slow. They kind of just let teams hang around. They're down by four against Florida. They end up coming back, but they never seem like they're a team that's going to be. They never just waiver. It's always like, yeah, they're going to get the points. They are. We're going to turn on Gunner Stockton. We need you on the ground. Gunner Stockton, we need you through the air. And anything they ask Gunner Stockton to do, eventually he just does it and they end up winning that game. Mississippi State's giving up 174 yards on the ground per game right now. And I think with this Mississippi State team, it's like they've played a lot of these teams very well. Tennessee, Texas to where if you're Kirby Smart and you're in the perfect position to know you can drop one and maybe other teams do. I don't think Kirby Smart lets his team do that. I'm thinking Georgia minus eight and a half.

[A]

Georgia let me down against Florida.

[D]

On the one.

[A]

Yeah. On the one. Sniffing.

[D]

Sniffing a coverage. You know, Kirby watches the show. He laughed.

[A]

He's like, oh, you're up for the COVID Seven and a half and you're on the one yard line.

[D]

You can't just.

[A]

I get. I understand the integrity of the game. To me, my whole thought was like, if you're outside of the five, the knee I'm totally cool with. But you're on the one yard line. Just, just punch it in. Yeah, yeah, just fall forward.

[D]

Right.

[A]

Save America.

[D]

Well, you remember Saints vs. The Falcons when Arthur Smith was the head coach of the Falcons. Jameis Winston was the quarterback of Saints. They were on the one yard line. Game was pretty much over. They punched it in. Arthur Smith had a shit fit about that.

[B]

But this wasn't even a play. This is a guy going into the end zone. And takes a knee. Basically throws double barrel middle fingers up at the hard camera after he does it. I know that hurt. Yeah.

[A]

Even if you're going to Stockton, just like I know what's on the line here. Hey, fellas. Coaches calling a knee here. We're punching this.

[D]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

I'll take a knee. Two yards into the end zone.

[D]

Yeah, exactly.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

So where are we going? What do you guys.

[B]

Game.

[D]

So we're pissed off about it.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Georgia's eight and a half start slow. Mississippi State, they can fly it around a little bit.

[B]

Just beat Arkansas last week. First conference win for Jeff Levy. My dog of the week. Don't get any credit for it. Whatever.

[D]

Georgia secondary, are they fraudulent? People are wondering.

[B]

People are saying, good play action game there at Mississippi State. One of the best in the league.

[D]

True.

[A]

I'm taking Mississippi State plus eight and a half. I'm taking Mississippi State plus eight and a half. I don't trust either defense. Part of me wants to flirt with this. 57 and a half on the total.

[D]

Can I show you something? Look at my notes right here.

[A]

Over as in you. As in, I thought I was gonna read it and you're gonna be like, I love the over.

[D]

No, no, no.

[A]

You basically had the game breakdown. Georgia minus seven and a half.

[D]

Yeah, but it doesn't say under. Or does it say over? Because there's two choices when you talk about a total. And that's the one I picked. It's right there.

[A]

I'm taking Mississippi State. Fuck it. Why not? I'm taking Mississippi State. They could easily be. I mean, how many losses they had that you've been down on the wire?

[B]

Overtime against Tennessee. Overtime against Texas. Had Florida already won. I'm pretty sure the teams were going to the locker room and then someone just said, never mind, we don't want it. So it's three games.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah. I'm taking Mississippi State. Georgia's let me down in a couple spots. I know they're the Bulldogs. I want to give Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs a speech right now, but I can't do it.

[B]

Yeah. After you won the Ole Miss game for them.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You won the game for them.

[D]

Gosh, you did. That was a great speech, too.

[A]

Mississippi State.

[D]

So did he fall into your trap?

[B]

No, I'm in there with him.

[D]

Oh, really?

[B]

We're in this state, too. Yeah. We're in this trap together. This works out so well.

[A]

I was gonna say so. Well, last time we get these, me just leaning over with the fist pound. It always ends in a Loss.

[B]

Let me hit the rewind button. About three and a half minutes. You said Georgia keeps sleepwalking. Right. The implication there is that Georgia's this great team that keeps messing around until it's time to kick it into gear, like vintage Georgia. And I would agree with you, if the 2021 Georgia team were on the field and they kept playing like this, I'd say, yeah, they just keep sleepwalking. They keep playing with their food until it's really trying time to eat, and then they put it away. I just kind of think this is Georgia. I kind of think this is the team they are. They're above average by Georgia standards. They're above average. They're not elite. They don't have game breakers up front. Defensively, their wide receiver room's better, but I don't really think it's become the quote, unquote strength of the team that they thought it may. Gunner Stockton has bailed them out several times now. They're better running the ball than they were last year.

[A]

Frazier's a stud.

[B]

Yes. So they've. They've improved the areas they need to improve. So they've won some close games. But like we were talking about with Mississippi State, Georgia's the inverse. And there's a lot of skill to being on the inverted side where they win the close game against Tennessee, they win the close game against Florida last week. They come from the dead, come from behind and being dead against Auburn. So they could have three more losses, but they don't. But the line's not two and a half. The line's eight and a half. So they just came off the Florida game. They know they got Texas coming in next week. And sandwiched in between is this 11am kickoff in Starkville, Mississippi. I was at SMU last week. I saw Miami sleepwalk. I see what it's like for a big favorite to have to play an 11am game and it's not easy. Now, Georgia is a lot more disciplined and mentally tough than Miami is, but I just think there's not that big a gap between the teams either. So there's not a ton that has to go wrong for Georgia. There's. It's not like a true David and Goliath type of scenario that Mississippi State has put together. I just think they can hang with him and eight and a half too many points. So I'm going to ride with you.

[A]

And just pair it with like Mississippi State. I feel like that locker room, that team feels like they're just playing with house money. They've been in every game, bro. They've had a lot of life down there after just. I mean, they've been terrible historically, but. Yeah, I just. Yeah, George is going to let you. They're 134th at getting after the pasture. I didn't even know there's 134 teams in college football. I thought it was 132.

[D]

Not a few more than that. There's not a few more than that. All right.

[A]

I did feel like we got to a spot where. Hey, are you switching?

[D]

No, no, no, no. I'm just sitting there because as you're talking. Josh, I just keep looking at that record. Are you excited for this Will? Because Superior is worth playing for Michelob Ultra.

[B]

Yes, sir.

[D]

Are we five and five right now when it comes to playing for an ultra? 5 and 6? I'm down 1. Okay, I'm down 1 for a Michelob Ultra.

[A]

Will Compton, Superior Bragging rights. Superior Light beer for. For the Ultra.

[D]

Let's go. And we're at 500.

[A]

This game's stupid, but let's get back to the episode.

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[F]

Hey, everyone. Ed Helms here.

[B]

And hi, I'm Kalpen and we're the hosts of earsay, the Audible and I Heart Audiobook.

[F]

This week on the podcast, I am sitting down with Jenny Garth, host of the iHeart podcast. I choose me to discuss the new Audible adaptation of the timeless Jane Austen classic Pride and Prejudice. This is not a trick question. There's no wrong answer.

[B]

What role would I play?

[D]

You know what?

[A]

I can see you as Mr. Darcy.

[D]

You got a little call in first.

[F]

Okay, that's really sweet. I appreciate that. But are you sure I'm not the dad? I'm not Mr. Bennet here. Listen to Earsay, the Audible and iHeart Audiobook Club on the iHeartradio app or wherever you get your podcasts.

[D]

And I'm thinking to myself, okay, we're about to talk about Texas A and Mizzou. That's also a big line. Texas A and M is going to Mizzou. Their big favorite. Two score favorite. I know where I'm leaning and based on this conversation, maybe you guys are leaning the other way. So maybe this is finally, as you guys are speaking, I'm like, maybe this is finally Separation Saturday.

[A]

Where are you leaning with A and M?

[D]

I'm going A and M. Oh, perfect.

[A]

Yeah, it's Mizzou all day long.

[D]

I'm going A and M. Prueblo, is it Priblo.

[A]

Priula, Pribula, whatever.

[D]

Penn State transfers, he gets an anky injury. So he was in a quarterback battle earlier in the year. That starting quarterback, he gets hurt. There's a five star. I don't know anything about this five star kid.

[A]

Klump knows what Matt Zollers live on.

[D]

This five star kid and he couldn't say one damn good thing about him. And I know Klump is the troll of the office when it comes to teams, but everyone talks about battered Aggie syndrome and I go to Jiu Jitsu every Tuesday night and there's always a dad there. He and I sit and talk while our kids are doing it. And he's a big Aggie fan and LSU game, he's like, this is the one where we get let down. This is the one. And there's like a turning. There's like, you can see a shift starting with him. Like maybe not this year. Maybe we're finally the team that's going to finish our season undefeated. And this is the week we finally get to go do it. Mike Elko, friend of the SHOW I think that defensive line is incredible. I think they're more. Missouri is more one dimensional than ever. And I like Texas A and M. I think it's finally time somebody starts going, hey, this team's undefeated for a reason. It's not just because of their schedule. They're actually that good. So I'll be taking Texas A and.

[A]

M. They could win this game. I'm just. The line right now is seven and a half points. The total on this game, 48 and a half. We went through all we sat here and talked about with the College Football Playoff playing all these hypotheticals. Two loss this, two loss that. Like what teams are in. We're talking about Big Ten teams, SEC teams. A team that right now with two losses is the Missouri Tigers. Coming off of a bye week classic.

[D]

Need it versus want it.

[A]

Yes. Back against the wall at Columbia.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Off of bye week. An emotional, tough loss against Vandy. You look at the box score of that game, the team stats statistically, Mizzou. Mizzou just didn't take advantage of their opportunity. Prabula goes down. What do you not like about Zollers clump? I saw Matt Zollers play Easton High.

[D]

School in Pennsylvania and he threw five interceptions in that game.

[B]

Exactly.

[A]

Live arm. That's all that tells me he just needs some coaching. From the Missouri Tigers. From Coach drink.

[D]

Easton had zero wins that year.

[B]

That's.

[D]

See, Easton had zero wins that year.

[B]

I wrote Easton had zero wins that year.

[A]

He does.

[B]

Threw five picks.

[D]

Paper popper, horrible that year.

[A]

Ahmad Hardy, that defensive line for Mizzou, Damian Wilson. Talk your shit, son. This is going to be this. This is a game. Their back is against the wall. They are. They're not in any conversation with the College Football playoff, but they're 6 and 2 and they have him at Mizzou. It's A and M, seven and a half point spread. It's going to be a close game. There's going to be a dog fight. Ahmad Hardy.

[G]

Hold on.

[B]

Just hold on a second.

[D]

Oh, damn. Pate's going with you.

[A]

Hold on a second.

[D]

Paid's going with you.

[A]

Could I just ask something?

[B]

Not from me. Like from Coach Drink through me to you. He's given me permission to speak for him. Not in the playoff conversation. Not in the playoff conversation. A and M was ranked what last night?

[C]

Third.

[B]

If you beat Texas A and M at home, are you not right there in the top 12?

[A]

They're talking about the bubble Teams? Oh, Oklahoma and Texas. What about the Mizzou Tigers?

[B]

No, no, no, I'm asking you that. You just eliminated them. I'm asking you about Missouri. You just said they're not really in the playoff conversation. Are you projecting a future loss?

[A]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no. I'm saying if this game's a close off, I think this is going to be a fistfight of a game. I'm saying nobody's talking about them. They are a tough football team with a three point loss to Alabama and a very tough loss. Not taking advantage of their opportunity here at Vanderbilt when the stats tell you that they were the better football team that game. So I'm saying this is upset alert for Texas A and M. Nobody's talking about the Missouri tires. Drake, he gets in some of these head coaching conversations, but I feel like people see it and it's just they're, they're kind of throwing out. Where's Lane Kiffin at? On the board. Where's Marcus Freeman? Where's Nick Saban? Not Drink. He's just on the paper.

[D]

I've seen Drink on a lot of coaches.

[A]

No, you've seen him. But I'm saying, just universally, I feel like the way you sit there and look at it and think about the Missouri Tigers, you think of Eli Drink and it's just a name on the paper. You're not staring at that name on the paper. This is a team that just doesn't. People just don't even put them in these categories with head coaching. Jaw. They're on the paper for the College Football Playoff, but nobody's actually considering them for the College Football Playoff.

[B]

You got to love if you're a Missouri fan watching the show. And one of the biggest talking points is Drink needs to win this so he can get a better job.

[A]

Drink needs to win this so his.

[B]

Name rises up the hot boards. Hey, I think you're going to have a good week, though. I think you're going to have a good week because I'm buying everything that you're selling about Missouri. And let me add something if I could. Like you. You made some great points already. He got us to the doorstep. Allow me to kick it down.

[A]

Kick it in, brother.

[B]

Backup quarterback off a Bye. Backup quarterbacks off a Buy Taylor. It's a magic elixir. You don't want your starter, you don't want your starting quarterback playing. You want the backup playing, there's a reason he was on the bench. Hidden weapon. Hidden weapon. Mike Elkos got no clue, right? Not in general college game day a.

[D]

Couple weeks ago in Vanderbilt. You're like, we're not going to release him now? No, we want to do it at this 11am kickoff. One of our seasons on the line.

[B]

Versus Texas A and M. Quarterback goes.

[D]

Down when Will Compton says we're out of the playoffs. Yeah, this is when we want to do it.

[A]

Right now.

[B]

No one cares about you.

[D]

No one cares.

[B]

No one's going to hire you. No one's going to put you in the playoff and drinks just sitting there like this.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

And he knows what he's got on the bench.

[D]

What's he got on the bench? He's got five interceptions.

[A]

You got to be on it. You got to be on it.

[D]

He had five interceptions against Easton. Is that what you asked me?

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. So Matt Zoller's east side high five interceptions, whatever. Well, he's not playing East. Easton, Easton. He's not playing Easton Saturday. Texas A and M is pretty good too, right? Pretty good team too.

[D]

Pretty good front seven.

[B]

You know, in all seriousness, I love backup quarterbacks in their first start. Now, I don't ride them the whole year, but in their first start off the bench, I love them because of the galvanization effect. We talked about it. Yeah, we talked about it many times on this show. But also you mentioned large wasn't playing. You mentioned. Okay, so the box score says Missouri should have beaten Vanderbilt. Well, they didn't. That's why there's a loss on their resume. But in terms of predictive nature, looking forward, that plus they played Bama really close. They've either won their games or they've lost close. Well, the spread here is. What are we doing? Seven and a half. So that means they need to win or they need to lose, like by eight or more. So we've got a possible Missouri upset in the cards. We have also got a possible close Missouri loss in the cards, which is all they've suffered so far this year. I just think taking Missouri plus the points is the smart play here. And I think that you're right about people writing off Missouri. You're right about people overlooking drink. You're right about battered aggie syndrome. Battered aggie syndrome does not bite you when you're most concerned about it. It bites you the week after you sort of put it in the closet. We're not worried about battered aggy syndrome.

[D]

You're saying this BJJ dad I was talking to last night, he's put it in the closet.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

And it's ready to bite.

[B]

He didn't lock.

[D]

Similar to the tickle turkey.

[B]

Yeah. So I'll take Missouri.

[D]

Okay.

[B]

Close game.

[A]

Separation Saturday.

[D]

Separation Saturday.

[A]

All right. We have Oregon going out to Iowa. Iowa City. The weather on that game, Josh Pate.

[B]

We're going to go 46. Moderate rain and 15 mile an hour winds at kickoff. Dan Lanning still wearing cotton.

[A]

Oregon favorite was 6 1/2 points. Favored at 6 1/2 points. The over under on this game, 40 and a half. I kind of like the over on this.

[B]

What I just saw that it's dropped five points. Don't do that to yourself.

[D]

I like recently has it dropped 31 points a game.

[B]

They've scored recently 38, 37, 25 and 41 in their four Big Ten wins. But don't let that fool you into thinking their offense has turned a corner because they have 10, 61 total receiving yards. There is a kid who plays for San Jose State that has more receiving yards than that by himself. They have not thrown for 200 yards in a single game. No wide receivers gone over 75 yards in a game for them this year. Do not be fooled. Do not be fooled at all. Being balanced 132nd passing offense in America, lowest in power four. It's abysmal. But they can play defense.

[D]

But that's Iowa. Yeah, that's Iowa. They can play defense balanced. Four touchdowns, four interceptions.

[B]

That's. He is balanced.

[D]

Is as balanced as it gets, is it not?

[B]

He is balanced in that way.

[D]

Ducks, they like to their high power flying offense. Like I know this is not the Chip Kelly offense we used to look at, but they like to rip the ball around a little bit. They have a good run game. I think it's like six points.

[B]

Number one in explosive runs. Number one explosive runs in the country. Iowa has given up. I was given up one explosive run all season. Something's got to give.

[D]

What's an unstoppable force? Immovable object.

[B]

WrestleMania 3 all over again with bad.

[D]

Weather going right into Iowa. This is. This is what Iowa wants. They want bad weather, 15 mile an hour winds, which sounds like a lot, but really not that much. What's going to happen here, Will?

[A]

I want to listen to you guys. I want to listen to this breakdown. What? There ain't no fodder on Ference. Talking about coach Alani.

[D]

I am.

[A]

There's no fodder out there. Coach Ference is as high character of a head coach as you get. If anything else, I might shoot him a text. Hey. With awesome Daniel and he's like, I wish him well. He's a great football coach.

[D]

Yeah. He's been in the game long enough to know you don't mess around. You don't mess around with egos. When it comes to pregame press conferences, I don't know where you're going. I really don't know where I'm going in this game because my heart wants to sit there and say Oregon, because Dan Lanning, because you watch the Indiana game. Ever since the Indiana game, everyone's kind of like, you know, similar what College Football Playoff committee's done. They've kind of like forgot about Oregon. Like they're no longer. They take away the Penn State win, even though you know they're the one that killed Penn State. Everyone just is reaping the benefits of what Oregon did to Penn State. So I look at this Iowa team and every year it's the same thing. Like, they have no offense, but they kind of do in their four by 10 wins. And they play great defense, they run the ball really well. You could take Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Joe Burrow. You can put them in an Iowa uniform, they're going to have four touchdowns and four interceptions. That's just what happens in Iowa City.

[B]

Balance.

[D]

So what happens when both teams are stuck in the run game? Who does better? Is it Iowa, who's used to kind of just like putzing through, taking time of possession, keeping the other offense off of the field and slowly just losing by five like they did against Indiana? Or is Oregon coming off of bye week, bad taste in their mouth? Do they just come and blow the doors off of Iowa? I think that's like one of the two options.

[A]

Which option are you going with?

[D]

I don't know. That's what I literally started the whole conversation with. That's what we have to do. A good job of listening is, I don't know where I'm going to start. I don't know where I'm at. I'm lost.

[A]

The college football world is doubting you, Dan Lanning. People are starting to say your Penn State win doesn't mean shit. They're saying you're just a West coast team that loves to hug trees, sing Kumbaya, everything else. You take your Oregon Ducks and you fly to Iowa City and you introduce the Hawkeyes to the duck's reproductive system. Let me educate you on the duck reproductive system. The male duck holds the Hawkeye down. The rest of the boys surround him. And what do you do? You gang bang him. This is Oregon minus six and a half.

[D]

That's real.

[A]

Oregon minus six And a half.

[D]

That's a real.

[A]

Because we're getting close. We're also getting close, boys, to playoff football. And that feeling that where Dan Lanning, he wakes up in a cold sweat at night remembering what the Buckeyes did because the boys weren't prepared when it mattered the most. You're getting close to this, and you can't afford to lose anymore. This has got to be pedal to the metal, fly out to Iowa City and beat some ass. This feeling is there. They're coming off a bye week. They're getting to sit back and watch all of it. And you know, Laning's gonna have those boys motivated. Laning's gonna have those boys ready to go. So I'm going. You know, I'm Ryan with the I almost wore my organ duck hoodie into this thing. But people like, hey, you guys gotta kind of be unbiased.

[D]

There's not a whisper in the back of your head. There that goes. Iowa.

[A]

There's a whisper.

[D]

Property theory, Whatever the thing that Tay talks about. Indiana beats the brakes off of Oregon. They only beat Iowa by five when they were like, what, 15 and a half point favorites?

[B]

Hey, 14 point game against Wisconsin. I would beat him 37 to nothing. Transitive property.

[D]

Transitive property. Hello, transitive property. That's a dual.

[A]

Bringing the volume down the vein coming out now. We want to whisper.

[D]

We want to whisper.

[A]

Where are you going, Josh?

[B]

Well, I'm going to Lubbock, but I'll be watching the game. So where I grew up, about 45 minutes away, there's a dirt track called East Alabama Motor Speedway.

[A]

Oh, this is story time.

[B]

It's really fun. It's out in the middle of nowhere. Dad used to go coon hunting there before I was born. Great place.

[D]

I don't think you can say that, but keep going.

[B]

Great people. After what he just said about the duck reproductive system, you can say whatever you want. They're underwear.

[A]

Hey, I'll encourage you to do this when this show's done. Go look up. Go on YouTube. Duck reproductive system.

[B]

Oh, look. I don't doubt it happens in the wild.

[D]

The woman duck has a bunch of canals. Yeah, it's like a maze. And so these ducks got to put her down.

[B]

Wait a second. Sometimes I'm really good at faking like I knew something to keep the conversation moving. I don't know anything about this.

[A]

So there's a. They have corkscrew penises. Peni. Peni. Ducks have corkscrew. Peni. And the. The way that they mate is they basically they gang bang a female, and they're trying to figure out, you know, they're all competing to try and get it inside.

[D]

Right.

[A]

And so that's. That's.

[D]

That's how they'll go into one area that might not be the way. So the next guy comes in, finds a different one, and there's like multiple different tunnels in order to get to the ducks.

[B]

So it's no different than a corn maze?

[D]

No different than a corn maze.

[B]

Absolutely no different. And you're saying that's the way you win a football game Saturday?

[D]

Yep.

[A]

Yeah. One where it takes everybody.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You know.

[B]

Just give it some pass.

[A]

I gotta get. I gotta get this stuff out now. You know we're not gonna be able to talk about when we're with Greeny on Thursday, Right?

[B]

Right. Right.

[A]

Maybe I'll find a way.

[B]

I don't know, man.

[A]

You dropped.

[B]

You dropped cocktober on it.

[A]

We seem to like it.

[D]

Yeah. I don't understand why that was such a big deal to him.

[B]

Yeah, he seemed to like it.

[D]

And I saw you. You were kind of footing around. Cocktail.

[B]

Well.

[A]

Yeah, I didn't.

[B]

I didn't say. I just don't know the rules. And then I found out.

[D]

You say it and you find out what the rules are.

[A]

Paid did it.

[B]

Right?

[A]

He did. He just did one of these. Yeah, I thought that went.

[D]

I thought it was the best way it could possibly go.

[B]

It went great there. Hang on.

[D]

I want to jump on. I'm going to say what I. Where I'm going to go.

[A]

He was in the middle of the story.

[D]

Oh, yeah. True.

[A]

Tell your story.

[B]

So anyway, speaking of the dirt track, East Alabama Motor Speedway in East Alabama. It's out in the middle of nowhere. You can hear the cars from miles away on Friday night when they're running out there. But the thing is, you got to show up with a dirt track car. And dirt track cars look way different than the cars they use in nascar. They look way different than street racing cars. And if you ever took a street racing car out the East Alabama Motor Speedway, that embarrass you. So the question is. And the question for Daniel Lanning and the question for everyone there in Oregon is, are you a street racing car or are you a dirt track car? Because we already see the conditions. We know I'm not calling on you yet. We see the conditions. This is not a street race Saturday. This is a dirt track game.

[D]

Okay, that was gonna be my question. What kind of track were you on?

[B]

This is 44 degrees. This is Iowa City. This is rain, this is wind. This isn't summer. Seven on seven. We're not wearing shorts, we're not wearing shells, so we're going to have to get dirty. And I wrote on this piece of.

[D]

Paper here, are you going to.

[B]

Oregon has to make Iowa's game their game. You can run the ball, too. You're number one in the country in explosive runs. There's this misconception, folks do it with Tennessee, they do it with Oregon. They think it's just pinball on grass. They think it's just high octane, throw the ball all over the place. That's not the team they tried to build. They can throw the ball very effectively, but if it just comes time to do that, which you got to do to beat Iowa, Oregon should be able to do that. Now I'm going to take Oregon to win and I'm going to take him to cover because I believe there is a different gear to this team that they have not hit yet. I think Dan Lanning, probably the biggest lesson he learned from that Ohio State game last year is that team that just smoked us in the playoff built everything about their process to peak at the right time, to peak late. Oregon went wire to wire last year like they were good from the jump, but then they faded when it mattered most. So there's been a little vulnerability about them so far this year. I think part of that's cause it's time to do this in November and they've built towards doing this in November. If I'm right about that, the first sign of that will be Saturday. It'll be ugly. It'll be hideous. And they'll go in there and they'll win 26 to 10. And they'll come out of it and they will have won. They will have covered and they will have set themselves up for a stretch run. Not worried about whether they're going to get in. If they lose two games, just don't lose another game. So I'll take Oregon to win and cover.

[A]

You had me thinking you were going the other direction.

[D]

He does that. And that's why I wanted to kind of stop the story so I could say where I was going to go. But I'll take Oregon.

[B]

This is a dirt track game.

[D]

I'll take Oregon.

[B]

It's a dirt track game.

[D]

I'll take Oregon. But I'm a little nervous about it. Separation Saturday, separate. I know, and I was thinking that too. But then I don't want ego getting the way bigger. I'm already opposite both times. I am 5050 on this game.

[A]

This seems like you're going with the emotional side.

[D]

Yeah, that's a, that's really observant of you. Yeah, thanks. Yeah, I'm going Oregon.

[A]

But your logical side's telling you Iowa.

[D]

Yeah, because it seems like this is a game that this is a perfect game for Iowa to kind of like stick around and run the ball and do what Iowa does, which is just. I've already said all the things make you like make you want to mention what weather's already done that their defense is really good and make it a rock fight model.

[B]

Model thinks that Oregon's being given too much respect here. By the way, if you just look at the comparative. I mean, I know I joke about transitive property. They've got three common opponents already. They both played Penn State. Iowa lost by one. I think Oregon went to overtime. So there's that, I know the backup quarterback thing, but there's that they've both played Wisconsin. It was a pouring rain game for Oregon, but they had him at home. It was a two possession game. Iowa went on the road and beat him 37 zip. And then you've got Indiana. Indiana owned Oregon in Austin and Iowa played them to within five in Kennett. So you've got three examples there where these teams against three common opponents have played pretty similarly. Yet Oregon's laying almost a touchdown in Iowa's building. That's a reputation line. That's a play to the public line. Because the truth of that, if you just took two generic like potato sack uniforms and you took those resumes and you put them in this building, probably like Organ minus two, Oregon minus three. So a lot of respect being given.

[D]

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[F]

Hey everyone, Ed Helms here and hi.

[B]

I'm Cal Penn and we're the hosts of Irsay, The Audible and iHeart Audiobook Club.

[F]

This week on the podcast I am sitting down with Jenny Garfield, host of the I Heart Podcast. I choose me to discuss the new Audible adaptation of the timeless Jane Austen classic Pride and Prejudice. This is not a trick question. There's no wrong answer. What role would I play?

[B]

You know what?

[A]

I can see you as Mr. Darcy.

[B]

You got a little Colin Firth.

[F]

Okay, that's really sweet. I appreciate that. But are you sure I'm not the dad? I'm not Mr. Bennett here. Listen to Earsay the Audible and iHeart Audiobook Club on the iHeartradio app or wherever you get your podcasts.

[A]

Let's go down to Alabama. LSU at Alabama. The spread on this game is nine and a half points. Alabama being favored the over under on this game, 48 and a half points. Gentlemen.

[B]

Could I go first here or sometimes we pop the paper, right? I think LSU's got to wad the paper up because here's what the paper says. The paper says your strengths match up with their strengths. You can't expose their weaknesses. Bama's got the run. Defense not so great, 73rd. But LSU can't run the ball. They've been in the 120s all year. So how are you going to take advantage of It Bama's pass defense is 12th. So LSU can throw the ball. Okay, but that's Alabama's strength. They kind of mirror each other, except that when Bama can't run the ball, they still throw it. Okay, so they still get their points, they still get their yards, they get their production. When LSU hasn't been able to run it, they have failed to do much of anything. But then we have the, we got backup quarterback theory, but we also have the fired head coach theory. Added bonus for lsu, you're coming out of a buy and you fired a head coach that apparently no one down there liked anyway. So there's that galvanization effect of you want to play for Frank Wilson. Because Frank Wilson, you know, actually has the audacity to love LSU and to bleed purple and gold and Brian Kelly just bled normal blood.

[D]

How dare he?

[B]

Gross. Pathetic. No place in this country for that. So there's that. I also think, much like Oregon, the theory of Alabama being a national championship contender has to rest on the premise that they haven't played their best ball yet. Because Alabama's been a really good team. I don't think the games they've played so far, if you get Ohio State's best, are going to beat Ohio State or maybe even Indiana's best. I don't think that that may not beat Indiana, but if we see Alabama start to scale, if we see them start to work towards peaking, okay, well then that's game on. They have to be better running the ball and they have to be better at completing explosive passes. Cause for as good as Ty Simpson's been and as good as the skill they have at wideout is, they've still been kind of poor on completing deep balls, like balls over 20 yards in the air. Haven't been that great there. So I'm looking for those two things. Saturday. Calen DeBoer is 152 off a buy. He's as lethal as any coach in the country. It's like Andy Reid circuit Eagles off a buy. It was like an autopay, auto bet autoplay. So I'm going to take Alabama with an improving pass rush to expose or continue to expose LSU's vulnerability on the offensive line. Bama under DeBoer, they've struggled in this two possession favorite spot, but those have been mainly road games at home. They've taken care of business. So I will take them to win. Tough game, but I think they'll pull away in the end. I'll take them to win by double digit. So I think they cover I'm kind.

[A]

Of going with Nutmeier on this one.

[D]

Yeah, I'm LSU on this. This is the interim head coach. The bleeding purple and gold, the whole thing. Like everybody in Louisiana, the state of Louisiana, they already started being, like, having question marks about Brian Kelly. And then as it just went on and on, they're like, we hate this guy. There is a weight lifted off the entire state. They all feel incredible. And there's always the energy of the interim head coach. His first game coming in. I just see that playing a bit. I think Alabama wins this game, but I think it's closer than Alabama wants it to be.

[A]

I agree. I agree. I'm going LSU to cover just basically all the things that you said. It's just galvanizing, like Brian Kelly's out of it. Kind of the weight that's lifted off of everybody, the excitement and probably the fun that's being had now to play for Frank Wilson. And you're going down to Alabama. Nobody's picking you in this game. It's. You're doubted everywhere. You've already lost. And I just feel like that'll be a spark enough to cover in this game. I do think Alabama wins. In my opinion, Alabama is a very good football team. Your national champion is very much alive and well. Ty Simpson, love him. Do you know on that stat 152 if it's against a spread or not? Or is this just after bye week? Straight up. All right, that makes me feel a little bit better. But I'm going to ride LSU here just solely off the fact Brian Kelly gets fired. Frank Wilson saying in the presser saying, I like this. I like us in this spot. So lsu. LSU plus nine and a half. Should we get to our True Classic game of the week?

[D]

We should.

[A]

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[D]

Spreads a little wide.

[A]

If I were to tell you BYU is going into Lubbock Texas and upsetting the Texas Tech Raiders, what would your reaction be?

[B]

I would say they were able to scale their run game against the number one statistical run defense in the country in Texas Tech. Best run D BYU has faced so far is 55th. Sometimes if you just got a legit rushing attack, you can run it on anyone. But if you've got one that's just faced inferior competition, you get crowbarred when you face a top 10 run D which Texas Tech has. So the first thing I would say is they were able to run the ball against them. The second thing I would say is turnovers were an issue. Again, BYU is number three in the country in turnover margin. So you keep picking them to lose games, but then they win and they're plus two, plus three turnovers. They were plus two, I think, against Utah. They were plus four against Iowa State. So you keep waiting on that to invert itself. You keep waiting for that to come crashing back to earth. But sometimes it just doesn't. And Texas Tech all hyped up. Most attention that will have been on that program in well over a decade, like you said. So sometimes you embrace that and you play your best game. Sometimes you play a little tight, sometimes you play a little careless. And you know good and well what the talk is in Pro Bowl. They know just like, just like drink a couple of weeks ago, all the attentions on Vanderbilt game days in town, everybody's talking about them. We're just kind of there to play. You know, we'll just kind of come into play well at Brigham Young. No one is at BYU because of the money. No one just accidentally ends up playing at Brigham Young. You got to go there with purpose. Bunch of people are playing at Texas Tech. Cause Texas Tech paid more. This is what you're saying all week in Provo. It's no different than any of a number of big underdog spots in the sport. Where, I mean, I guarantee you, like with Michigan for the last several years, everyone's touting Ohio State's wide receivers, touting skill and touting this. And you're like, we got the same engine here. We got the same formula, same blueprint. We're a bowling ball. They're the pins. That's the way it'll work. And so that's got to be the message in Provo. Now here's the follow up to that because I'm not picking Brigham Young. I'm picking Texas Tech to win, cover and play their best game of the year doing so. I think it's a misnomer that those are just a bunch of mercenaries that just went to the highest bidder. Like Texas Tech does not apologize for having purchased this roster. They're really out front about it. They embraced it. That was the only way they were going to compete. But they got guys in the building. I was there in spring, they were talking about this in spring. Joey McGuire said you'd really be shocked at how we acquired these guys, but how good our building is because you would think it was just a bunch of me over team type guys. And it really hasn't been that. And we got really blessed and fortunate in that way. Well, this is the culture test because you're facing like the best culture team in the Big 12 in Brigham Young. So they're going to come in there. And what I think is no one has made Brigham Young play from behind all year. No one's made that 88th ranked passing offense in the country have to keep them in a game. And I think Texas Tech can do that. And so there are a couple of paths for Brigham Young to win this game. But there are about five or six paths where Texas Tech wins it and they win it like they did against Utah where they get some margin in the end. And you're like, whoa, I think that's going to be one of these games. And this is a very, very hostile place to play when it's cranked up. And it'll be cranked up Saturday, even with the 11am kick. Looking forward to being there. Texas Tech's going to put on a show Saturday.

[A]

Yeah, just speaking to like the emotion this to me it's like we saw it over the weekend, the blackout game in Lincoln, Nebraska. This emotion and energy is going to be the same in Texas Tech, like having game day there, the excitement around that place. And again, I don't think BYU hasn't faced a football team that can push it down the field the way Texas Tech can. And you're right, I think they're going to play out in front of them. And then even when you speak to the rushing statistics in their front seven, the D line's really good. Remind everybody about this D line to where, what was it? The starters that they had last year and now depth guys, they're reaping the benefits for how much they've loaded Their defensive line through the portal through the off season.

[B]

Yeah, they went and got a bunch of guys that made their start from last year who didn't leave, just become backups. They kind of recruited over them. And so you've got guys that are providing depth for you now that were your legitimate frontline starters last year and you don't really. Georgia doesn't have that kind of depth. Alabama doesn't have that kind of depth. Texas Tech, because they went and acquired a bunch of guys that are starting caliber and they hit on them and they've been pretty lucky health wise so far. They just got really good rotational depth there. But he talked about their offense and I didn't even mention this. Texas Tech's got the number one explosive play offense in the country. Their top 25 run, their top 25 pass. They just put so much pressure on so many facets of you that maybe haven't been tested so far this year that if you got even a little crack in the dam somewhere, they can turn it into a flood really quick.

[A]

Yeah, you got byu keeping it close. No, you're upsetting Texas Tech.

[D]

No, no, I got Texas Tech. Byu. You talked about the secondary. They do a great job of getting interceptions. They're very opportunistic secondary. But our favorite, or at least my favorite quarterback in the entire Big 12, Rocco backed Ethos for 300 yards against them. With how dynamic the Texas Tech offense can be, I see them putting pressure all day. BYU is going to want to run it early. They're going to find out very quickly they can't run it and then they have to lean on that pass. That passing offense, which is, you said 88th double snowman in the country. And when you get them in a position of playing from behind, which they haven't before, I see Texas Tech running away with this very similar to the Utah game.

[A]

Here we are doubting BYU once again.

[D]

Yeah, this is, Listen, three times on this show, two times in a row I've said no to BYU and they've shoved it in my face.

[B]

Wait, wait. Their opponents screwed up by turning the ball over.

[D]

You're absolutely right. You're absolutely right. And I just, I could either, you know, if you can't beat them, join them or I could just keep on doubling down, just continue to doubt this.

[A]

Basically, they've been just a Disney movie.

[D]

Right? And it's been fun to watch. It's awesome. We got super soakers, we're making all the fun jokes, making primeval, like we've got them all out let's move on.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Onward dogs.

[A]

All year long. And speaking of dogs, let's get to our dogs.

[D]

Wait, do we see this game again in the Bay Tour Championship?

[A]

Yes, we do.

[D]

We do.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Anything changes, you think?

[B]

Just the venue.

[D]

Yeah, I agree.

[A]

Dogs of the week, same team, same ass whooping.

[D]

Yep.

[A]

Utah gets in there. That's how I see it.

[B]

It's going to be bad. It's gonna be bad.

[A]

Yeah. BYU 02 lost their second one in the Big 12 championship. They get knocked out. Utah's in Dogs of the week. It's no secret. We're one and a half point dogs at ucla. TJ Lateef, I'm taking Nebraska. That's Nebraska money line. All day long.

[D]

You gotta. You gotta. I think the thing that throws off the world, the butterfly effect, is when you go, this is the Nebraska money line all day long. Because I don't know what the actual stats on it are, but I feel like even going back to bet the bus, anytime you're like, this is Nebraska money line. It happens. Just go the other way. So let's just cover.

[A]

Okay. Nebraska plus one and a half.

[D]

Yep. And now it's like, now, Nebraska plus.

[A]

One and a half as my dog of the week. I know where I'm going.

[B]

28, 27, no problem.

[D]

I will be bending.

[B]

I'm saying 28, 27, no problem. No problem. Yeah.

[D]

Auburn plus six and a half versus Vanderbilt. Auburn. I think Auburn's defense, they. Texas showed how to get off of that. Off. I don't think they have the same horses and everything like that, but watching the film on the. Being able to see the film, not just on a YouTube, be able to watch the entire film, seeing some of the misses they had. I can see Auburn keeping this game close. I think Vanderbilt still wins this game, but I got Auburn.

[B]

Oh.

[A]

Just gonna.

[B]

That's the laugh of a guy that watched Auburn, Kentucky last week. That's what that is.

[A]

Not only that, but Taylor's like a position coach for Vanderbilt.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

He's helping the boys get better. And he's watching the field thinking, yeah, I'm going Auburn this week. Like, he's coaching a couple of these boys up on Vandy's own line and they're breaking it down to get better. Yeah. He's sitting there sitting back like it's Auburn. You guys ain't figuring this out.

[D]

If this is a close game, this ends up being a close game. Interim head coach Vibes, I think Vanny still wins this game. I think they still win this game.

[A]

Taylor's intentions were pure. But I'm sitting there like he just took the knife and just.

[B]

He said, hey, I know, I know a bunch of you have watched these games on tv.

[D]

I didn't mean I was watching that film. I can see where Texas, definitely. You found out about you guys here.

[B]

You guys. You guys haven't seen what I've seen.

[D]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

Like Taylor's got access. People are going to trust what I'm kind of saying here. But not knowing. He's just putting a knife in both the boys. He's sitting there breaking the film.

[D]

No, I love. I thought they played very well, both of those boys. I thought they played very well, actually. Who's that tackle?

[B]

I'm going to take Kansas plus four and a half against Arizona. Now, I'd love to say Kansas money line too. And I will be betting them on the money line. But if you're going to give me four and a half and FanDuel has agreed to give me four and a half with Kansas, I'm gonna take Kansas just like I took Mississippi State plus four and a half last week. What did they do? They pulled an upset in northwest Arkansas.

[A]

Yeah, they did. You're always in the gutter with these games. We'll be watching Thursday night streams and he's sending me screenshots.

[B]

Coastal Carolina, son. I said, how about this game? He's like, you watching the Ravens?

[A]

No, bro.

[B]

Coastal. Coastal about to get the win.

[A]

That's so I'm a Noodle Express was off to a hot start going into Saturday. What was it? 20 going into Saturday.

[B]

Started out 7 0. Finished 7 and 4, but started out 7 0.

[D]

Have you a hell of a feeling when you're a 7 0, though?

[B]

Yeah, just cut it off.

[A]

Then you get to get to the locker room game.

[B]

Every week. Every week I come in here, I've won money every week. I look at Taylor, who can see the board behind me. I go, hey, what was my record? And he looks up and he goes, two and three.

[D]

Two and three every week. You are the most consistent.

[B]

Yes.

[D]

You're like Dallowa quarterback.

[B]

Two and three, 40% every week. Four weeks in a row.

[D]

Four weeks in a row.

[A]

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[B]

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[D]

Oh, my God.

[B]

They're good.

[D]

I can't wait.

[B]

I gotta say they're good.

[D]

I'd have to get one.

[B]

I'm not even a Christmas sweater guy, but this year I will be Christmas sweaters.

[D]

I feel like there's a place for it. Yeah, there's a place in your closet for a Christmas.

[B]

There is no yeah.

[D]

Got to have it.

[A]

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[F]

Hey everyone, Ed Helms here and hi.

[B]

I'm Kal Penn and we're the host of Irsay, The Audible and iHeart Audiobook Club.

[F]

This week on the podcast I am sitting down with Jenny Garth, host of the iHeart podcast. I choose me to discuss the new Audible adaptation of the timeless Jane Austen Classic Pride and Prejudice. This is not a trick question. There's no wrong answer. What role would I play?

[B]

You know what?

[A]

I can see you as Mr. Darcy.

[B]

You got a little Colin Firth.

[F]

Okay, that's really sweet. I appreciate that, but are you sure I'm not the dad? I'm not Mr. Bennett. Here, listen to Earsay the Audible and iHeart Audiobook Club on the iHeartradio app or wherever you get your podcasts.

[D]

Gotta have it.

[B]

Oh.

[D]

Weekly parlay. Washington minus 11 and a half versus Wisconsin.

[A]

Washington, I'm going. USC minus 14 and a half at home versus Northwestern.

[D]

Can't beat him. Join them.

[B]

Clemson has no business laying points against anyone. Clemson has lost six consecutive home games at home. At home against Power Four competition. Florida State's going to make that seven in a row. I'll take Florida State plus two and a half six. Yeah, they've lost their last six home games against P4 teams.

[A]

Damn, that's tough. Yeah, I know there's been just a fire down in Clemson right now, but even hearing that, like, yeah, that's crazy. Where did we get a Debo Sweeney hot seat?

[B]

No, no, not hot seat, but just. I don't know. It's a weird feeling.

[A]

Do you have any feeling?

[D]

That thing in front of the AD is nuts.

[B]

Well, that's what you say when you feel like you're untouchable. And he feels like he's untouchable.

[D]

I don't think he's. I don't think he thinks that. I think he.

[B]

Hang on.

[A]

What was said? What was that?

[D]

He's in the press conference after the game. He's like, you want to fire me, fire me.

[B]

And the AD standing right there, he said, there he is. If you want to fire me, maybe you'll fire me.

[A]

Damn. That's what Polini did, too.

[D]

And what happened?

[A]

He got fired.

[D]

Yeah, dude.

[A]

It might have been a year later, but.

[B]

Yeah, but was Bo laughing when he said it? No, he wasn't laughing when he said it.

[A]

Yeah, he's more like, fuck all you.

[B]

Dabo was laughing when he said it.

[D]

I think Dabo is in a world he hasn't been in before. He doesn't know the path he wants to go down. So, like, every week he's, like, kind of changing tune and trying to figure out, like, okay, where. Where do I want to kind of stand in this, like, adversity?

[B]

Oh, he figured it out. He figured it out this week.

[D]

Oh, he figured it out.

[B]

So they lost to Duke. He did the postgame press conference. He marinates on it Sunday and Monday of this week, he took the podium and he pulled out the most fail safe, get out of jail free card you can out of your back pocket. And he said, guys, the officiating in college football sucks right now. It's terrible. It's horrible. It's awful. You think I'm bad? Look at how bad the officiating is. And everyone is like, yeah, I love what Dabo said.

[A]

Fuck the refs. Who'd we play last week?

[B]

Don't care. He's a genius.

[D]

He's a genius.

[B]

He's gonna be there forever.

[D]

You think so?

[B]

Yeah. At least till the end of the season.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Do you have any feeling on any of these job openings right now?

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Care to off the record? Do you want to go off the record?

[A]

Do give us some fun.

[B]

I love John Sumrall. Think he would fit at Auburn. The AD down there keeps talking about going the offensive route if he did. Kenny Dillingham works there. Eli Drinkowitz works there. I think Lane maybe, you know, day by day switches his feeling. One day it's Ole Miss, one day it's lsu. I don't think Florida's out of that at all. I think Florida's going to wait to be told no by Lane before they move on at Penn State. You know, I'm a Matt Campbell guy. For some inexplicable reason, his name hasn't gotten traction up there. Clark Lee's name may get traction up there, but I think they're casting a really wide net. Really wide net. So that's going to be one of those searches where it could be one of the names that's out there or it could be a name that comes like from the parking lot and you never even mentioned him. And you're like, how did we not hear this name? How do we not think about this?

[D]

Exactly.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[D]

Coast to coast.

[B]

Trone Moore, like just randomly go spend stay six times this week.

[D]

Do you think James Franklin is a head coach?

[B]

Yes. Yes. I'm surprised he's not already a head coach, honestly. I think the Virginia Tech job is just sitting there for him. I think there's been a lot of traction between him and Arkansas. I'd love to see him at Arkansas. I think Alex Goelish, if it's not James, could wind up at Arkansas. You're a winner either way. If you're Arkansas, if you get either of those guys, like those are upgrades over what you had. I'd love to see either one of them there.

[A]

Any vibe with lsu?

[B]

Look I'm going after Freeman and I'm going to make him tell me no. And I think Verge, Asbury, who's now the permanent AD down there, he knows Marcus pretty well. I think he'll make Marcus tell him no. I don't know that. Like, they haven't told me that. That's just instinct. Like, Freeman's a stud. I'd make him tell me no. He told him no, but that was for the defensive coordinator position. This would be head coach. So make him tell you no. And then it's probably Lane. But honestly, the LSU job, if you got alignment, and the governor hadn't said anything in a good five days now. So that's great. You've got a president in place. You've got your ad in place. Now down there, you're starting to get the tumblers, you're starting to get the alignment. If you got the alignment and you've got the investment, that's one of, if not the very best jobs in the country. And an aligned LSU is a job that many, many names who you don't think are available would make themselves available for. So that's going to be the most exciting. I'm curious.

[A]

It'll come from the NFL. I saw a couple names we've obviously talked about Joe Brady, but I saw another one. Kelvin Shepard.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

The coordinator from the Lions. Had a lot of success there.

[B]

Hey, let me also just put this on your radar.

[D]

Put it on.

[B]

I'm just gonna. And can we end on this? Can we agree?

[A]

Well, we do have a final bite from McDonald's, but.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

And also, should we wait? Hey, this could be. This could be the take.

[D]

Can you put the pin back in, whatever you just pulled? That's terrifying. There you go. Real quick. Kenny Dillingham, though, that's the second time his name is brought up by you. I've heard it multiple times over the Internet. Like, my understanding is that Kenny would never leave asu.

[B]

Oh, you got the wrong understanding. Okay.

[D]

Weird. Went to high school with him, told me that's my face.

[B]

But. All right, well, I know you surf the boards, so you're probably more well versed on this than I.

[D]

No, but when it comes to college football, there's no one that's more well versed.

[B]

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[D]

Yes.

[B]

Is Kenny Dillingham a man?

[D]

Yes. All right.

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Okay.

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Nice.

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I mean, mine's TJ Lateef. Over 300 all purpose yards out of UCLA.

[B]

Oh, you're serious. My bad, my bad, my bad, my bad. Are we going to crawl back in the foxhole? What bowl game are we aiming for? New Year's Six bowl.

[D]

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[A]

0.01% chance.

[B]

Yeah, I just wanted to see like we planted the seed of.01% an hour ago. How much did it grow? Like it's 98%.

[A]

I will send you the screenshot when he has over 300 all purpose yards out there at UCLA when it comes.

[D]

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[A]

Pull the pin.

[B]

I think Dan's gonna wear the cotton again and get soaked and look miserable in a win at Iowa State. All right, you ready?

[A]

Pull the pin.

[B]

All right, here we go. Let's just keep an eye on Lincoln Riley at us.

[D]

See.

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