Taylor Lewan Rides Tennessee ML, Josh Pate CONFIDENT In Vanderbilt + Will Compton Believes In Miami

Summary

Bussin' With The Boys — College Football Week 3 Breakdown

Episode: Taylor Lewan Rides Tennessee ML, Josh Pate CONFIDENT In Vanderbilt + Will Compton Believes In Miami
Date: September 10, 2025
Hosts: Will Compton, Taylor Lewan, and guest college football analyst Josh Pate

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Overview

This episode is a high-energy, unfiltered roundtable tackling the big narratives, upsets, and betting storylines heading into a pivotal third week of the college football season. NFL vets Will Compton and Taylor Lewan welcome the "commissioner" Josh Pate for deep dives into matchups like Florida-LSU, Vandy-South Carolina, Miami-USF, A&M-Notre Dame, and the titanic Georgia-Tennessee. The boys battle heartbreak from last week's bets, trade bold predictions, and show love to underdogs—Tennessee and Vanderbilt especially—while roasting each other and breaking down X's and O's in their signature locker room banter.

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Standings Check & Show Vibes

[00:00–04:47]

• Will Compton recaps last week’s picks, where he went 4-1, overtaking both Taylor and Josh in their season-long friendly competition. The group commiserates over Josh’s 2-3 week, giving him a hard time but promising he’ll bounce back.
• Will encourages support for Josh, noting, “This is his livelihood. This is the thing he goes through every single week. And for him to have a two-and-three week, you know he's going to bounce back in a big way." (00:31)
• The boys set the stage for talking heavy college football action, while playfully ribbing each other.

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Week 2 Reactions & Betting Debates

[04:48–11:32]

• Josh Pate laments changing his Missouri-Kansas pick last minute on Instagram Live and the public blowback. "If I had it all over to do again, would I change my pick from Missouri to Kansas on a Friday night? Yes. I wouldn't publicize it. That's the only thing I would." (05:27)
• Will and Josh debate coaching decisions that sway betting outcomes, focusing on last-minute field goals and backdoor covers.
• There’s a shared sentiment on the volatility of early-season football, i.e., “Who’s real contenders, who’s faking it till they’re making it?"

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Team Therapy: Michigan, Oklahoma, Baylor/SMU Recaps

[07:41–11:32]

• Will vents over Michigan’s "conservative" gameplan and lack of offensive identity in a tough loss, feeling Michigan “just laid down” and questioning their grit.
  • Will: “This is the first game that I watched. I was like, what's our identity? … I was hurt a little bit.” (09:25)
• Josh commiserates, likening Iowa’s offense to "defensive specialty," and jokes about both teams being frustrating to watch offensively.

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Matchups & Game Previews Breakdown

Florida at LSU — Who Bounces Back?

[12:19–27:07]

• Will loves the “wounded animal” spot for Florida, citing their talent despite undisciplined play against USF. He’s betting on a motivated Gators team facing pressure, “This is a must win for me, for Napier… this team is talented.”
• Josh Pate offers a kitchen analogy to explain Florida’s capability: “All of the preparation, all of the systems… is right... But when it comes time to win the games in the fall, the other guys do it. Georgia does it. Ohio State does it. Florida doesn't do it.” (15:07)
  • He questions if the Gators’ “potential” ever becomes “production.”
  • Picks LSU to win but thinks Florida covers, “Anything over a touchdown, I think Florida’s going to cover. I do think it’s going to be a dogfight.” (18:10)
• Taylor Lewan isn’t as forgiving, laments Florida’s lack of “situational awareness,” and the coaching staff’s defeated body language. Picks LSU -7.5, calling it possibly a “fold game” for Florida.
• The panel agrees Florida has the pieces, but questions mental toughness and discipline to overcome adversity in Death Valley.

Notable Quotes:

• Josh: “If the potential is just potential… it’s not really potential if it doesn’t become production.” (16:53)
• Taylor: “When you don’t have the success and there is this narrative around your head coach… the ‘I got tos’ don’t turn into optimistic pressure. It turns into pessimistic pressure.” (23:57)

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Vanderbilt at South Carolina — The Commodore Case

[30:03–38:21]

• Will is “conflicted” but loves the “magic at Vanderbilt,” worries about betting against his favorites. You “just gotta let your heart go with it.”
• Taylor likes Vanderbilt +4.5 as “the bulletproof move,” preferring the cover but wary of outright upset.
• Josh Pate makes his boldest pick: “I’m taking Vanderbilt to win the game outright. I think they’re going to go over there and win the game.” (31:46)
• Discussion around South Carolina’s offensive uncertainty, Vandy’s unexpectedly massive O-line, and QB Diego Pavia’s “hero ball” capability.
• The group notes if Vandy can sustain drives, they could shock the tournament environment in Columbia.
• Will and Taylor eventually both endorse the line but hedge emotion over head.
• Josh: “History is not always a perfect indication of the future… but if it’s back and forth, Vandy’s got a shot.”

Memorable banter:

• “That was the most devious thing I’ve ever seen you do.” — Taylor on Josh’s outright Vandy pick (31:46)
• “You haven’t said one name right on our team. People cannot trust you right now.” — Will ribbing Taylor (32:50)

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USF at Miami — Is The Bulls' Run For Real?

[39:04–46:41]

• Will is nervous about a possible “craps table” run with USF, but decides, “This is where you fold the cards… I’m out. I think this is where 17.5 gets covered on South Florida.”
• Josh agrees, notes Miami’s track record of not running it up, but “A double do-down spot. Inferior roster, two straight road games, Miami’s attention, all the ingredients. Not to mention, Carson Beck…”
• The group is unanimous: Miami covers. They agree the hype on USF was premature, and Miami won’t overlook them with a number next to their name.
  • Taylor: “I like Miami… They are the most battle tested.”
• Josh cautions fellow bettors: “I’m not just pouring money on this game… Miami's played down to competition too often under Cristobal for me to blindly trust them to pull away. But we do have to pick it.” (45:05)

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Texas A&M at Notre Dame — Must Win for the Irish?

[48:49–58:11]

• Will and Taylor see this as a “must win” for Notre Dame, citing playoff implications if they fall to 0-2.
  • Will: “If you guys want to control your destiny… we have to win this football game, and I think every player knows it.” (54:24)
• Taylor worries about Notre Dame’s offensive line struggle vs Miami, but sees CJ Carr as “the guy.” Both predict Irish to win and cover.
• Josh is cautious. He notes Notre Dame’s O-line may just be facing two of the best DLs in the country to start the season: “If they don’t run the ball effectively… A&M’s got guys who can wreck you.”
  • Picks Texas A&M +6.5 but agrees it's critical for Notre Dame to maintain playoff control.
  • Highlights both teams’ similar DNA: ground-first, methodical, “the same ethos face each other early in the season.”
• There’s a shared belief the physical group up front will respond after a humbling loss and a bye week.

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Georgia at Tennessee — “True Classic Game of the Week”

[58:18–73:30]

Tennessee Hype and Hope

• Chef (Tennessee fan/writer) shares: “It’s been eight long years… Georgia is the last on the list. I think this game comes down to can we beat out man coverage and get a light box?” (60:20)
• Josh Pate explains what’s held Tennessee back: lack of downfield passing and the inability to run efficiently against Georgia. “You gotta do some stuff you haven’t done to get the result you haven’t gotten.” (64:01)
• He sides with Georgia: “My philosophy is—if I'm proven wrong, I'll be proven wrong by Kirby Smart not coming through in a game he’s owned.” (63:54)
  • He says the default is Georgia and needs to see Tennessee’s play to be convinced otherwise.

Georgia’s Side & Kirby Trust

• Will says the Bulldogs “own Neyland Stadium… Kirby Smart has walked in their living room… put his feet wherever he wanted… He has owned Neyland Stadium.” (66:25)
• He trusts Georgia’s depth and defense, noting Tennessee must “make big plays to win this game… just foundationally [they] won’t beat Georgia.”
• Taylor sets up an evocative metaphor, comparing Georgia to Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th): “What Georgia wants to do is get you into a mud fight… drag you into the water... That’s what Georgia wants to be.” But then, flips and calls for the upset: “Joey Aguilar might be the first quarterback to walk into Tennessee… people are going to clap and love him… I like Tennessee to cover. I like Tennessee Moneyline in this game.” (70:22)
• Josh: “If just that thing is true, Tennessee will win… I have to be proven wrong by seeing that happen versus Kirby Smart.” (72:14)

Notable Quotes:

• Chef: "It’s been eight long years of losing to Georgia… Georgia is the last on the list." (60:20)
• Taylor: “Joey Aguilar might be the first quarterback… people are going to clap and love him…” (69:27)
• Josh: "You gotta do some stuff you haven’t done to get the result you haven’t gotten." (64:01)
• Taylor: “Friday the 13th is essentially Halloween, but, like, X rated… more gory and more boobs.” (71:25)
• Will: “If I'm going Tennessee and I'm just relying on big plays to happen… that's where you gotta go Georgia. That's why I like Georgia in this game.” (72:29)

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Weekly Parlays & Dogs of the Week

[73:52–83:39]

• Taylor’s dog: Arizona over Kansas State, “That program’s dead. Give me Arizona.” (76:37)
• Josh: Oregon State +23.5 at Texas Tech. “They just gotta get out of this one alive… Oregon State plus 23.5, that’s my favorite.” (77:00)
  • Picks Georgia Tech to beat Clemson outright as his dog of the week, calling for chaos in the ACC.
• Will: New Mexico Lobos +15.5 against UCLA. “UCLA is favored… You go and stomp that down.”
• Parlay picks:
  • Missouri -27.5 vs Louisiana
  • Oregon State +23.5 at Texas Tech
  • Oregon -27.5 at Northwestern (“Ducks are flying high.”)

Noteworthy Banter:

• “You have the Ramen noodle Express… Teams that are going to die, you should have just the train station.”—Will, riffing with Josh (80:34)
• Panel roasts Northwestern’s “brand next to the Big Ten logo” and, tongue-in-cheek, coach’s trash talk aimed at Oregon’s Dan Lanning.

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Closing Thoughts

[83:41–end]

• The group recaps their picks and looks to next week, hyping the coming “Bussin’ Bowl” live show in Lincoln, Nebraska.
• Final sendoff: “Big hug, tiny kisses. See you next week.”

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TL;DR Key Moments with Timestamps

• Josh Pate’s Kitchen Analogy (Florida): (15:07)
• Taylor’s Friday the 13th Metaphor (Georgia/Tennessee): (70:22)
• Boldest Pick — Vanderbilt outright over South Carolina: (31:46)
• Panel unanimously shifting against USF hype: (39:04–45:05)
• Will’s heartfelt take on bounce-back urgency after bye week: (54:24)

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Episode Vibe

Unapologetically honest, brash, deeply knowledgeable—and always hilarious. The boys love their college football pain and bring the insight and energy for fans who want more than just picks: they want the human drama and the stories that make college football so much fun.

Transcript

[A]

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the locker room. College Football Edition. This host is this show is hosted by myself, Will Compton and the commissioner himself, Josh Pate. Let's take a peek over here. Who knows ball last week Will Compton, new ball. He went for your boy and oh, not and your boy went three and two and Josh, the commissioner of college football only went two and three. Leaving our standings to Will and Josh being at five and seven, your boy being at six and six. Now we know our boy's hurting right now. We need to subscribe, we need to rate 5 stars. We also need to comment. What should you comment? Let's say something nice about Josh Payton. This is his livelihood. This is the thing he goes through every single week. And for him to have a two and three week, you know he's going to bounce back in a big way. We've got to have it. But we've also got to nurture and give him that energy. Big day, big show. It's going to be great. Big hugs, tiny kisses. Let's get started. Foreign.

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[A]

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[A]

We're here.

[F]

We're here.

[A]

Hey, first off, I want to say big congratulations to you going four and one in week two when you're still trying to Dial in the teams, who's who in the zoo, who's real contenders, who's faking it till they making it type of thing. 4 and 1 is a big deal.

[F]

I had to bounce back. The week before when we were on, like, the. The opening week, it was a lot of week one football that I displayed. I'm talking. I said, this is the iPad game. I'm seeing the board as clearly as I ever have. Obviously didn't. So I needed to bounce back. Last week, it felt good. What I'm most surprised about, we got the. The number one guy in college football.

[A]

The number one guy going two and.

[F]

Three like he's got nothing else going on.

[B]

Josh, that's it. I can't even spell NFL. This is all I do. This is all I do.

[A]

I can't even spell NFL.

[B]

Everybody says trust the process. Yeah, everybody can say trust the process. This week's when you find out how much do you trust your process? Because I'm going to trust my process. I'm not changing the thing. I'm actually digging in 12 toes down. And as I told you, if I had it all over to do again, would I change my pick from Missouri to Kansas on a Friday night? Yes. I wouldn't publicize it. That's the only thing I would.

[A]

Secret behind closed doors.

[B]

Yeah. That way it's best of both worlds. You win if they lose, and if they lose, you just tell everyone. Dude, didn't you watch Friday night lines on Instagram Live? I changed my pick. Unfortunately, everyone was watching, including many here, and I appreciate that. But then it got blasted out, and then I couldn't hide from it.

[F]

I had it going on. I had my phone kind of sitting in the bathroom, and I was changing. Getting in something else. I didn't even have to hear you make the switch. I felt it underneath my feet. Yeah, it's something that happened.

[A]

All 12 toes.

[F]

Yeah, that you changed the pick. And I write away. I texted you, buddy, you sure this is the move here?

[B]

I had that go against me last week. And then Kiffin's up 10, and they're driving, and they give up a missed tackle. And Kentucky gets down there. Kentucky's about to run a play with eight seconds to go, down 10. And then Kiffin calls a timeout, and then someone gets in Mark Stoop's ear. Cover. Cover. They kick a field goal. Eight seconds to go.

[A]

That was disgusting.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

That was diabolical.

[F]

You gotta respect it, because I think it was Chef.

[A]

Chef had himself a nice little parlay, and all I Needed was to cover. And they literally went down. It was like, hey, we know what the line is. Gotta respect a Koja understands the line. We gotta respect that.

[F]

We do. Everybody in the comment section, we gotta put our arms around Peyton because this is. Please, this is your life. Like we'll have for the dads dropping. We got NFL stuff going on. Songtober's right around the corner, Storktober's around the corner. And it'll be Monday Night Football. And you're watching Monday Night Football. Vikings, Bears, or in the middle of Buffalo and the Ravens. And you'll be at halftime and you'll just check your timeline and Josh Pate's sick, Em. And take mentality back. There's a storm brewing between Vanderbilt and South Carolina.

[A]

Yeah, it's crazy. It also shows you should diversify your portfolio a little bit.

[B]

I should. Like, I've got a family, I've got a wife.

[A]

You're not recession proof.

[B]

I technically have other things going on, but this is really. This is it. This is the hook in the closet. This is what I hang every day.

[A]

Yeah. Talk about respecting the processing, the process. Talk to me about Michigan, Oklahoma. Make me feel better, please.

[B]

Well, you got a chance to redeem yourself. You're undefeated in conference, right?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You haven't even lost a conference yet.

[A]

That's fair.

[B]

So you tie for first in the Big Ten. Look, everyone's going to taste their blood. Did any of us predict anyone to go undefeated this year?

[A]

No, I think everybody predicted Everybody to go 10 and two.

[B]

Yeah. So at least, well, at most, you got one of your losses out of the way early. And so now you clean things up. You learn that you actually do need to develop an option at receiver. Maybe you played the best defense you're going to see all year last week. Maybe.

[A]

Maybe.

[B]

Or on the other hand, it could just be that 2026 is the year for Michigan, like I said in spring.

[A]

Yeah, but let's, like, next time I ask a question, next time I ask the question, let's leave that last comment out. Right. Let's just keep ultimate optimism.

[B]

Look, you went four and one last week. I didn't. So why are you asking me anything?

[A]

Yeah, I would go.06 or 05 to have Michigan at least have a better game plan because it seemed like, way too conservative. Like, let's not mess this up for Bryson. Let's not kill his confidence.

[F]

Josh, listen, you were at the game. We were streaming in the stream room, and he's. He's laying horizontal on the couch. At halftime.

[A]

Also, that's La Z Boy Nashville. That's a family owned business. And I'm.

[F]

I wanted to become head on his head like this. Sulking like the game's over.

[B]

Support local business. Plus one to you. Do you ever do that thing where you're at a sporting event or you're somewhere loud, you're scrolling and you see something that you probably need the audio for to fully appreciate, but you can't hear, so you're just having to settle for the visual. That was me at the Oklahoma game. I'm scrolling, I'm scrolling, I'm scrolling. I know you guys are streaming. I know they're clipping. And I see at one point you're upright and then you're on the ground and then you're laying down. And I know, man, I need audio on this.

[A]

Yeah, it was, I'm sure it was entertaining for the public. I was, I was in hell. Here's the problem. And the thing I love most about Michigan is like the grit. When their backs are against the wall, they find a way to fight. And they're always, they're like, they're never counted out. This is the first game that I watched. I was like, what's our identity? Yeah, because I, it just. Yeah, I was hurt a little bit.

[B]

Two games Saturday, I'm at the early game. Iowa, Iowa State, the late game, ou. Michigan love Rockle Becht. Both of them feel the same way. Both of them are. Road team only wins this if home team finds a way to hand them the game. Iowa can't. That's its own thing. You think you struggle for offensive identity. Iowa is its own universe.

[A]

Iowa actually has an identity on offense.

[B]

They don't have one.

[A]

Yeah, they don't have one.

[B]

It's called defensive specialty. That is their offensive identity. And so I watched that Iowa State didn't give the game away. Then you go down to OU and you're watching Michigan and slowly it starts to unfold. Evening starts to present itself for what it's going to be. And you're like, I know that this is technically a one score game right now. Like they got it to a one score game in the second half. I don't feel like there's any way Michigan takes this unless it's handed to them.

[A]

Right.

[F]

They got, they got hit in the mouth and they just laid down.

[A]

Well, I think that's the opposite of what he's saying. They got hit in the mouth and it was still a one score game.

[F]

Yeah, it's a, it's a One score game. And there was no feeling throughout the rest of the second half or even going, even going into halftime to where you're like, this seems way, like a way, a bigger margin than what we're seeing right now, which at the end of the day this is a one score game. I'm just saying you didn't feel that way on the blue side.

[B]

Smu, Baylor, that was one score game. That thing's going like this the entire afternoon. I don't even care if someone's got a 10 point lead, 14 point lead. I could look at my scoreboard, 10 minutes later it's on its ear. Yeah, I never felt like that game was like that shout out to Sherm.

[A]

Getting the Baylor win. But I was heartbroken that SMU missed that field goal.

[B]

Tough. That was just very tough.

[A]

I had a nice little, I think we all had a nice little parlay, right? Who put that in there? G. And it looks so good too. It looks so good. I was at the gas station buying way too many lottery tickets. Didn't win, by the way. I'm still here. And yeah, it just, it was tough. Should we get in the games?

[F]

We. Hey, we got some big ones coming up.

[A]

Big boys.

[F]

You want to just preview the games? We're going to be talking about games.

[A]

We'Ll be talking about. We're talking about Florida at LSU, Vanderbilt out at South Carolina, USF2.0 versus 2 ranked teams versus number 5 Miami at Miami. Texas A and M travels up to Notre Dame after last year they played in. What are they playing? A and M? College Station. College Station. That's a tough one not to remember. And then game, game of the week. True classic game of the week is going to be Georgia at Tennessee. We got a lot of guys in the background here. Some guys who went to Tennessee wearing Tennessee stuff. One guy that went to Tennessee is not wearing any Tennessee stuff. And Jeremy Klump who's Bleeding orange since 2025. So a lot of guys, a lot of guys looking at that last game, hoping we don't let them down. But the first game we're gonna start with is Florida at lsu. Who wants to take this one?

[F]

I like the wounded animal. I like the wounded animal. Florida at lsu. You sit there and I'm watching them versus USF and it's just, it's opportunities that they're soiling. Like the reason that Miami is favored 17 and a half against South Florida this weekend is because like Florida should have easily won that game last week. Easily should have won that game. They had the quarterback, Brown. Tip my cap to him. They struggled getting him down before halftime comes when they have an opportunity. Miss two sacks on them and he sets them up for a field goal to go in the halftime. But you have the game in the back. It's third. It's third down and they're backed up on their last drive. And Florida gets up pass interference. It's third and eight in Florida. DJ Lagway drops it in the bucket. They dropped the ball and they would have iced the game. 11 penalties over 100 yards. Do you believe in. Are you a Napier guy?

[B]

I like him as a person.

[F]

Do you think he's made as the right, made of the right stuff?

[B]

I'm going to have a whole theory on that. Finish your point. I'll answer.

[F]

I'll answer.

[B]

Long form.

[F]

If we like Napier, if we think he's made of the right stuff, which in my opinion, it's like this staff is celebrating in your face after the game in the hallway. There's enough juice there to be like, what we put out on tape was not us. All the history, everything's going to come in record wise with Florida because if they lose this game, this is a must win for me, for Napier because if not, they want, they want him out of there. But to me, like the, the, the effort was there. It's just disciplined football. It's spitting on guys in the second half during crucial moments. It's all of these penalties, it's all these things. But this team is talented. I'm taking them against, I'm taking him against LSU at Death Valley because I think it's. LSU has their own few issues going on whether, listen, Nussmayer, he's going to be a stud, but he's not going to beat you on the ground, which I felt like at times. Brown got them out of broken situations, broken plays like with his legs on the ground, where Nussmeier is not going to be able to do that. There's some holes defensively, discipline wise. Like you go back to the Clemson game when they're blitzing, when guys are blitzing, when they're not supposed to be blitzing. There's open guys that happen. There's opportunity there. It's just taking advantage of those opportunities. I got Florida doing it, being a wounded animal going into Death Valley this Saturday night.

[B]

You sound like you watched the Florida USF game. You should have an AP vote, kind of boy.

[F]

Wow.

[B]

You ought to vote in the ap.

[F]

I was going through it. Taylor was like, hey, did you what he was Talking about how. Which I agree with you. Defense getting surprised when they end up scoring one of the.

[A]

Well, you're taking my points I'm about to have, so.

[F]

Okay. But yes. Yeah, I don't. I do. B on.

[A]

You can do those things. And I'll say who I'm taking after. Like, I also.

[F]

And I'm like. I'm like, this. This team's like, the world's burning right now. Florida is fine, but they just got to block out the noise. They have to focus on them. They have to take care of their football. And I like them getting spicy.

[B]

All right, here's the thing. So you asked me, do I like Napier? If I were to take you down to Florida, you hung out there for 72 hours. You would say, this place feels like it's run the right way. Really good people in the building. If he laid out his entire program psychology to you, you'd say, sounds like a winner to me. Like, all of those boxes would get checked. No different than if we had a big Thanksgiving coming up and me and you were to go get all the ingredients, all the groceries we needed. Kitchen's fully stocked. And then Thanksgiving comes, and you look around and you say, who's going to cook? And no one knows how to cook. That's kind of the way Florida has been. All of the preparation, all of the systems, all of the processes, all that is right. It's the same way as it is at Georgia. It's the same way as it is at Ohio State. The difference is you do all that stuff to give yourself an opportunity to. To win games in the fall. That's the entire purpose of it. But then when it comes time to win the games in the fall, the other guys do it. Georgia does it. Ohio State does it. Florida doesn't do it. Which begs the question, well, what's the point of it all? That's where the detachment comes a little bit with maybe Billy Napier and the way he's done things at Florida, because I can't deny that I fully believe in his, like, mentality. But then the execution's not there. So history, logic, conventional wisdom would say they got a lot of good athletes. When good athletes get challenged, when their backs against the wall, when their manhood and their pride's question, and you got to go on the road, this is normally when you see a team at their best. So it's one of those classic either production versus potential type games, because I think there's a lot of potential Florida has that hasn't shown itself in terms of production yet. Well, you either find out this week if that potential is real or not. It could just be imagined. It could be. Lagway's not as dynamic as someone like me thought he was going to be. I thought he'd be the best quarterback in the conference. So I've been let down fantastically so far.

[A]

You're hurt.

[B]

This should be a game where line of scrimmage wise Florida has edges both ways. Should be. But if the potential is just potential, it's not really potential if it doesn't become production. So my initial feeling on Monday was yours was this is a get back game and lsu, I don't know, they.

[F]

Got what, eight and a half?

[B]

Yes.

[F]

Seven and a half points.

[B]

Sneakily. LSU looked like garbage last week, but yet they're coming off the Clemson game. They know they got the Florida game on deck. It's Louisiana Tech, they're favored by 37 and a half. They scored 23, I think total. I think LSU is still going to win the game. Do you think Florida's going to cover anything over a touchdown? I do think it's going to be a dogfight of a game, but I just. It's not a WWE event. Like it's not written where automatically in Florida since they dropped one. This is just when they get back. That's happened a lot throughout history, but it happens a lot because maybe a team underachieved relative to what they're capable of and they're just bouncing back to whatever the norm should be. But if we're wrong about what the norm should have been or if I'm wrong about what the norm should have been, then you're not going to get that this week. And we're going to be less than a month into the season and hot seat talk is going to be the number one topic of conversation. Really. It already is around Florida.

[A]

It is both teams.

[F]

Where are you going?

[B]

I'm going lsu. Win Florida cover.

[F]

Okay, so you're taking Florida?

[B]

Yeah, taking Florida.

[F]

Plus I got a cut after Taylor goes. I got a couple of questions for you.

[A]

Yeah. I think you look at both teams and how they played last week. Both teams, you could tell we're playing a big team the next week. The difference between LSU and Florida is Garrett Nussmeier goes down in the first drive, he throws a pick. There's no flint, there's no like, you know, we're in trouble. They just methodically go down the field over and over again, get chunks of five and seven, they move forward, they win, they score. 23 points and they just keep it pushing forward. Florida to me is like, it's the same thing you just said with all the ingredients. You have all the talent in the world to be successful in the sec. When I look at when this school who, you know, had a win against a, you know, a Boise State team that we don't really know who they are, we knew who they were last year, we knew that they're kind of a name from the past that used to shake it up and get in that, you know, that teen range of the top 25. But you go into Florida and it's like, it's the Swamp, it's DJ Lagway, Billy Napier, he had that crazy six week run last year. But then you get into the third quarter and at this point, if you're the Florida Gators, you know, it's a dog fight. It is six, it's six to nine and you just, they had, it was like second and eight, they get to third and five. Well, the situational awareness by the defense, which is on the coaching staff. You have 13 guys on the field, two of them are trotting off while USF is going fast and due to broken coverage, Keyshawn, number 10, whoever that is, they throw a bomb and they get that. Like that shows me that even in when you're now fully aware you've had halftime to make your adjustments, your team is still not prepared to be like, hey, we need to get out of this with a win. We know we have a big game next week, but like, this one's not given to us. USF is better than we thought. You have a Joe Moore, you know, preseason Joe Moore winning offensive line who's getting pressure or getting pressure put on them by four guys of USF. Then you have all the things go your way. USF misses a kick. You guys have like 2 minutes and 34 seconds on the clock. When USF has two timeouts. You have a four minute drill with a Joe Moore caliber offensive line and you're unable to take a minute and a half off the clock. Like there's still more than two minutes when they're punting that ball. Yes, there's penalties, yes, there's all those things.

[F]

But you couple ball was there. He dropped the third day ball.

[A]

Right? You couple those things together and then you see the video of the USF coaching staff walking out and they are elated as they should be, so excited about what they just were able to do in Gainesville, Florida. And you look at the coaching staff in the background that are wearing the blue and orange. And it's not like a pissed off, like we need to get back, we're going to be angry. All these things, it's the look of defeat to me and I will be, I'll be, I'll be taking LSU -7 and a half in this game. You go to Death Valley, I'm sure Billy Napier is a great guy. When I look at situational ball with aliens that you have, you have all the tools to be successful. DJ Lackaway was supposed to be the guy. He wasn't the problem. I mean he threw an interception, he rolls out to the right and then throws across back to the middle of the field. They're in man coverage and this kid makes a great interception. Like it's not, it's like a little mess up but for the most part like he threw the ball. He did. Well, I just think if you're Florida dealing with what you dealt with last year going into this year, you lose to usf, it's like I think this is when the doubt truly starts to creep into the mind and it might be a fold game for Florida.

[F]

I. So you were talking about Lagway, like maybe he's. Could he not be up to the X? Like if you watch that game, the ability like all of it is there. Like the coaching part is the discipline with the penalties, that third down when USF scored, like those are things that, those are coaching things that they have to hit home. But when it comes to making the plays themselves like they are there and Florida has the athletes like again that D line was. There's missed tackles everywhere. There's a big missed tackle. It was either I think going into halftime where they like get a screen and he takes it all the way, he takes it all the way down the sideline like it's missed tackles. It's things to where as a player you're sitting there and you know we had this game in the bag, we messed up. There's going to be things coaching wise and you're going to nail into your head penalty wise. You can't have those penalties. But Lagway looked good. Him on the move, getting out of, getting out of sticky situations. They, the, they were running the ball well. Like I like I just, I think Florida's going to bounce back. I don't think the world is on fire as much as it seems like on the outside just watching that game. USF did a good job and again I felt like the quarterback, his legs got him out of some situations to where he should be on the ground especially. They shouldn't have got gave him that field goal right before halftime. They had him twice in the backfield under pressure. But that was going to be. My question is, if you're watching that game, what makes you think that, like they have the athletes. Like, I don't feel like it was schematics or anything else. It's just making the plays. And if you feel like that potential is there and there is that difference of potential in making those plays. But in my head it's like as a player, you're sitting there, you're wanting those plays back, not in like a doubtful, can I make these plays? It's like, I got to get that motherfucker to the ground. I have to catch this football. I got to make this play. I can't be getting a PI. When we got them backed up. The place is rocking and they get away with it because you end up tugging on the receiver. Like, to me those things, like, you clean those up like, they, they can be dangerous and I like them just being dangerous because LSU is undefeated and they have a few gaps. But it's a little different coaching when you're in playing when you're undefeated and you're hitting those gaps or hitting those things you could get better at as a player as opposed to, hey, you just lost a game, you shouldn't lose. These glaring mistakes that we made, they're hitting me a lot differently because we lost the game versus, hey, we won a couple games. These mistakes are there, but you're kind of joking about it in the meeting room. Oh, I did this. I kind of slipped here. Yada, yada, yada. That's where I feel like it gets dangerous for this game for lsu hosting, hosting Florida.

[A]

Two things that you said that give me more concern about Florida is you talked about players being like, I've got to make this catch, I've got to make this block, I've got to make this tackle. When you don't have the success and there is this narrative around your head, coach, and not having your guys prepared to be successful on a Saturday, the I got tos don't turn to like optimistic pressure. It turns into pessimistic pressure. Like you start like squeezing the burn your hand a little too tight and you're killing that bad boy. When it looks at, when you look at LSU, they're the, they're 20 for the first time since what, 2019.

[B]

Yeah, it's been a while.

[A]

It's been a while. Five week ones in A row, they lose. This defense is a little bit different. They've made big steps. Years 1, 2, and 3 with. With Brian Kelly, there is a certain level of, like, moxie and confidence that comes out of LSU that is now up to Brian Kelly to be like, hey, we have these guys on the ropes. Let's step on their throats. Because if you can get up on Florida in the first quarter, my brain's telling me that they fold.

[B]

I don't disagree with you. I don't even think it's competitively they fold. I just think they haven't shown any reason for me to believe that they'll dig out of a hole. The. The other thing about the USF game, for people who didn't watch it, is sometimes you get beat. Cause the guy who's favored by or a dog of 17 and a half against you or something like that, just plays the game of its life. Hair on fire, quarterback does stuff that's otherworldly.

[A]

This was.

[B]

Not that you just mentioned it, like 10 different opportunities where the game's just there for Florida. And it could have easily been one of those, man, we got by in this one, but we better clean it up next week or we're going down. That's what LSU did last week. See, what.

[A]

What.

[B]

What is failing to be realized about all this is they're angry at lsu, too. You know, lsu. Brian Kelly threw his entire staff under the bus in his press conference last week after a win.

[A]

Classic bk.

[B]

And the other thing is, you said, hey, man, this defense is a little bit different. Defense is a lot different. So to go back to your point, yeah, you got to clean stuff up if you're Florida. Great. All right. Sounds good. It's a good headline. You have to do that on the road against far and away the best defense you faced all year, and maybe one of the best you'll face all year. And Blake Baker, unlike last year, actually has the guys to fit his system. That's why they shut Clemson down. That's why even last week, LSU looked terrible offensively. It didn't matter. You give up seven, it doesn't really matter. I just don't know, like, can you go on the road, find a way to score 24? Can you scratch out 24 points? I don't know that they can. That's why I'm taking LSU to win.

[F]

You're taking LSU to win, but you're.

[B]

Taking Florida to cover.

[F]

So you're kind of out of both sides. You're kind of talking about it like Florida could fold here and get mopped. Like, can they put up 24? But you're also picking Florida, so it's going to be somewhat of a dog fight in Death Valley.

[B]

I'm asking them, do they have the competitive confidence to win a close game? I'm not. I'm doubting that they do. That's why I'm picking a close game, LSU to win, Florida to cover. So I'm kind of splitting that.

[F]

This is one possession, huge opportunity too, for LSU to like, hey, if you're going to have that national championship, killer instinct, like step on somebody's throat when they're down, this would be the opportunity against Florida because Florida is a good team.

[A]

There's no doubt about it. I mean, they have talent, but you can have all the talent in the world. But if you don't have somebody to wrangle everybody in and keep them moving forward towards the goal and understanding situational awareness, then you don't have a good team like they have to.

[F]

Florida has to have this one because their schedule is crazy.

[A]

Crazy. And all year when we talk about how Florida's going to be nasty, the only thing downfall they have is the schedule. No one looked at USF and was like, man, we gotta start off with that one. It's like, yeah, LSU was the first one on their list.

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[F]

Got Vanderbilt at South Carolina. South Carolina Gamecocks ranked 11 in the country. They are favored by four and a half. The line has moved a little bit. They were favored by five and a half. Now it's four and a half. Kind of going a little bit toward Vandy. The over under on this game is 48 and a half. Boys, how are we seeing the field this week? This one's, this one scares me. I'll tell you why it scares me. Because I love J.P. huffy. I love J.P. i love the Gamecocks. But I also have this weird little soft spot for just the Magic at Vanderbilt. So I'm nervous. I'm going to. I'm going to. I want to listen to. I want to listen to you break this game down. I want to listen to you break this game down because I'm torn. I'm torn. I think it's a close game.

[A]

There's a, there's a safe bet here and it's the over. No, it's the, it's the Josh Pate bulletproof move. I like South Carolina to win this game. But I got Vanderbilt covering four and.

[B]

A half gap though, so not over a touchdown.

[A]

Yeah, I'm pretty dependent. Yeah, it's the way you make everybody. Because if Vanderbilt does get the upset, what they can absolutely do, it's like, hey, I told you they cover. They ended up just when I should have bet the money line. And if they don't, it's like, hey jp you guys really do have a squad out there, man. I should have never gone against you guys. I knew you were going to put up more than that, but I was just blinded by Pavia and Cade.

[F]

Yeah.

[B]

Don't you think, don't you think this is a blessing for South Carolina? All the noise they go blow Virginia Tech out. Not, not South Carolina. But by the way, it's week three and these guys already have a common opponent. They both play Virginia Tech.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Which I don't think we've ever seen before. So you like this? You gotta love it. Shane Beamer's gotta love it. He speaks through you like, you guys gotta love this. I'm taking Vanderbilt to win the game outright. I think they're gonna go on over there and win the game. Oh my God.

[A]

Listen to me. That was the most devious thing I've ever seen you do.

[B]

Listen to me.

[A]

The poor jp, he's got a fresh haircut. He just got a haircut.

[F]

You're gonna do that now he's walking off. Now he's walking away.

[B]

I don't want him to leave all the way.

[A]

No, he doesn't have to leave all the way.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

It's okay. Can I be honest with you though? I don't disagree with you, like, oh, but are you? I don't disagree with you because it's like, yeah, South Carolina, you have all the aliens in the world in the opposite side of the ball. And the defense is a turnover machine, which might work in their favor because Adigo Pavia is going to play hero ball. He's going to go out there and he's going to run around. He himself as the runner. He is going to neutralize the rushing threat that they have and Stewart and the rest of those guys. But the offensive line, dude, I mean Josiah Thomas, they already have so many questions, question marks over there. He's hurt. You see them have a couple, a couple of issues. Vanderbilt likes to run games. They like to put blitzes in. They like to put offensive linemen in positions where like you have to know what's going to happen pre snap for you in order for you to be successful. And you can have sellers, you can have. Was it fasul. Yeah. You can have neighbors, you can have all this talent in the world, but if you can't get the, you know.

[F]

You haven't said one name right on our team. People cannot trust you right now.

[A]

You're hurt because of pain, and that's okay. You're right. I'm not good with names. I'm not going to name. And that's on here.

[F]

And it's the person that was ducking the Oklahoma, Michigan smoke.

[B]

Geez.

[A]

Once again, like literally hurt people. Hey, hurt people, hurt people. And I was gonna take South Carolina minus five and a half. No, I got. I got Steve Gregory's defense making it a lot of trouble on the offensive line for South Carolina. And so I'm gonna take Vanderbilt to cover this game. To cover.

[B]

Take money.

[A]

JP I understand what you're going through right now. If Josh did that to me, I'd be hurt too.

[B]

There's blood on the ground everywhere.

[A]

It's a slaughter fest.

[F]

Yeah.

[B]

Step in that.

[F]

You were talking about it with South Carolina and I was talking to JP about it yesterday. My big question mark with South Carolina is I don't fully know what they are on offense because when you look at the Virginia Tech game, a lot of it is pre snaps, pre snap stuff. It's not like offensive linemen are getting beat. They got free runners coming through the gaps, which it tells you that there's a lot of miscommunication going on. Then you look at last week, there's three touchdowns with a. Between a pick six and two punt returns. So it's not like you're seeing them a whole lot offensively. So that to me, and there's just. To me, there's something about just Diego Pavia.

[A]

Diego, friend of the show.

[F]

Some, Some magic, some little magic dust he has that you can't quite explain what it is, but he's got that, he's got this wrestling brain, this wrestler's mentality when he goes and takes the field to where they make it interesting. And after the game last week when they beat Mop. Virginia tech in the second half, Cade McConnell, you know, last week, that was our Cade McConnell game.

[B]

Yep.

[F]

He's FaceTiming us on the stream. And they're live and they're up in the locker room. Like they have the, the. They just have the fun and the energy going on. I'm personally, I'm taking the over. I'm taking the over.

[A]

Dude, listen, dude, you gotta stop. You gotta stop.

[B]

You Are sadistic person.

[A]

That's just crazy.

[F]

What we got better as a pass money line. I like the over because again, if that offense comes alive, Vanderbilt is going to score.

[B]

So that's a scared pick.

[F]

Why is it. It's a little scary, but I don't know what to do. So if I'm like, I kind of. I can't let my emotion grab me.

[A]

When the heart and the brain conflict. Yeah, yeah, your heart and your brain is conflicted. You're looking over there, that sweet face and you're like, man, I do not want to break his heart.

[B]

Totally.

[A]

That's your boy. J.P. knows what you're talking about.

[F]

I don't want to break his heart. But also they got Lenore Sellers and they got the freaks on defense too. That. That's a defense that can chase around Diego Pavia.

[A]

Yeah.

[F]

So that's where I'm like, the South Carolina win this game. Is it not close? Does the Vandy's offense not even get going? But I love their offense because I love Pavia. I love what they do. I love the magic. So I'm picking them both just to score. I'm picking Lenora Sellers. I'm picking all of them to score.

[B]

You know what worries give me the over. What worries me about your pick is if, if it goes South Carolina's way. I think a South Carolina win slash over is more likely to be correlated if Vandy wins this game as much as there is talk about Pavia, which is for an obvious reason. Have you looked at how big their offensive line is? Have you looked at Vandy's offensive line?

[A]

I've seen Cade face to face. He's a big boy.

[F]

Yeah, we got, we got Cade McConnell on lock. We know how big he is everywhere.

[B]

It's not just let it breathe. Just let it breathe.

[A]

Let that one air out for a second, huh?

[B]

It's not a Vanderbilt offensive line. It's just not the way Vandy is supposed to look on the offensive line. They look like a legitimate SEC team on the offensive line. They went up to Virginia Tech and outgained them by 300 in the second half last week because they just leaned on them, which you can say, oh, it's just Virginia Tech. Well, I mean it was just Virginia Tech when South Carolina played him too. And they didn't lean on him like that. They didn't run it up on him like that. So the history is not always a perfect indication of the future. And I'm not saying it is. I'm just saying if Vandy If Vandy is made to play catch up it's going to be a South Carolina day. But if it's back and for one possession or maybe Vandy even gets a little bit of a lead, they got opportunities to go 10 play, 13, 12, 13 play drive on you because they did last week and it just sucks the air out of a stadium. No one respects the cockpit more than me, especially at night night kickoff. Night kickoff. No one respects it.

[F]

They went to vtec. Yeah.

[B]

They just don't care. They just don't care. So I think they're gonna.

[A]

Yeah.

[F]

Are you saying this could be an under game?

[B]

If I'm right. If Vandy wins, I think it's Vandy under. If South Carolina wins, I think it's more likely to be South Carolina over. Which begs the question who do you think is actually gonna win?

[F]

Yeah, Taylor, I respect you more for your pick than Will for his.

[A]

That's a quick one.

[F]

That's water off the back for your boy. I gotta pick these games.

[A]

He is just trying to hurt somebody.

[F]

Yeah, yeah, it's. Yeah. I got a job to do. I'm trying to make some money here which you know, you look at forward one last week I've been in the lab.

[B]

I think I'd go under if I had to pick the total. At 48 and a half. I think I'd go under if I had to pick the total.

[F]

You're weirdly starting to talk but that's.

[A]

You're talking about seeing the board clearly and making money. You don't want to take a team, you're taking the over but now you're getting talked in behind me.

[F]

I know, I know.

[A]

Like I'm seeing the board clear. It's like are you.

[F]

I didn't say I'm seeing, I didn't say I'm seeing the board clearly which way to go. I think who you're looking for. Ain't nobody going to save me out there. Ain't nobody saving you out there.

[B]

Believe the exact quote was.

[F]

I don't know what to do.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Clearly I don't know.

[F]

This could be a. For everybody watching this could be a game time decision. You're just going to have to follow at underscore Will Compton.

[B]

Take my advice, take my advice, take my advice. Don't do it, don't do it, don't do it.

[A]

All right, let's see. Let's get out of JP's head for a second. Let's get to the next game. Number 18, South Florida at Miami. How do we feel Will Compton pass?

[F]

No, I over.

[A]

But maybe the under yesterday.

[F]

This is one that was keeping me up. This is a game that was keeping me up. South Florida was keeping me up because I was having this analogy yesterday of you feel like you're at the craps table. Is this when you just get out? Is this when you stop hitting the pass line, when all the energy's there? It's like South Florida's proved us wrong a couple times now. You were on them the opening week with Boise.

[B]

Been on him two weeks.

[F]

Yeah, been on two weeks. But you saw the board before everybody else saw the board. With South Florida, you're talking if they had on Alabama's uniform, this could be the number one team in the country. I'm right just standing on the table for them, which I respect and I appreciate.

[A]

I'm right.

[F]

And then I'm sitting there, I'm like, are we playing crafts or are we playing hold them? Where you got to know when to fold them. And this is a situation when I think back to Miami against Notre Dame and Carson Beck, the way he can sling the rock, the poise that he's showing, he has receivers, that one handed freak, that little number 10, Tyreek Hill Runner, what's his name? Malachi, Tony Malachi Toney. And I just think said that, right? I think this is where 17 and a half gets covered on South Florida. I think this is where you got to fold the cards. You got to sell your stock high with USF and you take Miami to cover this game because they have the athletes, they have the freaks. And yeah, this is a I'm out.

[B]

Seems a little disrespectful.

[F]

I know, it does seem disrespectful. But there's a. Again, we talk about the Florida game. There's a reason. If South Florida was truly about that magic, Vegas would know it too. This game wouldn't be sitting here at 17 and a half points for a second week in a row.

[B]

Yeah, but last week's game was 17 and a half.

[F]

Exactly. I'm just saying they're doing it to South Florida again. And if you watch that game, Florida had every opportunity to whoop that team. And you're telling me if you're believing in the staff and the personnel and the players and the philosophy with crystal ball in Miami, that's what's going to happen to South Florida this week.

[B]

I'm just saying, man, Miami, they've had opportunities to beat Virginia Tech last year and it took a Hail Mary. They had to go out to Cal and come back from three scores down. This is a team that got beat by Georgia Tech last year. Up by three scores on Syracuse. Syracuse comes back to beat them. Just not been a team that runs it up on people. Having said that, I completely agree with you. Miami's gonna win this game and cover. They will pull away. This is the way to go.

[A]

You guys are worried about a backdoor cover at all?

[B]

No, I'm not. I really, it's the antithesis of last week. I mean I was, I was telling you, hey, Florida could get up big here and then South Florida backdoors, that's the way they could cover. Or they could just beat them. You know, that's another way. That's another way they could cover. I, I was hoping this line would be like 11. That's what I thought it would.

[F]

Yeah.

[B]

Because I was going to hammer Miami and they opened it fanduel. They opened it 17, 17 and a half. And I said, I still think Miami's going to win. Anything under 20. I would take Miami to cover. But I'm not actually going to like bet it is one of my best bets because I think they did put a good number on this. And I think there are a lot of folks are going to go 17 and a half South Florida. I think a lot of folks are going to gobble South Florida up. I just think if you look at the history of college football, all right, there's something called a do down week, which is obviously just a letdown spot. Anytime after you've had a big game, the double do down, that's when I want to bet against an inferior roster. And talent wise, USF's an inferior roster to Miami and they've had back to back A to A plus performance weeks and now they got to go on the road again. So second leg of a back to back road stretch, inferior roster, double dew down spot. You've got Miami's attention. You will not sneak up on them because you've got a number next to your name. It's all the ingredients. Not to mention Carson Beck. You mentioned what Carson Beck's also comfortable doing is taking exactly what you gave him. He doesn't have to hit home run balls. He'll just dink and dunk you to death. If that's what you want to give him, I expect that's what South Florida will give him. They'll look at it. Alex. Goal. They should know. I'm not going to out roster these dudes. I got deficiencies, both lines of scrimmage compared to them I've just got to hope we can umbrella them and then we can make something happen in the red zone and get to them between the twenties. Yeah, yeah. I just, I think Miami's going to find a way to pull away disrespectfully.

[F]

Are you saying not so fast?

[A]

No, I'm not. I mean, all the points you're making, I agree with. I see Miami absolutely covering this. The number next to the name changes the game. I think usf, I was very disrespectful to them about their offensive line and their defensive line last week against Florida. Obviously I was wrong in the situation. They played an unproven Boise State team. They played an unproven Florida team. And I think Miami is the most battle tested. Like they had a big game. Catholics versus Convicts. A classic rivalry reignited. And Carson Beck is showing that he might have not been the problem at Georgia. Maybe it was Georgia that was a problem for Carson Beck. And so I like Miami covering this game as well. You talk about the casino and all that, and it's like, I've been in so many situations where I walk up on a baccarat table and I see that little red line kind of going down. I'm like, is it going to break right? Is it going to break right? And give me a nice little lawn chair on the baccarat table. And then I find I go, I put my money in and once you know it, that motherfucker goes player right away. And so being able to sit back here, not making a quick, you know, decision, it's like Miami understands what they're up against. They're not. This is. Everybody on the schedule looked at USF and never thought to themselves, dogfight. Miami gets the opportunity by seeing the last two games. I mean, like, this could be a dogfight. We're preparing for this game as if we're playing, you know, Alabama or whoever.

[F]

Yeah.

[A]

So I like Miami. I like Miami.

[F]

I like Arkansas too. You're not going to sneak up on them.

[A]

Yeah.

[F]

You're not going to sneak up on Miami. Because if you're the casual fan, which I was on South Florida up until I watched that South Florida, Florida game yesterday. If you're the casual fan, you're obviously the noise is there, the highlight tapes, everything coming out of South Florida. You talking about how they, you know, they could be ranked a top 10 team. Yeah. If you switch their uniform. Like, if you're just listening to that stuff and you open the FanDuel app and you see South Florida plus 17 and a half on Miami. You are jumping on that. But having watched that game, it's like, okay, I can see why they're still at 17 and a half point underdogs.

[B]

Let me tell people. So if you're watching right now, if you heard me make the case from Miami, it sounds like I'm really convicted in that you may be thinking, well, why aren't you just going to bet it? Like, why aren't you dumping money on that? Miami's played down to competition too often under crystal ball for me to blindly trust them to pull away. And also, Alex Goelish has made a young career at USF of making these games. Fourth quarter games. Did it last week. Obviously he's done it twice against Bama. They build their entire program around being competitive in these spots. Everybody on that roster wants a spot at a bigger program. One of the trends, by the way, in the Portal era that we're seeing is you're getting sort of what I call one off performances from a lot of the G5 roster guys. And that is they know that in Portal season, Miami's going to turn on one or two tapes for USF kids. The Florida game and the Miami game. And just like, like Ulm, they know if they play lsu, if they play Texas, that's the game that a bunch of P4 coaches are going to turn on. They don't care what you did against comparable opponents because you're playing G5 competition. So because of those reasons, I'm not just pouring money on this game, but we do have to pick it. So I do slightly think Miami's the right side.

[F]

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[F]

Got number 16 Texas A&M going out to South Bend Indiana facing Notre Dame ranked eight in the country. Notre Dame is favored at six and a half right now on FanDuel. The over under on this game is 49 and a half. To me this feels like a must win game for Notre Dame.

[B]

You think so?

[F]

I think so.

[B]

Do you think that there's a world where a 102 Notre Dame is left out of the playoffs off? No, I agree with you. But people show.

[F]

You'd have to show me the rest of their schedule cuz right now you you drop to Miami, you drop to A and M, you start off 0 and 2 and you rattle off the rest of the wins. Again not knowing exactly who's on the schedule. But you have to pray that teams you end up beating later in the year are like highly ranked opponents or have enough respect for you to get in the playoff.

[A]

Or pray A and M and Miami are the teams they they beat You. But they also beat everybody else as well, right?

[F]

Because what if you got, you know, 10 and 2, Miami, 10 and 2. What if you got a three loss, a and M or Miami team, and you see the performance that they put on Notre Dame in, in week one, if they're going to count that. To me, to me, this is truly a must win. It's a must win. This is a tight. The offensive line, what you thought was going to be the spots that you're going to lean on to win the game against Miami, you were leaning on more CJ Carr than you were the offensive line. And Jeremiah Love, you weren't even giving him touches. You weren't even getting him a whole lot of touches. And then defensively, Miami's throwing it all over you. Your strength is that secondary in the back end. A and M is going to come with, with a game plan. But this, to me, Freeman, all those boys, in my opinion, are going to be rolling. I think you got. This is where you just, you give Jeremiah love the ball 50 different times, 50 different ways if you can, and you challenge that offensive line. Because C.J. carr, I think he's going to, I think he's going to be a good player. I think he's going to be poised. He's going to be in South Bend. To me, you have to win in the running game because it's going to open up everything else. I like, I like Notre Dame in this game. I also like them to cover against.

[A]

A and M. I like what you said about CJ Carr. When they started the game against Miami, it seemed like Marcus Freeman was in a position where it's like, hey, let's get some high percentage throws out for C.J. carr, let's get him comfortable, and then we'll start utilizing Jeremiah Love.

[F]

He was the question mark, right?

[A]

Yeah, Jeremiah Love. The aspect of him in the run game never actually ended up coming. I think that's because Miami, and what we're seeing in college now is when these teams are going out and grabbing a bunch of guys in the transfer portal, it's like, how fast can they gel? It seems to me, based on the sample size of this year, people are gelling extremely fast. And then I have the, in my brain the last two minute drill of CJ Carr getting absolutely trampled by both of those DNS against Miami. And so it's like, can this offensive line handle Cassius Howell, who had three sacks in three plays, just like Miles Garrett had three sacks and three plays, like A and M has like a squad that for whatever reason, they put out defensive ends every single year. Rumors are going around about are they linebacker, you. But I think at the end of the day, it's like you walk away from the Miami game and you think if I start the first half the way we had the second half game plan adjustments, maybe we're seeing a little bit different about Miami's now one loss team and Notre Dame's undefeated because I think CJ Carr is a guy. I like Notre Dame. I like Notre Dame at home. I like Notre Dame covering.

[B]

So we saw your guy Bryce Underwood go on the road last week. Sort of his first indoctrination against Brent Venables didn't go well. We're going to see Joey Aguilar, Tennessee this week have to face Kirby smart. All right. C.J. carr has already had that moment. You just said it. He had it against Miami. And then there's a weird schedule thing with Notre Dame where they played Miami, then they had a bye week. So this is only Notre Dame's second game. So we've got. We got the wounded animal mode theory possible. Must win mode, certainly. I guarantee you they feel that way. We've got an offensive line that was embarrassed in week one, yet should be the strength of that team. We've got a quarterback that I really think C.J. carr can be trusted and they've got good receiver talent, but it's all going to be predicated on the ground game that underachieved. There's just so many things kind of like we were talking about with Florida, lsu. There's so many things where, because it happened this way a couple of weeks ago, it really should bounce back. The table set to bounce back. The one thing that worries me is kind of like I said before to lsu, I think Notre Dame's offensive line should bounce back. But I also think they may just so happen to be facing the best two fronts they'll see all year in their first two games. And so there's a world where if they don't run the ball effectively on early downs here, there's a world where A and M's got guys who can wreck you as well and A and M's got guys who can force turnovers as well. You were minus two turnovers against Miami in part because of that. But the beauty of A and M and the beauty of playing this game this early in the season is, you know, A and M made it an entire point to formulate an offensive identity that's pretty much Notre Dame's. They got. They got Three tailbacks. They got an offensive line they think could be the best in the country. They want a bowling ball you to death. They trust that Marcel Reid can stretch the field vertically just one or two times a game, but enough to where you got to respect the deep ball. It opens up the box a little bit. We can move the ball on you as well. It's so beautiful that these two teams with the same ethos face each other early in the season. And I told myself before I looked at the line, anything above 4, I'm going to take points wise. So they're giving me six and a half here. So I'm taking Texas A and M plus six and a half. But I agree with you, it's a must win for Notre Dame because there is a world, There's a world where the rest of their schedule does not cooperate. And you're looking and you're saying, kind of like Indiana last year. Where's the quality win? Like, where's the win they hang their hat on now? Now, at that point, you may still say, oh, that Notre Dame brand will push them over the finish line. And that could be right. But at this point, if they lose this game, their fate's not in their own hands anymore.

[F]

Yeah, I think from a player perspective, too, you lose a game in a way to where you feel like you're embarrassed from that game and you have a bye week after that. There is such a sense of urgency. You know, it's like you want to play the game the next game as fast as possible. Take you back to 2012. Will he see in Nebraska? We started off the season two and two. We went into Ohio State and got. We got our ass whooped. We got embarrassed. We were ranked. We held. I think it was Braxton Miller at the time. In the first quarter, it's like, you couldn't have put up better stats defensively. And as Nebraska's playing. But then we get mopped. And that next week, we had a bye week. And the conversation that Bo's coming into the team meeting room with the urgency that he has, like, I got nothing for you. If you guys want to play in the Big Ten championship game, we're going to have to win out. There are no. There are no mishaps. There are no mistakes that we can make. We got to correct this in this bye week, which it was a hell of a bye week. One that I never. I hope any player doesn't have to go through, but one that you're begging to play the next week because you want to get the taste out of your mouth so badly, because the world outside of the building, it's on fire. Everybody's talking shit on you. You want that taste out of your mouth. We go on and win the rest of the year. We go to the Big Ten championship. We get mopped in the Big Ten championship. However, that feeling as a player, I feel like Notre Dame is feeling that. I feel like everybody in that building is aware that if you guys want to control your destiny and leave it out of the pickers out there, the College Football committee Josh Pate on his Pate State show. We have to win this football game, and I think every player knows it. I think they'll play with that urgency. That's why I love the spot that they're sitting at. I hate that they lost the way they did because I picked them against Miami, but I just feel like that's what's brewing in South Bend.

[A]

Yeah. Just to double down on that. When it comes to the offensive line, they're having that feeling more than anybody. Because when you put on the gold helmet, it's like, that is your offensive line. You. And as a guy who played at Michigan, who went to Michigan largely because of a guy named Jake Long, when you're not holding up the standard in your brain and you go through a bye with situation, it's like, that is exactly the feeling. It's like, how do I basically time travel into this next game so I can just show everybody that they're wrong about whatever delusion.

[F]

Exactly.

[A]

About people saying whatever it is. Like, you could. They could be saying, maybe Taylor's not that great. And it's like, I have to show everybody at this moment. And those two tackles are feeling that way. Joe All, Quentin Nelson, Zach Martin, these guys that played there. And they're like, hey, this is. You know, there's a massive standard that's upheld when you put the gold helmet on and you're an offensive lineman. Like, that means a lot in South Bend, Indiana.

[F]

And fortunately, it's not like an Ohio State or one of these best teams in the country. It's. It's A. It's A and M. They have a great. They have a good roster. Like, they have a.

[A]

They have a great defensive line.

[F]

Yeah. They have a good job.

[A]

You're like, good.

[F]

It's a team coming in that you're just like. You're worried about who you're playing against. But also, you just. You want this next game so badly because you're so embarrassed about the performance. You put on tape from week one.

[B]

I think this is also where you really find out about A and M's defense, because at the end of last year, that's what let him down. And Mike Elko, whoever they played in the bowl game, he just takes the stage. He's as emphatic as you will ever hear him. He said, I don't know what we'll do next year, but if we lose, it will not be because of defense. And so he just, he basically handed the keys to the offense to Colin Klein and said, do your thing. Like I'm with defense.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And he, I think he took over play calling. And so, like, they think, they think they're that kind of team that can be aware of all that, go in someone else's building and still sort of dictate terms to him.

[A]

Elko said it in one of our.

[F]

Home, like Notre Dame's at home. They're about to come into your house.

[B]

Recipe is good for Notre Dame.

[A]

Elko said it last week or not last week. Yesterday in his press conference. He's sitting there like two teams that have the same idea of what they want to be. We both believe we are that team. We're going to find out when we go up to South Bend.

[B]

Beautiful.

[A]

And that fires me up. Fires me up. Is this.

[F]

This is.

[A]

Is it time?

[F]

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[A]

Do we want to get one of the Tennessee boys up there just to how they feel about the game?

[F]

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[A]

Listen, Chef or Jack, if you guys want to walk up and say something.

[F]

I don't know if you can give the mic to Chef. This show will be two hours long. We give the Chef. We give the mic to Chef.

[A]

Jack wants Sheff to have the mic. I don't disagree with him. I mean, this is number six, Georgia in Neyland. At number 15, Tennessee, Gunnar Stockton takes on Joey Aguilar. Joey Aguilar, the savior of Tennessee. Hypo, keeping the culture alive. Chef. What are you thinking?

[F]

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[A]

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[F]

Dude, these are true classic pants. I just got my order in, and they. Hey, nice, nice.

[A]

They look nice.

[F]

You see the stretch?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

That is unbelievable.

[F]

You can look at it, and then you got like the. You know, it's kind of like business casual in the back. The cheeks are popping a little bit. Very comfortable.

[A]

That's gone. Even though those cheeks.

[F]

And again, it's not. It's not one of those situations where you sit down and it pulls up because they're tight. Like, it's got some great elasticity.

[B]

He fit it in. He fit it in.

[A]

Yes. I'm up. Okay. I'm gonna pop into show.

[B]

Well, if you think about elasticity, that's five.

[F]

Yeah.

[B]

That's five syllables.

[A]

Yeah.

[F]

Thank you.

[B]

People said it couldn't be done.

[F]

People.

[B]

There's a lot of people haters said it couldn't be done.

[A]

I'm glad you guys got it done.

[F]

Sick right now.

[A]

Chef.

[F]

Yes.

[A]

How do we feel?

[B]

Feeling good. It's been eight long years of losing to Georgia. Eight horrible, horrible years. Thirteen out of the last 15. Thirteen out of the last fifteen. It's been a rough run for Tennessee. We've gotten the monkey off the back when Saban was there with Bama. We've gotten the monkey off our back with Florida. Georgia is the last on the list.

[A]

Last. Last piece of the puzzle.

[B]

I think that this game will come down to. Can we beat out man coverage and get a light box? Kirby's smart. I know people are saying, hey, they didn't look good that last. They do this every year. They look bad for a little bit. Kirby gets them ready to go. They're going to be fired up. The one thing that gives me a lot of hope is that this is the first time that we've been really competitive, and we have them in Knoxville for a big game. Aguilar year, we maybe thought, but by then it's end of the year, we know that we're not competitive. Hypo's first year. Every time we've had a play in where I feel like we have a good team, we have to go to. To Athens at 7 o'.

[A]

Clock.

[B]

So I'm fired up.

[A]

Thank you, Chef. Well said.

[B]

Do you want me to add. You want me to add one ingredient to the pot?

[A]

Go ahead.

[B]

Okay. I don't want you to read the name. This text just came in. I didn't plan this. This is from a scout, though. Can you read what that says?

[F]

Felt the need to text this to someone. I don't think Georgia's a playoff team.

[B]

All right, so streets are talking. The line's talking. This thing dropped all the way to three and a half. Thing dropped off a cliff. Takes some money.

[F]

Where did it start at 6 and a half? 7 and a half.

[B]

7 and a half.

[A]

What are you thinking?

[B]

All right. I've been at this game several times. Several times. I was at the last two games in Neyland when Tennessee beat Bama. So I've seen them turn a cannot into a have not. I don't really believe in cannot. Tennessee. Cannot, cannot, cannot. Tennessee has not beaten Georgia and Kirby Smart in a long time. Like, there are kids that are. There are kids who are about to grow facial hair who have not seen Tennessee beat Georgia. That's okay. It's a nine year old kid. It's like Danny Almonte, nine year old, but still, that kid's gonna grow facial hair. What they haven't been able to do, they haven't been able to stretch the field. Tennessee cannot throw the ball down the field on Georgia and also haven't been able to run the ball all that effectively. And that's one of those things where you. You kind of say it in your head, all right, well, we couldn't throw the ball deep. We couldn't run the ball well. That's not really a formula you hear most of the time when someone wins unless they special teams you and defensed you to death. Joey's just got to hit one early. You've got to do some stuff you haven't done to get the result you haven't gotten. You got to do some stuff against Kirby that you haven't done. And for all the talk about how Tennessee hasn't played anyone and they haven't faced this level of competition, neither has Georgia. Georgia as a program is very proven. They're very proven. Kirby. I blindly trust him in these spots and my default is Georgia in this game. So when I dive in, I got to find something in Tennessee that talks me off of Georgia. But Georgia looked bad last week. And you're right, Georgia's look bad dozens of times before. And then you realize, oh, that didn't really mean anything when you watch them win 30 to 10 in their season opener against quality competition. So I keep waiting for Tennessee to do this. I think they've Got a solid shot. I'm going to the game. I want to be there if it happens. But there is no bright blinking red light that just tells me that's the thing that's going to push Tennessee over the finish line. And until I see that, my whole philosophy on this game, I don't have a terribly strong feeling on it. But my philosophy on the game is if I'm proven wrong, I'm going to be proven wrong by Kirby Smart not coming through in a game that he's owned. Instead of sitting there again at the end of the day saying why did I bet against Kirby Smart? So I'm going to take Georgia to win and cover.

[A]

That was a poetic way to take a 9 inch blade and put it.

[F]

Right in chef's side. Yeah.

[A]

Beautifully. Just talk about he just went Jalen Carter and they could do it on these boys. He just Jalen.

[B]

Carlos, do you remember anything about this game last year?

[A]

No.

[B]

All right. It was maybe it was, but it was maybe the hardest hitting game I saw all year. Two misnomers about Tennessee is they can't match physicality. That's a lie. They absolutely can match physicality and that they don't. For some reason people think they don't run the ball, which is also a lie. The differentiating stat last year was Carson Beck took this game over and Georgia was an 11 to 1 edge on passes of 15 plus yards. They don't have Carson Beck anymore and I think it's unfair to expect Gunnar Stockton to take this game over. So the big key to me, like where I'll be wrong is if Tennessee can hit him because Tennessee got up 100 in this game last year. If they can get up 100 again, you don't have Carson Beck to just sling the ball around on you. Like Carson Beck was very, very maligned last year. This game was the game of his year. So if you just keep that same game script, just force the other guy to play at that caliber, Georgia will turn the ball over and you can win. I just don't know if I trust.

[A]

Do you think that Kirby Smart is kind of keeping a vanilla playbook because his first two games he played were against nobodies in Gunner Stockton, everybody and their mother. On the Georgia Bulldogs website, MGO blue, whatever Michigan's is, whatever yours was for Nebraska.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

They're sitting there and saying like, hey, this is Kirby Smart 101.

[B]

You remember what Mattier did last week? Mattier ran the ball I don't know how many times, like 19 times.

[A]

This is the third time you brought it up on the show.

[B]

They have not. Well, someone had to bring it up.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Gunner Stockton hadn't run the ball at all. I think he'll run the ball like 10 to 15 times in this game. Mike Bobo also gets as ripped to pieces by his own fan base as any coordinator in America. Mike Bobo kind of cooked Tim Banks in this game last year. So yes, I do think there's a lot they've bottled up. I could make the theory, I could present the theory Tennessee's getting Georgia at the right time. You want to get them early before they figure things out. But also I can make the theory Georgia gets Tennessee at the right time because they hadn't shown anything offensively yet.

[F]

Willie, to me this a Kirby Smart league speech game.

[B]

I think with or without the X split is beeped though.

[F]

Without an actual leak.

[B]

Yes. Well, very much more authentic raw leak.

[F]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Feels like a true leak. Yeah, that's what I think because again you look at, you've already, you guys capped it off with the last 13 out of 15 the last three times. They've been annealing. They've covered the spread easily. Kirby Smart has walked in their living room not taking his shoes off, put his feet wherever he wanted to, used anybody's bed. He has owned Neyland Stadium. And you talk about Gunner Stockton, it's like I'm reading, I'm sitting here reading the articles like in their local media about the receivers talking about Gunner Stockton and if you watch them against Austin Peay, like that game, yeah, it was like close or not Georgia esque for a second. But you go out on the very first opening drive, you turn the ball over, you fumble the ball on the second drive. In the second half, you fumble the ball again and turn it over like this is the. You're able to light a match under everybody's ass if you're Kirby Smart because they, I mean Georgia is a good team and I think this is going to be a good coming out party for their wide receiver, for their wide receiver room. You look at Branch who they had transfer over from usc, former five star. They got a six four guy, six five guy out on the outside. You need Gunner Stockton to sling it a lot more because you're right. You talk about 15 plus yards or the over 15 yards throwing with Carson Beck. Last year, 73% of throws for Gunner Stockton have been nine yards or less. A lot of them behind the line of scrimmage, a lot of them underneath. If you're watching these games Routes are there. He's just got to cut it loose. And if you listen to the receivers talk about him and coaches talk about him, to them, it's just a full. Hey, bro, we see you do this in practice all the time. He's got a hell of an arm. Wide receiver's talking him up highly. He's just got to sling the rod. I think he does that this game. I think the running game is really good. They have two. They have two good running backs in Frazier and Bowens. I like Georgia, man. I like Georgia. I like Georgia to cover minus three and a half. Jack loves it. Like he. Maybe. Maybe this is exactly what Tennessee wants. I would love to say gbo.

[A]

Gbo after gbo.

[F]

I know, I know. But again, if I'm going to be an unbiased media journalist guy up here and try to call it how I see it, like, George is going to come in pissed off because, you know, Kirby's just going to challenge the piss out of everybody on that roster for that performance with Austin P. In the goal line stand. Austin P. Had last week against Georgia. They said, get your piss. Hot game.

[B]

Yeah, that wide receiver core, specifically against the star position in Tennessee's defense. I think that's a matchup. Georgia likes a lot.

[F]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. Bobo, the offensive coordinator for Georgia, a lot of people picking him apart because he goes east and west too much. Right. He likes to do little bubble screens and a high percentage throws and let his athletes be athletes on the perimeter. Listen, I thought you'd for sure go Tennessee. And I look back at. I mean, I live in Nashville, Tennessee. I look back at what my boys in orange had to go through. I know this off season, Nico wants more money. Nico, you're not that good. You're at UCLA and you just lost a unlv.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

He ends up leaving. They do a trade with ucla. Joey Aguilar gets a gift and he walks into Knoxville, Tennessee, and everybody, every quarterback that's walked into Tennessee since the great Peyton Manning, everyone's like, we need that back. We want that opportunity back. Joey Aguilar might be the first quarterback to walk into Tennessee. And regardless of what happens this year, people are going to clap and love him because he was there in their time of need when Nico dipped him and walked out the door, went to go get a carton of some milk and a carton of cigarettes and never came back. Then all of a sudden they play Syracuse. And then I don't even know who you guys played last week, but people are starting to look at Joey Aguilar and be like, hey, maybe this guy is actually better for our offense and Hypo and the tempo that he wants to go with than Nico is even. He can sling it. He can rip it all the way down the field. You can feel the volunteer fans once again in September getting horny about their football season, when all seem lost in April. You know who else gets horny?

[F]

Me.

[A]

Yeah, and those camp counselors in Friday the 13th. The Georgia Bulldogs are Jason Voorhees. What they want to do is they want to get you into a mud fight. They want to grab you by the hair while you're half naked, getting horned up with your. With your girl and drag you into the water and let those bubbles stop and move on to the next one, one by one, over and over again for 60 minutes. That's what Georgia wants to be. That's what they think they can do in Knoxville, Tennessee. But you know what happens at the end of every one of those Friday 13th movies? Jason Voorhees gets his fucking head cut off, and the camp counselors end up winning that game. I like Tennessee. I like Tennessee. To cover. I like Tennessee Moneyline in this game, mentally.

[F]

I'm naked in my head right now, drowning in the water.

[A]

I like Knoxville finally getting over the hump. They've got two pieces. They got two horcruxes. Let's get that third right now. I like Tennessee.

[F]

I didn't know where that was going.

[A]

Right. That's the point of telling the story. That's the point of telling the story. You had fun with that one, didn't you?

[F]

Yeah, I'm just imagining nudity and drowning.

[A]

Friday the 13th is essentially Halloween, but, like, X rated. Like, oh, we like all the things they do with Michael Myers. Let's make it more gory and more boobs. That's essentially what Friday the 13th is.

[B]

Who knew it would work? The thing you said about Joey is if the thing it takes to beat Kirby is the same thing it took to beat Saban. Precision passing. You got to be able to hit big plays down the field. There's really no defending that If. If you can do that. Well, there is defending it. If you can't defend it, then the whole game opens up and you put 35 on them. You put them in a very uncomfortable position in the fourth quarter. That's why I don't have a strong, strong feel on the game, because you may be right. Like, Aguilar may just be that guy, and we never even knew it. And the hypo system Was like a puzzle piece for him. If just that thing is true, Tennessee will win the game Saturday. I have to be proven wrong by seeing that happen against Kirby. Smart.

[A]

Smart.

[B]

That's the only thing I'm saying. But if it does happen.

[A]

Bulletproof.

[F]

Yeah, bulletproof.

[A]

Bulletproof. Insurance policy.

[F]

Listen, Tennessee, you guys, man, I'm going to be so happy. I just got to see it.

[B]

That's a goalpost in the river moment.

[A]

I'll be happy to be with you standing arm in arm.

[F]

Yeah. To me it comes down to, and you said it earlier like you're going to have to start fast. You're going to have to hit big plays downfield because Tennessee wants to run the ball. Just one. Yeah, just run it outside and try to throw it outside the numbers and they try to out athlete yet to me, Georgia's got the better line of scrimmage. They got the better athletes. So it is. Tennessee is just going to have to make big plays to win this game. They're not going to just foundationally beat Georgia. So if I'm sitting there looking at this three and a half points if I'm going Tennessee and I'm just relying on big plays to happen for Tennessee, like to me it's like that's, that's where you got to go, Georgia. That's why I like Georgia in this game.

[A]

One thing. So what? Oh, Georgia's gonna win. So that's what's gonna happen. But in the off chance Tennessee does win Vol Nation, this is a call to arms. We are not rushing the field. That's a classy move, not rushing the field. We have grown as a program. We rushed the field against Alabama last year. We're not gonna rush the field. It's gonna be a good game. But man, those Georgia Bulldogs are pretty good.

[B]

So I think they play that.

[A]

Actually.

[B]

I think you play.

[A]

Attention please. Places to go. Also, Georgia will win this game.

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We somehow win.

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It's a great question.

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[A]

I think mine's Arizona.

[F]

Arizona?

[A]

Yeah, mine's Arizona versus Kansas State for.

[F]

The reason it's like a One and a half spread.

[A]

I know it didn't come a pickup. I was laying in bed last night at 10:30 and clump hit me. It kind of sucks that I had to go go down that route.

[F]

It's like a one point.

[A]

But you, you. You're a school that pays a Military School $1.4 million to come and beat your ass. That program's dead. Avery Johnson, love him to death. I'm sure he's got a great family life with his. They love the box between games, but give me Arizona.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Tucks in Arizona.

[B]

I'm going to take Oregon State +23 and a half at Texas Tech. Texas Tech has game of the year next week. They play at Utah.

[F]

That.

[B]

That's two of the. That probably the two best teams in the Big 12 right now. Everyone knows it's coming up next week. They just got to get out of this one alive, I think. Oregon State plus 23 and a half. That's. That's my favorite.

[A]

How disgusting was Arizona State's zero against Mississippi State for them to go in?

[B]

It was bad. It was bad.

[A]

You're not going to learn from your mistakes. Disgusting. William.

[F]

I like.

[A]

He forgot.

[F]

No, no, I didn't forget. It's New Mexico Lobos plus 15 and a half against UCLA. UCLA is favored by a team by 15 and a half points.

[A]

You go and stomp that down.

[F]

Yeah, I'm stomping that one down.

[A]

That's my favorite pick of the week.

[F]

That's your favorite pick of the week. I tell you what. Hey, you saw, I mean, army, our country.

[A]

Yeah.

[F]

Last week against Kansas State.

[A]

We're getting stronger and stronger.

[B]

We've never been more back than we are right now.

[F]

Never been more back. My Big 12 team, I picked K State. They're dead.

[A]

Dead.

[F]

Part of me, like, I love your Arizona State. It's like, just pick any game against Kansas State right now.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

It's like your whole take on Georgia. You got to show me before I go anywhere else.

[F]

Yeah.

[A]

And it's like, Kansas, you've shown me you suck. Yeah. And I hate the fact that it's only one because, I mean, you have it. Whatever it is. Arizona's winning that game.

[F]

Great. Our parlay, our weekly parlay. I'll start it off. I like Missouri -27 and a half against Louisiana. Missouri's a tough football team. How about Missouri against Kansas last week? Josh Bate.

[B]

Yeah. I'm going to where you should have took.

[F]

Listen, I had the over in that game and that hit by like halftime and Then at halftime, I'm watching the flow of this game, so I just throw in a live bet. Open up. Fanduel Throwing a live bet. Mizzou's gonna win this game. It was minus five and a half of the time. Hit that one as well.

[B]

Yeah, they look good. So my dog of the week is actually Georgia Tech beating Clemson outright because my parlay pick is Oregon State plus 23 and a half.

[F]

That's what confused me there for a second. That's why I was kind of staring for a minute.

[A]

Nice.

[B]

I don't want to just skip over that. That's. That's Clemson losing at Georgia Tech. That throws the ACC into a total blender. Everyone's questioning Clemson. Hey, maybe this is. Maybe that happens early in the day. Maybe Clemson loses, and then LSU folks sit there and say, are we really what we thought we were? That win in week one, in retrospect, doesn't look all that great. Then line starts moving, people start betting Florida and Florida loses anyway. It's all kind of different ways. It can go Saturday, But I'm going to take Oregon State in the parlay. Same reasons I said plus 23 and a half. But I'm taking. I'm taking Georgia Tech as my.

[F]

You. You feel like you're seeing that game clearly?

[B]

Nope.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Nope.

[F]

I thought you were gonna say yes, and then I was gonna say, like, what do you do if you're Clemson because you have the roster?

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. I don't know what you do. You. Because you're one and two at that point. You. You told yourself after the LSU game, that's okay. We'll regroup. We'll get ready for conference play. If you start conference play with a loss. Oh, by the way, you trailed Troy 16 zip at home last week. So you've scored 10 points and 27 points in your first two weeks. You don't know what your identity is. I guarantee you Georgia Tech does know what theirs is. They sat Haynes King, who could have played last week to get him ready to probably run him, like, 30 times, like they did against Colorado. Remember they turned the ball over three times in the first quarter against Colorado and still found a way to win convincingly. I just think I was ready to pick this game in, like, April. I was ready to pick Georgia Tech in April. It just so happens that the line's all the way down to three or three and a half now, so a lot of other people got on board, but that's okay. A lot of people can be right. I think a lot of People are going to be right on this one.

[F]

Yeah. I'm sitting here thinking to myself, like, you have the what, the Ramen noodle Express?

[B]

Yeah, I got him at six and a half early in the week.

[F]

Teams that are going to die, you should have like, just the train station.

[B]

You watch Yellowstone, the depot. I'm just trying to. Yes.

[F]

I'm trying to take them to the train station. Depot of desperation, throw them off the cliff. This team's going to the train station.

[A]

People of desperation trying to think.

[B]

You really think Dabo goes. Dabo's legacy is secured. This running back room, that's who's going to the depot of desperation. If you waste this defense in this quarterback, in this wide receiver room because you couldn't run the ball, that's a tough look.

[F]

Yeah.

[B]

Maybe there was one in the portal that we don't believe in at Clemson. Maybe there was a tail back there. Maybe instead of Ahmaud Hardy going to Missouri, he could have gone to Clemson and changed the entire season. This is not me mad at you. This is mad at them for not bending on their portal approach.

[F]

I'm with you. I was just about to say, I love the way you're looking at me right now, because it is. It's like you're looking through me.

[B]

It's like Friday the 13th. It's sexual.

[F]

It's analytical, violent.

[B]

It's violent, but it's one of the.

[A]

Best slashers of all time. Yeah, that's what it is. Only like 19 days till Spooktober, by the way, for those of you wondering.

[B]

And Cocteau.

[A]

And Squattober, Bigtober, Baketober, you got. October's coming up.

[F]

October.

[B]

It's a good one. Public play, but it's a good one.

[A]

My weekly Parlay is Oregon -27 and a half versus Northwestern. We saw what they did to Oklahoma State last week. It's. Ducks are flying high, right? Ducks are flying high in a big way. Love Northwestern Stadium. It's like playing in a park. They have a phenomenal foliage. It's small, it's quaint. They don't fill it up a whole lot. A lot of people want to go to Chicago and do their entire thing. I think they might have the nicest facilities as far from like a space per square foot in all of college football. It's really nice. Yeah, but that's not a ball club over there. And to be honest with you, it's a little disappointing that they have their brand next to the Big Ten logo, which is the greatest brand Right now in college football. So I got Oregon and Oregon's been.

[F]

On a heater now.

[A]

Heater. More to more.

[F]

I'm hearing the movement.

[A]

That five star kid is a stud. The five star kid scores a touchdown. Is another one of the wide receivers dummying a Cowboy into the end zone. Instead of celebrating his touchdown, he goes and gets with his buddy and be like, I fucking love the blocking.

[F]

Yeah.

[A]

They're dapping each other up like Oregon. That pick's looking good.

[F]

And I'm hearing Northwestern, too. The head coach is talking a lot of shit about laning, and that's the.

[A]

Worst thing you can do.

[F]

Yeah, that's the worst thing. Saying Lanning seems like a guy that closes the fridge with his hip.

[A]

Really said that out loud.

[F]

Said it out loud.

[A]

It would be a shame if laning saw this right now and heard it. Yeah.

[B]

And the stuff about the wife and kids was off the record, so, you.

[A]

Know, which was a crazy shot. Couldn't believe a man saying that about another man is just nuts.

[B]

It's a shame.

[A]

I would never. But I guess the Northwestern head coach did.

[F]

Yeah. Saying you ain't. Yeah, do with it what you will, Coach Lance. Yeah, we will be on.

[A]

But make sure you make sure this camera's on me real quick. Make sure you guys cover. We're hammering that.

[F]

Great show.

[A]

Great show.

[F]

Hey, hey. Good luck this weekend, boys. Especially, hey, good luck this weekend. Good competition out there. Good competition out there. Big hug, signing kisses. See you.

[A]

Next week is the busting bowl.

[F]

Next week is the bus.

[A]

Next week's the bus and bowl.

[F]

And you're going to be there.

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I'm going to be there.

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Live show. Live show theater.

[B]

I'm going to be there.

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Lincoln, Nebraska. Find out 9-9-19 what uniform he's wearing next week. Willie C's birthday.

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Ma'. Am.

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