Taylor Lewan Makes Massive Bussin’ Bowl Bet + Will Compton & Josh Pate Ride With Nebraska

Summary

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Bussin’ With The Boys

Episode: Taylor Lewan Makes Massive Bussin’ Bowl Bet + Will Compton & Josh Pate Ride With Nebraska
Date: September 17, 2025
Hosts: Will Compton (A), Taylor Lewan (B), Josh Pate (C)
Guest Sections: None

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Main Theme

This episode spotlights the much-anticipated “Bussin’ Bowl” — Michigan vs. Nebraska — pitting host Taylor Lewan’s alma mater, Michigan, against Will Compton’s Nebraska. With NCAA football stakes sky-high, banter, friendly wagers, team pride, and deeper discussion on select marquee matchups (Texas Tech–Utah, Auburn–Oklahoma, Illinois–Indiana, Florida–Miami) blend with college football analysis and sharp wit. Josh Pate joins the bus crew, digging into both Xs and Os and the emotional stakes.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Bussin’ Bowl: Michigan vs. Nebraska

The Bet Gets Massive

• Taylor and Will’s rivalry takes center stage: both make high-profile bets — including $50,000 to the winner’s NIL collective, full head/face shave for the loser, PLUS bragging rights on who holds the “true” 1997 National Championship (55:22).
• Taylor dares big, wagering $50,000 and proposing an epic forfeit. Will, more cautious, ultimately agrees to most stakes, but not to the “grow your hair out for a year” clause.

Emotional Weight & Fan Base Stakes

• Nebraska’s 27-game losing streak vs. AP Top 25 and years outside national relevance weigh heavily.
• Will: “This game means a shit ton…because we beat Michigan, you’re in the College Football Playoff conversation. We beat Michigan, Dylan Raiola’s in the Heisman conversation. I’m confident because I know what me and Coach Rule have been building these last three years.” (44:50)
• Josh sees the game as a “program arrival” test for Nebraska and Matt Rule.

Main Character Energy / Locker Room Vibes

• Banter revolves around Will’s bravado (or nerves), Taylor’s swagger and bankroll, and the meta-awareness of how their podcasting celebrity impacts fan energy.
• Taylor teases Will: “Now we get to this week and it’s like, it’s like a little turtle. He’s just kind of like, he gets a little scared, a little spooked. Like, the moment’s here…” (49:02)
• Will admits, “Noise rattles an empty cage and my cage is full of work.” (62:43)

The Bet Breakdown

• Head & Face Shave (55:04, 60:26)
• $50,000 from Bussin’ With The Boys to winner’s NIL collective (55:22, 60:34)
• Loser concedes 1997 National Championship is the other’s (until the next matchup) (54:19)
• Stipulations about hair regrowth, duration, and fun “sideline cheerleader” additions considered but not all agreed upon

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2. Marquee College Football Picks & Banter

Texas Tech vs. Utah (06:18–11:45)

• Josh lauds Utah’s overlooked consistency and blue-collar style. “The only head coach in the Big 12 that drives a motorcycle to work in Kyle Whittingham.” (07:14)
• Quarterbacks Dampier (Utah; 7 TDs, 0 INTs, leading rusher), Morton (Tech) both praised.
• Debate centers on “Does this game elevate a Big 12 team to playoff/natty discussion?” Consensus: No (“My answer there leans no.” – Will [11:32], Josh [11:34])

Auburn at Oklahoma (14:24–19:57)

• Oklahoma momentum is real:
  • Only one TD allowed (to Michigan)
  • John Matier (OU QB) is a Heisman dark horse; “He’s got every girl in Oklahoma swimming.” – Will (18:33)
• Auburn’s offense: Worried about limited aerial attack — “If your best plan is to just throw 50-50 balls to Cam Coleman, that’s a tough tightrope to walk.” – Josh (17:45)
• Consensus: Oklahoma wins by double digits; betting line underestimates their dominance

Illinois at Indiana (20:42–24:28)

• Will prefers the total (over 52.5). Taylor likes Illinois on the road, noting Indiana's padded numbers vs. weaker opponents.
• Banter about Indiana’s home field (Bloomington: “tough place to play… very distracting” with “major league yabos” in the student section) – Will (21:57).
• Final picks: Illinois cover (+5.5), some flirtation with betting the over instead.

Florida at Miami (25:03–33:49)

• Miami -7.5; Florida’s collapse highlighted (five INTs by DJ Lagway vs. LSU).
  • Josh: “You’re far more likely to do business through the air against Miami than on the ground. But are you going to let DJ throw 45 or 50 times again?” (26:30)
• Miami’s revamped passing game and transfer portal prowess described as “answering their questions quickly.”
• Consensus: Miami covers, but Will takes Florida +7.5 on a hope-and-prayer “Jenga block” scenario (32:19).
• Josh: “If there’s a flaw or deficiency on Miami’s team that hasn’t been exposed yet, it’s the secondary. That’s their best shot this week.” (33:01)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

On the weight of the Bussin’ Bowl Bet:

• Taylor: “When you look at a blue blood program like Michigan…the grittiness, the toughness, the trenches—is the things you want to look at. ‘We’re going to make you question who you are.’” (38:42)
• Will: “This is such a moment for us. I hope Bud Crawford walks out with all of his belts leading the Huskers in the Memorial Stadium.” (52:22)

On Fan Tension and Locker Room Talk:

• “I’ve been seeing the fan base accounts just go back and forth all week long. It’s getting a little nasty.” – Will (03:07)
• “Nebraska nice six days a week…but I need them on Saturday…if I don’t fear getting a little bit assaulted...Nebraska didn’t do their job.” – Taylor (03:20)

On Nebraska’s Optimism Curse:

• “Optimism is pretty high every year…And then all of a sudden…insert game…now we’ve heard nothing.” – Taylor (04:54)
• “When you have 70,000 people in Lincoln, Nebraska and you’re so excited about the opportunity…this game might be a blowout yet again.” – Taylor (40:33)

On Betting Psychology:

• “My bomb is when I put a grand on something…” – Will (37:15)
• “Taylor put 50 grand on the game.” – Will (38:32)
• “Will’s putting a thousand on it, that’s a nuke for Will Compton. What would a nuke—how would I say I’m confident in this game…” – Taylor (37:59)

Classic Podcast Banter:

• “You gotta have a good undercard.” – Josh (02:44)
• (On betting record) “My one win was the over.” – Will (21:03)

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Timestamps by Major Segment

• 01:45: Taylor introduces the high stakes and bus banter of the Bussin’ Bowl.
• 06:18–11:45: Texas Tech vs. Utah deep dive
• 14:24–19:57: Auburn at Oklahoma, QBs, mismatches, and the “red zone”
• 20:42–24:28: Illinois at Indiana, distractions, and betting angles
• 25:03–33:49: Florida at Miami, Florida’s interception woes, Miami’s offensive edge
• 35:20–55:22: Bussin’ Bowl highlight, debate on bet terms, emotional confessionals, “main character syndrome”
• 55:22–62:23: Bets locked in, logistics, playful roast about hair, final terms
• 62:43–End: Closing thoughts, pressure check for Nebraska and Will, sign-off

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Episode Tone & Style

• Equal parts locker room bravado, heartfelt investment, and sharp football insight; alternating between trash talk, honest anxiety, and analytic breakdowns.
• The episode carries a punchy, unscripted, “for-the-boys” vibe, but hosts are also aware of their influence and play it up for laughs.

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Takeaways for the Uninitiated

• The Bussin’ Bowl is more than a game — it’s the emotional, comedic, and competitive heart of the pod. Taylor and Will live and die with Michigan and Nebraska.
• Stakes are wild: $50K, bald heads, and year-long bragging rights.
• The episode is a goldmine for insights on CFB matchups beyond the main event, especially for gamblers or die-hard fans.
• Thorough, but totally in the boys’ natural unfiltered voice and rhythm.

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Summary prepared for listeners and fans seeking the key laughs, moments, and picks from Bussin’ With The Boys Episode, September 17, 2025.

Transcript

[A]

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the locker room. I am your host, Will Compton along with host Josh Pate. The one and only, the best in college football, Josh Pate. Josh Pate and my boy Taylor Lewan. It is the bus and bowl week. As Josh Pate would say. Whomstad thunk it? Whomstad thought we would get to this point with the bus and bowl. We're going to be talking games, but you know our minds are on the bus and bowl. If you love locker room talk, you love banter, you love talking ball, you love the boys, this is the show for you. If you're new here, make sure to subscribe. If you have. If you have found yourself coming across this episode ever week, make sure you are subscribed and following on all of our channels. The last week our records, your boy didn't do so hot one and four. Taylor and Josh Pate carried the train, pushed the train for the boys with three and two. This week we'll be talking Texas Tech at Utah, Auburn at Oklahoma, Illinois at Indiana, Florida at Miami and the Bustin Bowl. That's the only thing on our minds. Let's get to it. This is an iHeart podcast. Welcome to the locker room. We are presented by the one and only the FanDuel Sportsbook, America's number one sportsbook. And before we get into things, we just want to remind you guys that gambling is for entertainment. And FanDuel always has your back with tons of responsible gaming tools to make sure that your play stays fun and stress free. Check out FanDuel.com RG or the responsible gaming section in the app to learn more about staying in control of your game.

[B]

All right fellas, we're going to keep this one short and sweet. This Saturday, September 20th, my Michigan Wolverines are taking on Wills, Nebraska Cornhuskers and what might be. Oh, this is actually a typo. It says what might be. What is the most important bowl game in college football? The bussing bowl.

[A]

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[B]

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[A]

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[B]

I know this, this your intro had you say, we're only focused on the bus and a lot of good games. A lot of good games, a lot of good games.

[C]

You gotta have a good undercard.

[B]

Gotta have a good undercard. Things are really exciting, but the main event by far. Yeah. People are talking, people are whispering, some louder than others.

[C]

I think people were whispering last week. People are just outright talking this week.

[B]

They think they're talking.

[C]

I mean, little kids are coming up to me on the street, hey, bud, Buss and bull, who you got? And I'm like, I'm gonna be there, kid. You're gonna be in school Friday.

[B]

Yeah. What's going on? What's going on?

[C]

I feel nervous.

[A]

I've been seeing the fan, like fan base, like fan base accounts just go back and forth all week long. It's getting a little nasty.

[B]

It's good for Nebraska to finally get a little nasty.

[A]

Yeah. If I get a little edge.

[B]

Nebraska nice six days a week. That's a Matt Rulism. Like, you want Nebraska to be nice six days a week, but I need them on Saturday. Like, if I don't fear of getting a little bit assaulted on Saturday, then Nebraska didn't do their job.

[C]

You've had this. All right, we got to hash this out for a second. So you've had this vibe. You've had a very big brother vibe about this thing.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And you're talking like a big brother who watched little brother not be nine or 10 years old anymore. But little brother's like 15 now. And you still feel superior to him. But like, you think if he got you in the right hold or if he caught you getting out of bed, like he could get you on the ground. Am I wrong? Because that's the vibe I'm getting off.

[B]

No. Yeah. And while you're telling that story, I remember my. So I have a younger brother. He's three years younger than me. And I remember we would get into it and my dad would say, hey, man, someday he's going to be bigger than you and he's going to be able to take you out. I'm 34 now. I'm 6 7. He's 6 2. I'll say, dude, listen, when it comes to this game, like, I'm excited for Nebraska's opportunity to go against a blue blood program. I'm excited for Matt Rule Year 3. I'm excited for Dylan Raiola. I'M excited for them to see a real competition. And like I, it's tough the position you just put Nebraska in as like essentially being like, yeah, Michigan State's younger brother and maybe even Nebraska's younger brother at this point. But like, I'm excited for Saturday. I'm excited for the Cornhusker fans because they have more hope and optimism than they've ever had since, I mean, 51 was out there taking out heads.

[A]

Optimism is pretty high every year.

[B]

Optimism. Yep. Optimism is pretty high. I'll say. This optimism has been very high every year. And. And then all of a sudden this.

[A]

Week it's like until insert game and then the game last year, the game.

[B]

Starts to take place and it's like, hey, Will, remember 3 and 9, best 3 and 9 team. Hey, Will remember we're. We're going to be good. Remember. And it's like, yep, we now we've heard nothing.

[C]

Don't you think in week one, the fact that the Cincy game was a one possession game and you got the one possession game monkey off the back.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Do you think that does anything to alleviate your petrification if you're in the fourth quarter and it's a dog fight or are you just over the cliff at this point? There is no fear, even though you don't control anything because you're just going to be standing on the sidelines. How do you feel if it's 17 all five minutes to go Saturday?

[A]

I think that's the spot. That's a spot you want to see Nebraska and like, yeah, they win the game. One possession against Cincinnati, like when Hartzog. Herzog gets the defensive holding call, keeps his composure, ends up icing the game at the end. Like that is awesome because we usually find a way to lose those games. I think there's always that little bit of that little. That, that dude on the outside tapping on the window. That little bit of nerves that is like, hey, you guys haven't won a big game. Look, we'll get into all this. We'll get into all this. This is the main event of the show. It's the main event of the show. It's the main event of the show. Let's get to Texas. We got Texas Tech. We got a lot of like you said it, we got a great undercard, we got some great games on the board. We'll get into it when the bus and bowl comes.

[B]

I do like Texas Tech, Utah, because this is when we were talking about the futures. Obviously we had Kansas State, who, you know, tough, Arizona State goes zero yet again against Mississippi State. When they're in Mississippi, lose that game. But in the futures conversation, like, you're the one that brought up Texas Tech, you're the one that brought up Utah being like that coach has been there forever. They usually have 10 win seasons. They have one bad year, all of a sudden people are forgetting about them. So I love to see where you stand in this whole thing.

[A]

You got creatine in that juice?

[C]

No, this is a company that doesn't sponsor the show, so we won't give them a free shout out. But it's pure caffeine and water. That's real healthy, though. Organic caffeine. Let me turn this. All right.

[B]

Derived from green tea. If you're wondering.

[C]

Even though I'm what, one game above 500 or 500 or you might record against the number, not so great. But I don't think that's what's important. What you said is important, and that is, I nailed all this stuff in the preseason.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Thank you for that.

[B]

You're welcome.

[C]

So, yes, Texas Tech, brand new team, except the quarterback position. Utah, not only did people write them off, they disrespected him a little bit in writing them off. And this is the only head coach in the Big 12 that drives a motorcycle to work in Kyle Whittingham. So that's worth something. And then the other thing is they like Oklahoma, who's been getting all this praise, went and got a quarterback and an offensive coordinator and they packaged him and brought him in, and it's working for Oklahoma and it's working for Utah. Now, my one concern is after Week one, some people, maybe even including me, ran their mouths a little bit because Utah just ran it up on ucla. Unbeknownst to us, UCLA was dead in the water, kind of like Florida State last year. So it didn't mean as much in retrospect. But that doesn't mean they're not a good team. Just means I got to pull the hot air balloon down just a little bit. All right, Texas Tech, like I told you guys a couple of weeks ago, they have multiple starting defensive linemen from last year that are not hurt. They did not transfer. They're just not starting anymore because they brought in better players. They get to go on the road. I think it's the best O line they'll face all year in Utah. I think this is the best defensive line Utah will face all year. Line of scrimmage battle is what will decide it. But I really hope even if people out there don't know these rosters and I can't blame you if you don't know them. You probably have a life to live. This is Texas Tech, Utah. At least you need to know those quarterbacks because those quarterbacks. Devin Dampier for Utah is I think seven touchdowns, zero picks guy also their leading rusher. And Baron Morton's been really good as well. So these are two really good quarterbacks. I'm going to lean Texas Tech. I think it's the biggest game we know the least about. Out of all the matchups this weekend, however, we may get treated to it a second time during conference championship weekend.

[B]

I like Texas Tech as well and I think when it goes when I look at like the transfer portal, how the number one transfer portal class, I was nervous in the beginning of the year when you looked at a team like Florida State and you're like, well, they had so many transfer guys come in. How are you going to get to jail? How you come together. And I think we've been proven, like when you bring good players in in the college football landscape, like they're going to gel relatively quickly and keep it moving forward. And that's a big reason why I like Texas Tech in this one. I love Utah. I love the motorcycle thing. But at the end of the day.

[A]

Texas Tech give me Utah. I like Dampier. Dampier.

[C]

Devon. Yeah, he don't want Devon. He wants Devon Dampier.

[A]

Devon Dampier running mobile quarterback and he is the leading rusher for the team. He every game he's at the top of the rushing stats list along. Obviously he throws the ball really well too. Offensive line driving a motorcycle to work for those three reasons I'm going Utah. I think a mobile quarterback is always dangerous in any in any college football game. And so far like they've done, they whooped ucla. They've handled business the second two weeks. You were talking about Utah before the season started again. You were, you were dead on the site with your all of your preseason picks, all your preseason rankings, your quarterback rankings.

[C]

Everything was right.

[A]

Everything was right.

[C]

Except the ones that got screwed up.

[A]

Except the ones that got screwed up.

[B]

That's not your fault. That's their fault.

[C]

That's players and coaches.

[B]

That's their fault.

[A]

Yeah, but damn Pierre behind an offensive line, him running the ball. I like Utah this game and it's at Utah. Tough place to play.

[C]

10Am kickoff time, 10am local. Still serving breakfast when they kick this game off. Now, my question for the three of us and anybody else out there. Nobody thinks any team in the Big 12 can win the national title. Right. You're just thinking about, they're just, it's good hard nosed football, it's entertaining to watch, but no one thinks about the product's getting better.

[A]

It's like, it's like, hey, instead of watching just like Big Ten and SEC and then maybe a couple ACC schools, you basically never really watch the Big 12 this year. I feel like it's kind of, hey, let me throw in a Big 12.

[B]

And I feel like they're always on at weird times. Sure, yeah.

[C]

No different this week. My question, which is going to be unanswered today because we got to let the game happen. Is this the kind of game that we see some kind of performance in to where when you get done with it, you're saying more than just that team can win the Big 12. Like, is someone so dominant, so emphatic, is Texas Tech's roster able to flex so hard? Is Utah's O line able to pave the way so thoroughly that you say, you know, that's better than just a Big 12 team like that, that could be a playoff team? That's my unanswerable question about this game. Someone's going to win, of course. Does someone win in a fashion that makes you say, I actually need to pay attention to them in the playoff picture?

[A]

My answer there leans no.

[C]

I lean no as well.

[A]

My answer there leans no.

[B]

It's like one of these teams who are both ranked in the top 15 go in and have a dominant performance against the other. Yep. You're not thinking to yourself, this is a playoff team.

[A]

No, no. I thought you were talking about national championship. National championship, yeah.

[C]

When I say playoff picture, I mean.

[B]

Like, unfortunately, and I feel bad for the Big 12 saying that that checks.

[A]

Out because it's like you look at Arizona State last year when they were kind of making their push and they were kind of like America was kind of rooting for him there at the end. Like, you can't sit there and overlook Levitt. Cam, scatter, boo. Like, they had guys. It's like, oh, these are guys, like in college football. I don't know if like Utah or Texas Tech, like, they've shown themselves yet. I think if they're going to do it, it's going to be at the end of the year if somebody has like, whether it's an undefeated record, a tough one loss, and guys are like jumping out of the screen to where you're starting to watch them the same way you did. Like, Levitt was like a recruit who Transferred that you probably talked about and you were on a little bit. But he really came alive toward the end of the season when they were starting to get that national notoriety. Camp Scatter Boo. Like, we, you know, spring football game, we knew about.

[B]

We knew about him before anybody else.

[A]

Playing all four quarters in the spring developed him. Yeah, I developed.

[B]

Dude, when we play that, when we did the spring, the spring game at asu, like, I know multiple coaches there. The head coach when I went to high school with the special teams coach was my head coach in high school. They basically said, hey, we gave you the best team. Like we. You're going to. You'll win this game. Like, it'll be awesome. This Scatter Boo kid who just transferred, like Sac Valley or wherever it came from, he looks at him in third quarter, goes, hey, I'm just going to keep running you. I have to win this game.

[C]

We're going to ride us in the spring.

[A]

Absolutely. This staff was even saying too, hey, we're going to have to stop giving Scatter Boo carries. And I was like, no, he's got to run the football. Like, we only move the ball if he runs the football. And I even go one on one to him like, hey, listen, I know this is a spring game. Like, there's going to be a lot of women out there after the game. Like, I need you to run the football for this team. We have to win this game.

[B]

And it really was just. I was sitting there like, who the fuck is this white kid on the other side? Like, can we do something about that? We actually just learned about him ourselves.

[A]

Lower body strength.

[B]

Yeah. We were literally in the ground floor. The ground floor of all that.

[C]

It's beautiful, man. 32 carries in the spring game.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

If that's what you got to do.

[B]

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[A]

One game. That is one game that I am excited about is this Auburn. Auburn at Oklahoma right now. Oklahoma's favored six and a half. The over under on this game is 48 and a half. Yeah.

[B]

This a going back, coming back to your old town, seeing the ex girlfriend like Jackson Arnold could do it, don't you think?

[A]

No, I'm saying wow. I think this has got Oklahoma.

[B]

This has got Oklahoma big in a big way. I mean, Jackson Arnold goes for 251 yards against Ball State. Other than that, it's been mostly legs by the guy. We're still having the confidence conversation about him. Brentford, he did to my boys. But that defense, the way they're able to disguise and distract a quarterback who might be not as confident as he should be, second guess himself a little.

[A]

Bit, not as confident they're going to.

[B]

Put him in passing situations.

[C]

John Mateer, John Matier, number one quarterback in the SEC right now as advertised, Deion Burks.

[B]

And the defense has only held. I think they've only given up one touchdown this year. Who was that to? Michigan. That's right. So I mean, I think Oklahoma's legit.

[C]

Yeah, I do too.

[A]

And at least having the experience too. To talk about the threat of like a Bryce Underwood coming in to. Hey, we can't let him ruin the game with his legs like Jackson Arnold. He's got his legs. But this, this game going back to Oklahoma is all this boy's thought about probably since last Monday. Yeah, and him going into Oklahoma, but.

[B]

He'S thinking about it in July, like he gets the calendar. He's like, I have to.

[A]

I'm talking about that feeling to where coaches, you're going over the game plan and you're not really hearing what's being said because you're just in your mind thinking about we get through, you know, we get through this week. Like next week's Oklahoma. The Oklahoma game's coming up. Going back home, going back around my former teammates and you know that defense is probably licking their chops to play them.

[C]

Yeah, it's a great spot for Jackson Arnold. There's a fly on my shoe and I want to swing so hard. I want to swing so hard. But I'm focused. I'm focused. I'm Jackson Arnold right now. I don't love the spot for Jackson Arnold. In fact, I hate the spot for Jackson Arnold. So you mentioned that they hadn't really been able to throw the ball. If you look at his spray chart, there is no green dot in the middle of the field. Deep third. There is no green dot. Not even just a token. 3rd and 23. Heave it up against like roast beef. Tech there's nothing. So if I, if I, if I just got a bunch of hitches and I got a bunch of 10 yard underneath stuff to the sidelines and I got to face Brent Venables on the road, who always takes something away. I don't really think you're going to run it down ou's throat. I don't think quarterback run's going to be what decides it for Auburn. You got to be able to throw the ball. Now that sounds like the Michigan game. So it sounds like I'm profiling the OU Michigan game. There's one big difference and that is Auburn's probably got four receivers better than the best that Michigan has this particular year. They got guys where if all else fails, you could reasonably throw it up and expect them to just win a fight. I don't really think there's going to be much that aesthetically is pleasing about Auburn's offensive plan here. They're going to run it. It's going to be very limited. And then their best hope in the pass game probably still isn't. Anything over the middle is probably just throwing it up. And Cam Coleman's just an alien. We should be, should be in another planet. But he happens to be playing for Auburn. He just went up and turned a 5050 ball into an 8020 ball. Wow. We're in the red zone now. But if that's your plan, that's a really tough tightrope to work.

[A]

That's not a good plan.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Not a good plan.

[C]

And conversely, like I. Mattier moved the ball fairly well against Michigan. Michigan's good defense. I don't think Auburn is like, I don't think Auburn is to the level they are. I think there are plays to be made against the secondary. You mentioned Burks, but it's not a one man show. Like there are guys beneath him and behind him that make him able to be featured because you can't just focus in on him one on one. I just, I think it profiles so well for Oklahoma. I think the fact that Auburn did get past Baylor in week one has kept this line under a touchdown right now. But I think Oklahoma wins by 10 or more. Like I think, I think they win by double digits.

[B]

Yeah. This is.

[A]

And not to mention too, Mattier can run the football as well.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

And which is, which is always.

[A]

And he is poised and great on a mic when the camera's on his face.

[B]

He's, he's got it. He's got every girl in Oklahoma swimming right now.

[C]

He's got me.

[A]

He's got old Josh Bates. That's your Heisman pick. Hey, at least you've got to be feeling good about that. Your SEC rankings are.

[C]

No one has screwed up my Heisman pick yet. That feels good.

[B]

Yeah, mine's dead in the dirt. And one last thing about Jackson. Jackson Arnold, like if you were going to allow him to throw those like small little five yard routes, like Venables will live in that all day. Because he knows once he gets you the red zone, no one does it better than him in the red zone.

[C]

Yep.

[B]

And you're going to get three. And a lot more times than not. Oklahoma's getting six.

[C]

That's why I actually think explosive passing touchdowns did his ass.

[A]

I think I.

[C]

There's a remnant there. Oh, something got killed.

[A]

He might be laying on the floor.

[C]

Look for blood.

[B]

Yeah, let him die. If he dies, he dies.

[C]

What was I talking about?

[A]

Sorry. Yeah.

[B]

Red zone.

[C]

Yeah, I don't really even care if you let them complete a couple of explosives through the air. If they score on the explosives through the air, that's really Auburn's shot. There's a huge difference in oh, 52 yard pass play. Pushed him out of bounds at the nine versus he scored. Because that is, I mean I really would be more worried about Auburn's offense with them outside the red zone but in plus territory than I would with them in the red zone. Which is a really weird sentence to say, but this is the kind of game that sets up that well.

[B]

Yeah, you rather have them on the 50 than the 25.

[C]

I. If I'm. But if I'm ou defense, I'm actually more comfortable when they're on the 16 than when they're on the 30. When they're on the 30, I got to defend the whole field. And their only shot of scoring really to me in my mind is heaving it. Well, no one's really heaving it on the 16.

[A]

What about the 42 yard line?

[C]

I love it. I would prefer the 39. I love the 42 though.

[A]

I prefer the 16 versus the 30. Well, let's talk about the 42 because I don't feel like we've talked a whole lot about the two yard line.

[B]

That's a fringe. You got to have that. So we're all going Oklahoma?

[C]

We are.

[B]

We're all going Oklahoma.

[C]

We don't believe in Hugh Freeze.

[A]

Look at that. Unfortunately it was on my paper.

[B]

Really? Look at him. Looks like a Husker.

[A]

It's Bryce Underwood.

[C]

Geez.

[A]

Illinois, Indiana.

[B]

You go to Indiana.

[A]

I'll tell you What I love in this game. And it's the over here. Over 52 and a half. Did you hit.

[C]

How did your totals go last week?

[A]

I can't remember.

[B]

It looks like not great. Based on one.

[A]

Yeah. I was gonna say those could have been as well, but maybe even the. My one and four. The one win was the over.

[B]

Yeah. Do we know that?

[A]

I should know that. I just. I.

[B]

You know, I'll say I like Illinois. I like Brett Bilema. I think if you look at just who they've played. Indiana, it's like Kennesaw State, Indiana State, Old Dominion. And it's like there's. They can put a billion points on them. Like, teams look a lot better right now because they've played nobody. Their numbers are better because they've played nobody. And there's very few teams that have been, you know, in real competition. And I guess, like, the real competition Illinois has is Duke.

[C]

Duke.

[B]

They pay $8 million for a quarterback, and they held him to 19 points. So if I'm looking at that, Indiana has that was it Tyler Morris, that wide receiver. And I think they kept the production up. Like, they lost him. They kept the production up because of who they're playing. When you get to Illinois, I think the defense is going to take care of business. And I like them going on the road and covering. Was it five and a half? I have the card right here. I don't know why I'm asking.

[A]

Bloomington. Bloomington, Indiana, tough place to play.

[B]

First Big Ten game I ever started in was in Bloomington, Indiana. And I'll say this, the stands are very close. The student section is right behind the visiting benches. I look behind, what do I see? A lady with some major league yabos. Very distracting. We still ended up winning that game. Yep.

[C]

That's good. Better team now, too.

[B]

Better team now as well. Better team, yes. Michigan. Well, we're probably actually the same back then. We were terrible.

[A]

Bloomington, Indiana, tough place to play. Indiana didn't play a whole lot before they faced the Huskers last year. What they did to my Huskers. They whooped us on a sunny Bloomington, Indiana, day. I feel like they're gonna. I feel like both teams are gonna score here because they're like. What's old buddy's name? Altenheimer.

[B]

Altmeyer.

[C]

I actually think his name should be Altenheimer.

[A]

Yeah, Altenheimer. Like, I like that boy, Altenheimer. He's a good football player.

[B]

He diced up Michigan last year, and it'.

[A]

There's something I love. Bielma. I think the Culture like run game. You got Altenheimer, you got some defense.

[B]

Big Ten winning coach.

[A]

Big Ten winning coach. He haunts my dreams all the time because of what they did to us when he was at Wisconsin and we played him in the Big Ten championship. But there's something about Signetti that I just feel uneasy. Like if I'm going to be confident in going against this man, if I'm going to go anyway, it's. I'm going to pick a total on this game and it's going to be over because I think there's going to be a lot of points scored.

[B]

I hated it the first time. I hated it more the second time.

[C]

You love Lucas Altenheimer moving the ball up and down the field. You love points in this game.

[A]

I love points.

[C]

You love Fernando Mendoza transferring in from. I think it was Cal in that where he was last year. First off, you kind of talked me into the over, but I am going to take a side. But in, in my free time, in my social life, I may bet some on the over. I'm with you. I think Illinois is going to cover here. I actually picked him to win. But that's not what we're doing here. We're just. I learned my lesson with Florida last year.

[B]

But I would, I'll draw the line with you. I would, I would definitely see that.

[C]

Illinois wins this game because Waltenheimer.

[A]

Yeah. If we're. If this is a pick them, I like Illinois. But when we got. We get the points and then Signetti sitting over there like he's staring at.

[B]

Me in the quarter. Five and a half points difference.

[C]

So if we're just picking them, give me the five and a half point dog outright. However, if we're going spread +168 right.

[B]

Now, Illinois.

[C]

Because it's a tough place to play. It's a tough game to pick. Tough game to pick. It's bustin bowl week. It's bustin bowl week.

[A]

Man, you just killed a fly. If they got a family of kids, give me over.

[C]

This is a primetime game. It's a prime time game.

[A]

It's five and a half years.

[C]

I gotta be honest, I like the dog outright.

[A]

Give me the favorite to cover.

[C]

I love it. That's a man who needs to be betting totals. That's a man who needs to stick to totals.

[A]

Oh, good times boys.

[B]

Man, we're really just. You can feel it in. You can feel it in this room right now. We wrap this episode to bring you boosting with the boys. If you don't already Know the boys have a 50% profit boost token available every college football Saturday. That's a 50% boost on any college football Saturday bet. Just Open up the FanDuel Sportsbook app this Saturday and look out for the boostin with the boys.

[A]

PBT Florida, Miami. That's what I'm in this room right now. Florida, Miami.

[B]

Miami -7.5. This is the same spread that Florida had against LSU. Will we say the LSU game? So LSU is going to take care of business. Miami has a better offense than LSU does Florida. Billy Napier like five interceptions.

[A]

Let's be clear, Florida should have won that cover last week.

[B]

Let's be clear they didn't.

[A]

Yeah but also let's be clear, two good points too.

[C]

Two good points.

[B]

Let's be clear. Should have, could have, would have been.

[A]

Five picks and you lose by had a dick.

[B]

Should be my uncle. However for a fair good point should they had five interceptions. So if you're Billy Napier, what do you do? Like hey, we want to run the ball now. Well that's only going to get you so far. We want to take the ball out of D.J. likewise hand. Well he's got, he threw five interceptions. I'm sure his confidence is at an all time high right now.

[A]

So all I'm saying is I called.

[B]

It, then Miami is covering. That's it.

[C]

I got a question.

[B]

Go ahead.

[C]

So if you throw five picks the week before like you said, ideally you'd like to have a run game to lean on. Right? However, most times if you throw the ball 50 times in a game, it's cause you don't have a run game. Right. You're forced to throw the ball. What if I told you that Florida's leading tailback is averaging 6.5 yards per carry and they're still throwing it 57.5% of the time so far this year, you would think to yourself that makes no sense. And you're right. You make a good point. That makes no sense.

[B]

Thank you.

[C]

So now's the time to run the ball. Unfortunately it's Miami, right? You're not really going to run the ball all that successfully on Miami. So your one shot is, I believe in their secondary. I believe it's been retooled. But relatively speaking, you are far more likely to do business through the air against Miami than on the ground. How are you calling the game if you're Napier? Are you really just Etch a Sketch left to right, erase the board? I don't remember last week. My job's on the line. Our season's on the line. I. I'm just going to let him turn it loose 45 or 50 times again. Do you really feel good about that?

[A]

I think. No. I think you got to run the football because you want to. The Miami offense is really good. I think you want to keep the ball out of Carson Beck's hands and those receivers, you do want to slow the game down, whether people are going to say it's a reaction to the five picks or not. Like, when you look at this game isolated, you want to run the football more. And obviously, if you have the stats that back it up, like we do need to run the football more, it's just keeping the ball. Like, you got to keep this game close somehow. Because if you. If you're going to lean on Lagway, who just threw five picks, he could be having the upset right now. He could be seeing ghost. If you're going to put the ball in his hands 40 or 50 times. Like, I'm not feeling comfortable as a coach if I'm in that situation. It's. We got to run the ball. We got to put a DJ in some better situations, moving around out of the pocket easier throws, everything else. You're not trying to win the game in the first half. I think you, if anything, you want to drag this game out, try to lean on them and win in the. You know, win in the fourth quarter.

[B]

And you talked about the wounded animal.

[A]

If you're going to have a chance.

[B]

You talked about the wounded animal last week referring to Florida, and it's like, you have the etching sketch, but it's like, how many times are you going to shake it up?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Because you just lost the usf. You just got.

[A]

This could be a dead animal.

[B]

This is a dead animal. This is. Unfortunately, Billy Napier headed to the guillotine right now. Slowly. Slowly but surely. And I think Miami's covering this one.

[A]

Part of me wants to take this.

[B]

Take the over.

[A]

No, take the under.

[B]

Yeah. Do it again.

[C]

It's there. I do it.

[B]

Look behind you before you take it, though.

[A]

I'm taking Florida.

[B]

You should have looked behind you.

[A]

You're one. I. I called the game with Florida last week. I can't help the DJ through five picks.

[C]

It's not your call.

[A]

I called that game.

[B]

So this is a. This is a. Josh.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

They failed you.

[A]

Yeah. Like, I watched that game. Like, they had every opportunity to win that football game. They had every opportunity to cover as well.

[C]

Defense is the same picks.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Incredible.

[B]

Right? And so, just so we're following you're also taking Indiana. I know we're going back again, but you're taking Indiana over.

[A]

Over.

[B]

Because I know the dog.

[A]

Hey.

[B]

Because I know you seem like you're really thinking clearly right now. You're taking the over. You're not taking Indiana. Because I think we could have thought he took Indiana as well. Right.

[A]

I got the over.

[B]

And I think we all know you're taking Florida.

[A]

We all know in the audience watching at home right now, too, like, my head's not clear. My head's not clear. But I'm taking Indiana, Illinois. I'm taking over in the total points and I'm taking Florida plus seven and a half.

[C]

If I could get the I don't know what to do from last week spliced up with the My head's not clear. I would appreciate that. Yeah, I would appreciate that. I am with one thing's clear and.

[B]

Then his head's not clear.

[A]

Yeah, that's. That's. Yeah.

[C]

My instinct is to go decide you went Florida. But I did it last week. I got let down. And you are right. Like the minus. There were minus four turnovers. They turned it over five times. Yeah. That screams, all right, bounce back. My fear is you're right and it's just a dead team now. But they didn't quit on him last year and they had every reason to. They didn't mail it in last year. What if they're just not good? By the way, you mentioned the yips. How about my top two preseason quarterbacks in the SEC now have the yips? I'm watching Arch Manning and DJ Lagway not even be able to.

[B]

You can't control that, though. That's not on you.

[C]

Yeah, it's not on me.

[B]

That's not on me. You should have been right about that. And also, Arch Manning, reported first by.

[C]

Jeremy Klump, is hurt, but denied by Steve Sarkeesian.

[B]

Denied. So aggressively. That's like, well, ok, we know.

[A]

So aggressively. So aggressively, y'.

[B]

All.

[C]

To charge.

[B]

He tell you that? That. Did he say that? It's like, all right, guess he's not hurt. Like these. Obviously, we had this conversation on the bus. Like, if you are Sark, eventually you have to come out and be like, yes, he's hurt. Because you need to protect your player as well.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

If you want players to come and play for you, you want them to feel like you're going to look out for them when it comes to the media. And if he's not playing this well and you come out week eight or Nine be like, by the way, Archer's been hurt. It's a little late. So the time's kind of ticking on that for like, hey, are you going to protect your players?

[C]

Do you think that the concern in Austin may be. If we confirm that he's hurt, Garrett Nussmeier is going to go. But I've been hurt, too. We're still winning.

[A]

Somebody did call that. Who did that Week one of the show.

[B]

I know.

[A]

Don't know how well I know, but the audience doesn't know.

[C]

Pate state, medical sources. Yeah, they really do bat 100%. They really never.

[A]

You were on the inside there.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

But even getting back to that point again, it's not like the Gators, like, laid down and quit in that game. And it was like an abysmal game for Napier. They still had penalties. They, you know, undisciplined football. But it's just like, you know, your Q out there, your best players out there throwing picks in. My hopes is that my man just had a bad game. They're all rallying around him right now because they see all the, you know, each side of the ball, the offensive line being having a really good defense. Hopefully the defense is over there patting them on the back. Hey, we're going to bail you out. And they're hungry for this game because this is. I mean, Miami at Florida, this place is going to be rocking.

[B]

Yeah. It's going to be make a break.

[A]

Or Florida at Miami.

[B]

My fear is that you say they rallied around Billy Napier last year, and it's like. Yeah, it's like playing a game of Django. Like, you're gonna stack, you're keep pulling out pieces, keep pulling pieces. But the. The. It's pretty high now.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And you, like, you don't really believe in Billy Napier, but it's like, we got players, we got DJ Lagway, but DJ now has done five interceptions. So from an offensive standpoint, coaching standpoint, situational awareness, and Florida, there's not a lot of things to hold on to from a foundational standpoint and be like, we feel confident in this, but how.

[A]

About the explosion of excitement when you're in the Jenga and you pull that one out, you think it's over and it stays.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And everybody goes crazy.

[B]

Goes crazy.

[A]

That could be Florida this week. Florida plus seven and a half.

[B]

Yeah. Miami minus seven.

[C]

Confident.

[B]

Where are you going? Have you drawn a line in the sand yet?

[C]

Over I went Miami and I laid the points. Because the other thing I keep thinking about is Florida could Play good and still lose. Miami's a really good team. Yeah, you know, everyone. I kind of fell victim to this earlier in the week. I made it all about Florida. Well, if they do this, if they. What if they don't turn the ball over at all and they still just get beat cause the other guy's a better team. What if that happens? Carson Beck's looked incredible.

[A]

It's a fair point.

[C]

I mean they've erased. They got, they got a better. I think they've got a better collection of pass catchers this year than they did last year. And the huge concern with Miami was they're replacing their top six receivers. Well, you know, I mean, that's why college football is the way it is when you can portal guys in. It's not a three year rebuild for all these programs. And Miami is one of them who can answer a question really quickly. So quarterbacks answered, receivers answered. That's why I keep going to the secondary. Because they swear their secondary is improved and it is improved because it was terrible last year. But if there's a flaw or a deficiency on Miami's team that hasn't been exposed yet, it's the secondary. That's why that's their best shot this week. But you're counting on a guy who turned it over five times, which in one game is more than 121 FBS teams have the whole season, by the way. You're counting on that to be your hope and I don't trust it. That's why I'm laying the points with Miami.

[B]

Carson Beck is your Heisman favorite right now. Plus 750.

[C]

My goodness, whoms to defunk that? Where's Mattier? Number two.

[B]

Number two. I think he was at 950. He was at 950.

[A]

Are you able to track if you hit up Fanduel how many people rocked with you on like the John Matier stuff?

[C]

Probably. So it's a good, It's a good point. I need to go find it and I need to know every one of those people. I don't think many of them followed.

[A]

You'll just have to do a show. You know how like at the top, you bet. We got people tuning in from Indiana, Kansas, Georgia. You just need to do a show to where it's just 10 minutes of you just rattling off Clark, Michael, Steven.

[B]

Glasses on at the low brim of his nose.

[A]

We got special Wednesday night show.

[C]

Yeah, I love those shows.

[A]

First 25 minutes for the John Mateer.

[C]

Sickos, whoever they are. I love them.

[A]

Yeah, here we go.

[C]

We're getting. We're either getting closer or we're there. Are we there?

[A]

It's Wednesday. That's the hard part about it, bro.

[B]

Is there a reason y' all two.

[A]

Are separated on this episode?

[B]

I thought Josh thought it was the more appropriate thing. Me, I'm fine.

[A]

Yeah, I was just. I was sitting down in that chair and Taylor said, hey, do you mind moving over there? We need to put Josh pay between us. I was like, all right.

[C]

I just wanted a warm chair.

[B]

Yeah, you forget you did the intro. So when we were sitting there, but before.

[A]

Yeah, when I was just chilling, I was reading my notes.

[B]

Were you?

[A]

I was like, yeah, I was. I was. You saw me. I was like doing yoga. I was doing breath work.

[B]

That's right.

[A]

You know. Will, do you mind moving? We want to put Josh Payton in the middle chair so he can. They can separate us.

[B]

True Classic game of the week. Every week it's got games, but only one fits just right. This is True Classic game of the week. That game is going to be the Bustin Bowl. Michigan in Nebraska. Matt Rule, Year 3. Bryce Underwood, Dylan Raiola. You want to feel good on game day. Even though you're nervous about your team, what do you do? You grab the True Classic pants, a True Classic T shirt. You put it on, you feel good, look good, and hopefully your team plays good. Let's get into it. 3 0, the Michigan Wolverines going to Lincoln, Nebraska. Game started, I think, I believe Will, according to Will, opened up at Michigan minus six and a half. Turns out that was debunked. That was a lie. It was minus three and a when I placed $1,000 bet on Michigan in June.

[A]

Was it a lie?

[C]

Wait, what was the claim? Let's run this right now. What was the claim?

[A]

Michigan was favored by -6 and a half.

[B]

Said, wow, this game opened up at minus three. The world still sees how good Michigan is. Something along those lines. And Will responded without doing any homework. This game was actually six and a half in the summertime. And I see these tweets. I think I placed a bet on Michigan, Nebraska in the summertime when we went over the bust and bowl one of our episodes. So I go back June 10, 2025, I placed a thousand dollar bet on Michigan minus three and a half which was the line.

[A]

But what he's failing to realize and understand is on June 9, it was minus six and a half. I placed a bomb on Nebraska and it moved the line down to three and a half the next day. So when he took it and he said, oh, it's minus three and a half. I also sent a photo confirming, like, hey, buddy, look closer. This is what it was.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Can I ask a personal question?

[B]

Go ahead.

[C]

It's really personal. And so if you don't want to answer, you don't have to answer. What constitutes a bomb in Will Compton's world? Respectfully, you're living in a different world than most of our friends watching. So, like, what?

[A]

I think people would be surprised. It's not like a. My bomb is when I put a grand on something.

[B]

You're bomb. That's the sign of Will Compton having confidence.

[A]

That's a sign. Yeah, that's bomb city. It's a lot like I'm in there. Like, I'm in the fandom. I'm responsible. 100 piece, 250 depending on how many games I do, a unit will be like 250 or 100. Sometimes if I'm feeling really confident, I'll go 500 and then I'm sprinkling a lot of parlays. I love the parlays. Josh Pate, if you were a parlay guy, you'd be Joshy Parlay. But you know, I'm sprinkling 50 on this. You got a long one. Let me both throw 10 bucks on that. That one might hit. Let me get a taste of that to a thousand.

[C]

Like, that is 10 out of 10 confidence for your.

[A]

In Willie C's world, that's a bomb.

[B]

Willie Csworld. A thousand dollars is a massive nuke you would put on a bet slip.

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

We had this conversation on Monday. I thought the same thing. Like, okay, Will's putting a thousand on it. That's a nuke for Will Compton. What would a nuke, like, how would I say that I'm confident in this game. So go. I actually texted you both my bet slip for this game if you want to take a look at it. Okay. So when I think about the University of Michigan and what they're able to do to teams.

[A]

By the way, Taylor put 50 grand on the game.

[C]

Yeah. This is not the metric system. This is real dollars.

[B]

Those are real dollars.

[C]

These are not Euro.

[B]

This is not yen. That's domestic.

[C]

You sure about this?

[B]

Yes. Here's why. When you look at a blue chip, blue blood program like the University of Michigan, the grittiness, the toughness, the trenches is the things you want to look at a team that says you think you're this. We're going to make you question who you are as a culture. We're going to make you question everything you've done leading up to this point. Example Ohio State, 20.5-point favorites going into Columbus last year they decided they wanted to play the same game we play. We win that game 13:10. We don't have passing last year. We play USC their first year in the Big Ten. Everyone's really excited. They can throw the ball over the yard. They we decided to go on a two minute at the end of the game through the ground when we were unable to pass the ball. You stack the box with eight and we make you question how bad do we really want this game Now I meant every word I said. When I love Nebraska, it really is GBR after go blue for me. I think the fans there should be very excited about what they have on their roster, what they've been able to do Matt Rule in year three. But when it comes down to these one score games, you're talking about where you really have to figure out who you are and you were in one this year. That gives you confidence. But then you have a team like Michigan which doesn't have as much riding on this year. Everyone in the Michigan world is like, hey, we're really excited about our quarterback. Get a couple more pieces around them like we're competing for a national championship next year. If we do some portal stuff, this team will make you second guess at the worst times and for 60 minutes when you have 70,000 people in Lincoln, Nebraska and you're so excited about the opportunity. 90,000 people where the biggest banner in that stadium is, look how many sellouts we've had. People live, die and breathe in Nebraska for that school. I want them to have all the hope in the world. And unfortunately, this game might be a blowout yet again.

[C]

It's a lot of money. Yeah, it's a lot of money. It's a lot riding on it. I feel like you want this game. I feel like you need this game psychologically.

[A]

You talking about for me?

[C]

I'm not just speaking for you. I'm speaking for Nebraska too.

[A]

Oh, you're. You're 1,000% spot on, bro. This is like there's the personal stuff like yeah, I want to be. I want to be Taylor badly at this game. I want to. Trust me, I want to have some messages to old Davey pizza boy as well. But Nebraska too, like, you know, everybody's. You got the fodder scene out there in the social media world, Taylor. Hey, don't show will this like you got the top 10 scores, top 10 scoring defense on the sample size that we've played, our passing defense is like the number one pass defense in this first three span of games since the year 2000. So there is a lot of that stuff. There's also like, could Dylan Raiola be in the Heisman talk? Absolutely. Stat wise, statistically he could. But none of that matters unless you get a win like this against a team like Michigan. You can talk about Cincinnati. We barely, we eked it out against Cincinnati. It was a one score game. Huskers of the past find a way to lose that game. That's where like optimistically, like when everybody's talking about oh, you barely won that game. No, no, the sicko Nebraska fans know what optimism to pull out of that game. Whether it's on special teams, whether it's on the having a big plays by the defense in the second quarter right before half to get points in the ice, the game at the end of the game. But it's like that little, that, that guy of nerves of anxiety just tapping on the window of like, hey, what's going to happen this week against a team like Michigan? This is another, this is another stone that the Rule era needs to capture. And it hasn't happened like you 27 games losing streak in a row against AP top 25 opponents. That stats there, the world and the headspace that Nebraska lives in. This game means everything. This game because we beat Michigan. You're in the College Football Playoff conversation. We beat Michigan. Dylan Rayola is in the Heisman conversation. I'm confident because I know what me and Coach Rule have been building these last three years. I'm confident. But just to speak for Nebraska as a whole, this game means a shit ton. I also remember the feeling we had a couple years ago when we had the Bustin bowl. We went down 14, nothing like that. And they have a long drive, punch it in, they tip a pass, pick it off. And we needed Memorial Stadium on 3rd and 1 against Blake Corum and this Joe Moore offensive line. And we didn't have Memorial Stadium because of all the pain that we've endured since the Pollini era, since Willie C. We haven't beat Michigan since Taylor Juan was on the field two years in a row. His senior year we beat him at home, his junior year we beat him at our place. That's the last time Nebraska's beat Michigan.

[B]

Hold on.

[A]

So I'm aware that is factual. Look at the last time Nebraska beat Michigan was 2013 at Michigan 17 to 13.

[B]

That is factual.

[C]

Okay, continue.

[B]

So they won two and a half.

[A]

So, like, there's a whole role. There's so much history that's like going into the feeling of every Husker fan waking up on Saturday morning. For me, it's a little different because there's some personal. There's like a personal thing than where I want to get Taylor. Yeah, he's got a bigger bond than me because he's got some cash. He's got some sugar daddy cash as well. But I am as confident as ever going in to this game because I feel like I know what kind of product we have. It's just this game's going to be one of the trenches. I'm not worried about Raola and the guys on the outside. I think we got some. I think we got some good skill guys. I think we got a good secondary. To me, it's about the trenches. Michigan does a good job running the football. They have a good front seven. I Wish we had 15 still on Nebraska's roster. And Bryce Underwood's a hell of a player. He's a tough player. And he's decided. He decided last week. There's no eyes downfield the whole time as he's getting near the line of scrimmage to throw it deep. Once he decides he's going to break the pocket a little bit, he puts it in his arm and he's going to take off. And we had trouble with Sorsby, so there are those nerves. But this is. I'm very excited because we're going to get a real test this weekend to see what kind of team Nebraska has.

[C]

If I believe what I said when we were sitting on the bus over here in the preseason about Nebraska, if I believe that the rule. Rule is real, if I believe that Dylan Raiola can progress under Dana Holgerson, if I believe the wide receiver court. Nebraska is among the more underrated position groups in the Big Ten. If I believe the program's going to arrive, if I believe they're a playoff contender, which you and I both believed, preseason, this is the stage it's got to happen on. So while the viewers may watch and say, hey, I know why he's nervous. I know why he's at the very least excited, even though he's got a national championship in the past couple of years, why would I be nervous? Well, because I feel like I've got a lot emotionally riding on this as well, and I need it to happen.

[B]

Biggest Nebraska fan in Nashville, Tennessee. Your words.

[C]

That's documented.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

That's.

[A]

The pate model has the wrong team.

[C]

Favor let's talk about the pate model. It has the wrong team favored here. It thinks Nebraska not only covers, it thinks Nebraska wins outright. So if I believe all that, but I still respect Michigan, and I do believe that them tasting their blood on the road at Oklahoma means a lot for this game. The conventional college football wisdom in me says, nope, until the team's arrived. They're not going to arrive against a team that's already arrived or a program that's already arrived. And Michigan would be the latter and Nebraska would be the former here. But then the other side of me says, didn't you just watch Texas A and M go do something people say they'd never do last week on the road at Notre Dame? Isn't this college football? Doesn't cannot just turn into had. Not all the time. So this Saturday, I'm actually going to roll with the model and I'm going to pick Nebraska to win outright. And I'm going to believe in Matt Rule and you and the program that you guys have 50, 50 built. And I want to see what Memorial Stadium's like in the fourth quarter when the game's on the line.

[B]

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[A]

Yeah, like if we were playing pig, that's where I'd take you down and claim my Ultra.

[B]

I think we've all seen you play Pig. Come on, man. You know I'd own you. That beer would be mine.

[A]

See, that's exactly my point. Doesn't matter if it's touchdowns, hoops, ping pong, cornhole, whatever. Bragging rights. Tastes better with an Ultra Superior is worth playing for.

[B]

Michelob Ultra Superior light beer.

[A]

It's gonna be a juicy atmosphere again. It's like history tells us, it'll be.

[B]

A juicy atmosphere for the first 15 minutes of the game.

[A]

Well, the game you went to, didn't you go to Colorado last year?

[B]

Yeah. You guys were in that game? Yeah. You guys were actually up the whole time, right?

[A]

Yeah, but it was juicy. Juicy. This is gonna be Colorado 2.0.

[B]

I remember going to halftime and being like. And I think I said this to G. Where G. I said like, colorado is the worst coach team I've ever seen in my life.

[C]

It was bad.

[B]

It was so bad. But, yeah, Lincoln was rocking. Lincoln was absolutely Rocking then look, a.

[A]

Couple years ago, Willie C. Wasn't on the Jumbotron.

[B]

Yeah, I think, I think we're really.

[A]

Starting on the Jumbotron.

[B]

Actually starting to get into his crazy main character syndrome to the point where Will actually thinks his words are affecting like fan base. Like he told me yesterday, he's like, I don't want to say too much right now because I don't want bulletin board material for fish game. And I'm thinking you've completely lost yourself. So much so that two years ago, September 23, 2023, Will is yelling at me fingers like we're gonna beat your candy ass for fucking 60 minutes. And now he gets.

[A]

That's. Hey, that's it again. That's right before the game I had the mic in my hand, I'm trying to get the.

[B]

This September 23rd was on the bus that was shot on Monday. And so.

[A]

I digress.

[B]

I sit here Monday and Will comes in, shakes my hand, you know, we both done the same thing. We walk in the back, we talk our little shit and then we walk out and the next person comes in and I'm just like, what's changed? Because two years ago when everyone's like, Michigan could win the national championship, probably Will has the roster due, has the coaching staff, but then Will coming off his another non bowl season, first year quarterback or not even, you didn't have Raiola yet. You had Raiola committed to your program.

[A]

And he's like, we're beating your candy ass.

[B]

We're gonna do this. Hey, we got a punchers chance, all these things and it's like, that's the fight I love out of Will Compton. The fight that he's gonna drag no matter what. Nebraska cornhosters. When you're down, I'm gonna keep. And when we're up, I'm gonna be waving that flag. Now we get to this week and it's like, it's like a little turtle. He's just kind of like, he gets a little scared, a little spooked. Like, like the moment's here and you're kind of having paralysis by analysis. Because like all the words, all the thought process where you're like, we're going to be X, Y and Z. It's like, okay, well now's the time. It's Saturday. Saturday is right around the corner and there's just crickets. There's a. I don't want to give the football team more bulletin board material. As if a 35 year old at the time of the game, 36 year old will have that much weight bearing on a game. And I've. I just think to myself, I'm getting to the point where if Nebraska doesn't win this game.

[C]

Oh, no, don't say this.

[B]

Will is done.

[A]

Oh, and I'm not.

[B]

I'm not. I'm not. I'm not trying to port normal.

[A]

First of all, hey, these. These are words again, I'm not trying to.

[B]

But, like, I can see the pressure. And if he's feeling that, he's not even in the building. Oh, it's like, I got a freshman quarterback who, you know, obviously we don't have the game we want against Oklahoma, but he's in the third quarter, still jumping, excited to be there. Seems like he's too ignorant at this point to flinch at adversity. Like, he doesn't really know the pressures of, like, what us sitting here as fans are. And if he feels this way, how is Matt Rule feeling? I popped on the screen the other day with his podcast, and he goes, I'm so excited to see you. I thought, oof, oof. Are you.

[C]

Are you, bud?

[B]

Yeah. Coach Eckler sends me a blue heart emoji and then crying tears this week. And I'm thinking, thinking about it way too. Like, hey, you gotta play 60 minutes. I'm not on the gridiron. It'd be a lot better in Michigan's favor if I was back then, but unfortunately, I can't play the game for him. But you can't lose this game on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and that's what they've done so far.

[A]

We lost the game on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.

[B]

The pressure is building up so much. It's like, I truly sit here and I'm like, maybe call Biff Pogi. You gotta give him one. Gotta give him one.

[A]

This is the same guy that was shut down after the Oklahoma game, asking me, Willie C. What do I do on the Internet, what kind of picture, what do I post, how do I talk to the fan base after losing? I've never been in this spot. You've been in this spot plenty of times. Begging for some. Some guidance and advice from his king.

[B]

That's what I want. That's the guy I want right now.

[A]

Keep going and listen.

[C]

Bulletin board coming. Bulletin board incoming.

[B]

Keep going.

[A]

He wants it. He wants it. I'm sure. Listen, Michigan's probably just gonna play a lot of Willie C. Tape before this game kicks off. They need some motivation coming into this place.

[B]

Once again, main character syndrome. Keep going. You're doing Nate.

[A]

I like Nebraska I like Nebraska. I think we finally. I think we finally. I think we finally turned the page. And that excitement's been like the. It's like the same excitement. Like Cincinnati. It's like this slow burn because you're just. You just feel like a caged animal. You feel like a caged animal. This is such a moment for us. I hope Bud Crawford walks out with all of his belts leading the Huskers in the Memorial Stadium. Hope he does, too.

[B]

That'd be sick.

[A]

I think the 97 championship team's gonna be there, too.

[B]

95.

[A]

95.

[B]

Everyone's walking out.

[A]

Everyone's walking. Everyone's walking out. This is.

[B]

This is six teams out there.

[A]

My face will be painted, and it's going to be fucking awesome, man. I'm excited.

[B]

I will say this in all seriousness. If you guys win this game, I'm going to shake your hand. I'm going to be happy for Nebraska. And this is not a bit. I will mean that.

[A]

I feel the same way with you.

[B]

I see.

[A]

You can ask.

[B]

The history shows that is not the case. You find this.

[A]

I hope that this is a new year, this is a new team, this is a new Willie Circle. We lose this game, I'm not down at, like, yeah, I will feel like the world's crumbling. You know, I'm going to do my thing about it. But, you know, it's like we were talking before the season. There's. There's four. Like, if we're talking about Nebraska football being a potential college football playoff team, there's four games on the schedule, and it's Michigan, it's usc, it's Penn State, and it's Iowa. And this is the first one. So even it's like the second or.

[B]

Third time he's told us this. This needs. Listen, you've had two days since Monday to think about a bet. I told you, whatever you want to do, we'll do. I like for something to come to the table now.

[A]

Okay? So I would like to add to. If you're open to it. We are locked in on a bet for shaved heads and shaved faces for a loser. I would like to throw in. Throw on the table. Loser of this game. $50,000 from busting with the boys goes to the nil collective of the winning team.

[B]

Why wouldn't it be personal? Well, I'll throw.

[A]

You don't want to donate to Michigan?

[B]

If I would love to donate to Michigan, absolutely.

[A]

If it's the bus and bowl. So why not with the bus and Bowl, Bus and themed busing with the boys, $50,000.

[B]

So Nebraska loses.

[A]

Nebraska loses. Busing with the boys.

[B]

I donate as well as you to Michigan.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

All right.

[A]

Yeah, I think that's a fun.

[B]

Hold on. I think also, if you want to add something more to that, if Michigan wins this game until they play next time, you have to concede to the fact that Michigan is the 1997 national champions.

[A]

As long as it's vice versa.

[B]

Yeah, absolutely.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

But we're not done to do that. I want you to grow your hair out.

[A]

Oh, that's off the table.

[B]

That's too much. That's where you draw the line all.

[A]

The years that's off the table.

[C]

Same just for the record, we lose.

[A]

This game, I'm gonna get Josh Pate's haircut. I'm gonna get the buzz back there, and I'm gonna bic this top part, and I'm gonna have aviators on.

[C]

Yeah, I don't. I don't bick it, but as far.

[A]

As the grown out there, that's. That's. Here's what we got on the table. Shaved face and head, no eyebrows. 50,000 busting with the boys donates to the nil collective of the winning team. And then. What was that last one? The loser has to basically concede the 1997 National Championship.

[B]

Right.

[A]

Until. Until when again? Until they play again.

[B]

Yeah, till they play again.

[C]

Wait, did they play next year? Yeah, we may put a check on that. Wow.

[B]

When's the next time Michigan, Nebraska are supposed to. Because last year we looked it up, and they weren't supposed to play for the next seven years.

[C]

22, 23. No, 24. Back in 25.

[B]

They'd be changing schedules every week. Yeah, they'd be changing schedules all the time, man. How do we feel about the bet? I feel like there should be more on the table.

[A]

That's where we're at right now. No matter what we're locked in at. Shaved head, shaved face. That was a handshake. That was shaved.

[B]

Yeah, I shook the hand on that. I shouldn't have. I wanted to be more. Is it just shaved one time or you bald for the rest of the year?

[A]

It's shaved one time.

[B]

See, I like the idea of us being one of us being bald the rest of the year.

[A]

You gotta jag me off for the rest.

[B]

This being. I like this being a bet where you go and it's like November, December, and you're still feeling the effects of this bet. 20, 28. It's the next time they play that sucks. The bald and no mustache until 2028 would be at least till the end of the season. Yeah, that's what I'm thinking, too. Now we talking bald like Bic. Or we can keep a little buzz. Bald like Josh P. That's not a shot.

[C]

No, it's not at all.

[B]

Listen. Yeah. Like, I feel good about shaving my head and knowing it's gonna come back.

[A]

I will say there's. There's been a couple thoughts.

[B]

What if I know, like, six months from now, my hair's gonna look the exact same if oil loses, like, it might be me and two pates next year sitting on the bus.

[C]

I'm going send you my number. We'll talk.

[B]

We'll talk. You guys can figure it out.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Dollar Shave Club. You guys get a cool sponsorship for that.

[C]

It's really cheap, though. It's really affordable.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. You guys save a lot of money.

[C]

It's great.

[B]

I like the year. I like you to keep that in mind for the rest of the year.

[C]

Calendar year or year?

[B]

Calendar year.

[A]

Calendar years off.

[C]

But the season.

[B]

What are you doing?

[C]

What are you doing?

[B]

Problem. This is the problem that I keep talking about is like. Like, all the confidence every single year, every single week. And now it's, like, time. It's time for you to figuratively and literally put your money where your mouth is.

[A]

I have been. I place bomb on FanDuel.

[B]

That you come to me with is.

[A]

25,000 of my own dollars going to the Nil Collective.

[B]

It's like, yeah, so we'll both just be donating to one school. Like, that's not really a bet. That's, like, something. I think we'd both sit down and, like, if we had, like, a backdoor conversation, we'd probably do that for both schools. But, yeah, let's do 50 each. But it's like, that doesn't feel.

[A]

It's like, what's getting you into shaving my head?

[B]

I would have no problem signing a Taylor Lawan donates $50,000 to Nebraska. I have no problem with that. Just like, I'm assuming you wouldn't have an issue with that either. That's, like, fun. It's great for the programs and stuff like that. But, like, I want the loser to feel this loss because it's been brewing. It's been marinating for so long. And I see you this week, and I'm like, this is not the Compton I know. Josh, what are your thoughts? What do you think?

[C]

I don't know this. When I come to this kind of predicament, I just crowdsource it because my audience always comes up with something better than I do. I would like to see you throughout. A first pitch at a Nebraska baseball game.

[B]

Would love that.

[C]

Yeah, like that would be.

[B]

No warm up.

[C]

That would be good.

[B]

Yeah, I. I actually got one. And we'd have to work it out with the schools. Loser has to go to the other team's school and be a cheerleader for a game with the cheer squad dressed in uniform and everything all season. No, just travel. So Michigan wins. You little amazing. Blue two piece. Get some pom poms in your hand. I want you four quarters on the sideline.

[C]

Probably more. Looking at spring game here due to red tape, but. Yeah, it's a good idea. Yeah, it's a really good idea.

[B]

I think spring game would be great because that.

[A]

Once again, because the only thing that was going on in my head is just like. Yeah, it's like, that's a. That's an awesome idea. Just the scheduling and like. Hey, I gotta go.

[B]

They're feeling your eyes.

[A]

I gotta leave.

[C]

What an example for Rue, seeing your dad. Abby, you know, dressed like she could.

[B]

Be dressed in a little while. Right. Child can give you pointers, by the way.

[C]

That's only if you lose, which you're not going to.

[B]

That's the thing. He's not thinking about winning.

[A]

Listen, I can't play the game for these boys.

[C]

Like. But you saw them off.

[A]

Yeah, I saw them all.

[B]

Everything you've said is. I mean, they never had Willie C on the jumbotron. I know Michigan's thinking about Willie C now. Comes out of the art, puts the on. You're like, well, I can't play for him.

[A]

But this bet thing is a complete. Like, this is like a separate thing.

[C]

Feels pretty correlated.

[B]

I feel like if Michigan, Nebraska weren't playing, this bet wouldn't be here. Yeah, I like the dog on the road, but I would take them. So what's the final bet? I don't know.

[A]

Yeah, I don't know what the final bet is.

[B]

No. Yeah, I'm not. We're not pushing more. I. I would love a long lasting bet. It sounds like you're not willing to do that, right?

[A]

That's off the table for me.

[B]

Okay, so it sounds like, here's the bet. Loser has to shave their head and face.

[A]

The long lasting bet is the 1997.

[B]

Yeah. You've already agreed to that, correct?

[A]

Yeah, I haven't shook on it, but yes, I've committed.

[B]

So let's just lay it out. Then you shave everything except for your eyebrows. Let it grow back as is. Loser concedes that the other team is the 1997 national champion. And then the winning team gets $50,000 from busting with the boys donated to their school. Am I correct in saying all that?

[A]

I believe so, yes.

[B]

Is there anything else before we shake on this? I made the mistake of shaking on the shave face earlier. Any changes? Any thoughts? Brainstorm. No bad ideas. I think it has to be for the football season. I don't disagree. And you've got.

[A]

That's off the table. I'm not sure.

[B]

I mean. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No bad ideas in brainstorming. Like, we're like.

[C]

Not to kill the vibe on that.

[B]

But you both have wives and kids and you're going to take family pictures and stuff. That's what makes it so much better. I told Taylor too. I walked in, I let you know, I put it on the table that I'm betting anything. She's like, why? Why? Why do you do this? And I was like, cuz, people have to know.

[C]

It's all good till that Thanksgiving family picture.

[B]

You got the shaved head and the shave. Think that would be awesome.

[A]

Yeah. Look, one shave, 1997.

[B]

50,000.

[A]

$50,000.

[B]

What are you putting in? You're in Nebraska too. So what are you giving me?

[A]

You have to grow your hair out for a week.

[C]

Yeah. Unbeknownst to you, I have been. I have been.

[B]

Sitting here for 15 minutes.

[C]

No, I really think I just need to moderate this one. I need to sit this one up. My advice to you is lock all this stuff in in the spring next time. You would have gotten concessions on everything in the spring, even in the summer. Even in week one. But you let it get to game week before. You threw the big tokens out there. And he didn't bite on all of them.

[B]

The thing with Will is it's a no before. Yes. And I thought if I, like, I've seen how confident he is. And then we get to where I should believe he's most confident. We're Franklin the turtle.

[C]

Oh, not Franklin.

[B]

Yeah, unfortunately, that's where I kind of go back to, like, maybe it's worth for our friendship.

[A]

Noise rattles an empty cage and my cage is full of work. I know what rule and I have been building these last three years.

[B]

He's had quotes like that all year.

[A]

There it is.

[C]

It just happened.

[A]

Thank you for another episode of the Locker Room Bus and Bowl Week. We will see you at the Rococo Theater on Friday, this Friday, September 19th, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Doors open at 7, live show with the boys, kickoff at 8. We'll be doing a tailgate Saturday morning at the Haymarket park. Correct Haymarket park bwtb.com to find all that information. We'll all be in Lincoln, Nebraska. Love you, appreciate you big cuz.

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