Indiana dominates Oregon setting up national championship vs. Miami I CFP Instant Reaction

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Cover 3 College Football

Indiana Dominates Oregon, Setting Up National Championship vs Miami

Date: January 10, 2026
Hosts: Chip Patterson, Tom Fornelli, Danny Kanell, Bud Elliott
Theme: Instant reaction and in-depth analysis of Indiana’s stunning 49–15 romp over Oregon in the College Football Playoff semifinal, and a look ahead to the Indiana vs. Miami national title game.

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Episode Overview

The Cover 3 crew reacts live during the latter stages of Indiana's decisive win over Oregon in the Peach Bowl, dissecting how the Hoosiers overwhelmed the Ducks, discussing Indiana's improbable rise, assessing player and coaching performances, and offering an early look at the College Football Playoff National Championship matchup versus Miami. The panel dives into what Indiana's run means for the program, debates coaching greatness, explores statistical and strategic insights, and shares some of their signature banter and laughs along the way.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. How Indiana Took Control—Key Moments & Turning Points

• Pick Six Out the Gate ([05:03])
  • Danny Kanell: “When Dante Moore threw a pick six on the first snap of the game?”
  • The hosts agree this opening disaster for Oregon flipped the game’s script immediately.
• Oregon’s Early Response Falls Short ([05:09-05:16])
  • Oregon scored after Indiana’s early TD, but Indiana immediately retook control.
• Critical Turnover Swing ([05:20])
  • Danny Kanell: “Indiana then immediately responded...then the fumble came.”
  • The RPO fumble set the tone; gifting Indiana two first-quarter TDs proved insurmountable.
• Injuries & Depth Issues for Oregon ([06:15])
  • Bud Elliott: “The game might have been over when the injury reports started to come out...Noah Whittington’s banged up...Oregon, the injuries started to mount up.”
• Pressure and Execution ([07:25–08:57])
  • Tom Fornelli: “When they couldn’t protect Dante anymore...they just became a throwing team...pin your ears back and go get ‘em, boys. That’s when it felt like it was over.”
  • Indiana’s execution (Mendoza’s perfect first half, receivers making contested catches) was flawless.

2. Indiana’s Offensive Performance—Spotlight on Fernando Mendoza

• Near-Perfect Quarterback Play ([09:03])
  • Danny Kanell: “Through two playoff games, Fernando Mendoza has eight touchdown passes and five incompletions.”
• Against Elite Defenses ([09:15])
  • Chip Patterson: “Also against Alabama and Oregon…every single monster we put in front of this team…it is remarkable what they have done here.”
• NFL Draft Hype ([08:57])
  • Tom Fornelli: “I’m about to earn a lot of dollars in this draft and go one one.”

3. Indiana’s Veteran Defense & Scheme

• Senior Leadership & Simplicity ([10:13])
  • Chip Patterson: “They don’t over-rotate...have a lot of sub packages…they trust their linebackers and safeties...old experienced players...make the right play.”

4. Indiana’s Attitude & Championship Intensity

• No Letup, Statement Win ([11:10])
  • Tom Fornelli: “Are they seriously running Fernando Mendoza out there again, up 35 with eight minutes left?”
  • Danny Kanell: “They don’t stop.”
  • Tom Fornelli: “They’re not just trying to beat you, they try to destroy you.”
• Generational Program Shift ([16:29–17:17])
  • Chip Patterson: “Indiana fans are going to talk about this for a generation...There is like long lasting change that is happening right now because of this Indiana football program and this run...generational type shifts are happening.”

5. Oregon’s Rematch Problem

• Repeated Struggles in Rematches ([13:25])
  • Danny Kanell: “Second playoff rematch that Dan Lanning has had and it’s the second time his team has gotten its ass kicked...Oregon’s got a rematch problem.”
• Only Losing to Elite Teams ([14:16])
  • Tom Fornelli: “The only two teams they’ve lost to in two years are the national champion Buckeyes and the team [Indiana] that's about to be favored by two.”

6. Coaching Masterclass & Program Culture

• The Kurt Signetti Effect ([17:17–18:14])
  • Bud Elliott: “He’s having the Saban impact...all of a sudden Indiana is kind of a football school, which is crazy.”
  • Discussion about increased Indiana enrollment, ticket demand, parallels to Alabama under Saban.
• Maximizing Roster ([39:03–40:51])
  • Indiana achieves this run with only 8 four- or five-stars compared to Oregon’s 55.
  • Bud Elliott: “They are coaching circles around everybody…look at these results.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

When was it “night night” for Oregon?

• “When Dante Moore threw a pick six on the first snap of the game?”
  —Danny Kanell ([05:03])

On Indiana’s Relentless Approach

• “They’re not just trying to beat you, they try to destroy you.”
  —Tom Fornelli ([11:47])

On the Program Shift

• “There is like long lasting change that is happening right now because of this Indiana football program and this run...this is generational type shifts that are happening right now with this football program.”
  —Chip Patterson ([16:29])

On Coaching Genius

• “He’s having the Saban impact...all of a sudden Indiana is kind of a football school, which is crazy. It’s an everything school.”
  —Bud Elliott ([17:17])

• “They are coaching circles around everybody. If you’re not voting him [Signetti] number one, I think that’s like drug test, like, look at these results.”
  —Tom Fornelli ([41:03])

On Indiana’s Roster vs. Blue-Chip Powers

• “55 four and five-stars on Oregon’s roster, only 8 on Indiana’s.”
  —Bud Elliott ([39:44])

On Hoosier Fans at the National Title

• “There are 800,000 Indiana alumni in this country. There are 200,000 Miami. They are outnumbered four to one. Do not be surprised if there are more Indiana fans at the title game than there are Miami fans.”
  —Danny Kanell ([16:16])

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Looking Ahead: Indiana vs Miami National Championship

Matchup Preview

• Miami’s Plan ([25:42–26:33])

  • Bud Elliott: “Miami has a very clear identity...run the football, establish both lines of scrimmage, wreak havoc on the quarterback.”
  • Tom Fornelli: “Miami is huge up front...I would not be shocked if Miami is able to run the ball some on Indiana if they can make Indiana honor the passing game enough.”

• Key to Beating Indiana

  • Tom Fornelli: “Mendoza’s playing so well right now...you’re probably gonna need high 20s to win.”
  • Danny Kanell: “Miami will be able to run the ball and they’re going to have to lean into running the ball.”

• For Indiana

  • Danny Kanell: “Player game.” ([29:36])
  • Tom Fornelli: “Keep executing at a really high level...if they go 5-of-5 on contested catch opportunities…even when we’re all over them, then we’re cooked.”

Prediction Banter & Early Lines ([44:15–45:58])

• Danny Kanell: “As long as the spread’s under 10, I’ll take Indiana.”
• Chip Patterson: “Look ahead was five and a half…the nature of the game has driven this up above…this thing might touch eight.”
• Tom Fornelli: “That feels a little inflated. But Indiana might just be team of destiny.”

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Fun and Banter

• Name Banter ([12:59–13:10])

  • Tom Fornelli: “Did you see that? D’Angelo Pons’s dad is named Angelo Pons.”
  • Danny Kanell: “His older brothers are named Bangelo and Cangelo.”

• Coaching Fashion

  • Bud Elliott: “He rocks the three quarter zip windbreaker, short sleeve with no shirt underneath better than anybody I’ve ever seen, man.” ([36:47])

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Timestamps for Significant Segments

• [05:03] – Defining moment: Indiana pick-6 opens floodgates
• [07:25] – How Indiana's defensive strategy cracked Oregon
• [09:03] – Celebrating Mendoza’s statistical dominance
• [13:25] – Oregon’s “rematch problem” discussed
• [16:16] – Indiana fans to outnumber Miami at the National Championship?
• [17:17] – Signetti's “Saban effect” at Indiana
• [25:42] – Early preview: Miami’s path to beating Indiana
• [39:44] – Indiana’s underdog roster compared to blue-chip powers
• [44:15] – Initial National Championship spread discussion and predictions

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Conclusion

The Cover 3 team's instant reaction to Indiana’s Peach Bowl demolition of Oregon frames this as a seismic moment in college football, highlighting Indiana’s disciplined execution, rare coaching brilliance, and the transformation of both the team and fanbase into a new powerhouse. With in-depth breakdowns of the semifinal and a nuanced preview of the national championship matchup versus Miami, the crew balances football nerd analysis with irreverent banter and authentic enthusiasm, capturing the sport’s dramatic shift as the Hoosiers prepare for a shot at immortality.

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Transcript

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[Danny Canel]

Moore threw a pick six on the first snap of the game?

[Chip Patterson]

Yeah. Oh no. Yeah.

[Danny Canel]

Yeah.

[Chip Patterson]

They had a good response. They had a good response on that touchdown drive.

[Danny Canel]

They did. And then what did they do immediately?

[Chip Patterson]

Are you talking about the RPO that ends up hitting Deer Hill shoulder?

[Bud Elliott]

That was one.

[Tom Fornelli]

It was over.

[Danny Canel]

No, it's not even that. It's just that Indiana then immediately responded by marching down the field and getting a touchdown, then taking the lead right back. And then the fumble came. No, I would say, yeah, officially, probably that fumble on the RPO that ended up making it a 217 game because, like Indiana is pretty good. I don't know if you guys have noticed and they're not really a team you can gift two touchdowns to in the first quarter and feel good about your chances to win that football game. And I think that, you know, we are now officially calling it here on the COVID 3 podcast. Indiana is your Fiesta bowl champion.

[Chip Patterson]

You mean the Peach bowl champion.

[Danny Canel]

Sorry, Peach bowl. Whatever. It doesn't really matter.

[Bud Elliott]

I thought you were going to say your national champion.

[Danny Canel]

I'm not going that far.

[Chip Patterson]

The same way that when you ran the simulations to tell me Indiana and Ohio State were the only teams that were going to play for the Big Ten. Yeah, yeah.

[Bud Elliott]

Dk, what you see, I mean, it might have. The game might have been over when the injury reports started to come out before the game. Noah Whittington's banged up. I mean, that I. Oregon. The injuries started to mount up. I thought they would get healthier in the postseason. Instead, it started to go the other way. And it was about the worst case news you could get when he's. And I had. I had heard the flu was going around, so I thought maybe it was that.

[Chip Patterson]

Oh. Is what the broadcast is saying.

[Bud Elliott]

Well, then they had him in his ankle thing. They were kept talking about his. Whatever his leg. Lower leg injury was, and they're, you know, bringing defensive players over to play running backs. Like, oh, yeah, I think Oregon would have had their best game of the year, and they probably played one of their worst, you know, so it was like that's the recipe for a blowout. You know, I thought it was interesting because I did think Dante Moore bounced back and you're like, could we get a little bit more of a shootout type feel? But it just ended pretty quickly when. When Oregon went up those, you know, what was that 21 points? Was that 28. 7 after the.

[Danny Canel]

Was 21 to 7 after the fumble.

[Tom Fornelli]

Yeah.

[Bud Elliott]

Yeah, man. It was like, you still could come. Well, then when they couldn't protect Dante anymore, it was like they just became a throwing team. And it was like, pin your ears back and go get them, boys. And it was. That's when it felt like it was over.

[Tom Fornelli]

Yeah, I. I agree. It was the fumble. I mean, it. It would have taken a really good effort to beat them tonight with, like, how well they executed on offense. I mean, Mendoza was, I think, like, perfectly on target on every throw of the first half. They were 4 for 4 in contested catch opportunities in the first half. Like, really nice, like, perfect execution. Oregon was beating them on lots of scrimmage for, like, a decent part of the first half. And they were losing. I was like they're in trouble because Indiana is probably going to make some adjustments to you know, to get pressure right like that. That touchdown drive. Oregon scored. I know it's on script. So you know, as our friend Parker says. Nice. Now let me see the unscript drives. Right. But like they did a really good job of handling all the Indiana pressure, you know, early and drove down the field and even on the next drive like they had pretty good opportunities and weren't getting pressured very much. Then you have the unforced error of that fumble. But I mean offensively in the end it was just so good with like Mendoza was just crazy good tonight. I mean that was amazing. And the receivers even when like he wasn't hitting guys open, like they were open enough. He put it like perfectly in place where they could catch it. Even though Oregon like covered Oregon didn't have like a whole lot of coverage bus we're going to kind of made them earn this thing and those like all right, I'll go earn it. Watch this.

[Chip Patterson]

Right?

[Tom Fornelli]

I'm about to earn a lot of dollars in this draft and go one one.

[Danny Canel]

Defense effect.

[Tom Fornelli]

Yeah.

[Danny Canel]

I mean the game's still going on but through two playoff games, Fernando Mendoza has eight touchdown passes and five incompletions.

[Tom Fornelli]

It's crazy.

[Chip Patterson]

Also against Alabama and Oregon, that's the other. I mean I know like this is going to bleed from like micro game breakdown to more macro. What in the world are we watching? But it's just every single monster we put in front of this team. It is remarkable what they have done here.

[Tom Fornelli]

It's crazy how prepared they are man. Like they just don't make any mistakes. They make you like they kill you anytime you make a mistake.

[Danny Canel]

It.

[Tom Fornelli]

I mean on the opening play of the game like you know you hear that kind of like the saying, oh, he ran his route for him. I mean he's watching Dante Moore and he breaks before the receiver breaks. Like literally like okay. Wow, that was pretty impressive. It they're really well prepared and a super veteran team and you pair it with like the number one overall pick at quarterback and receivers who are making plays like they're really like they just execute so well. It's so clean operationally.

[Chip Patterson]

So here's a thing. I'm going to need my ball knowers here to be able to help me out the. It seems to me, look dummy that the fact that they don't over rotate and have a lot of sub packages probably allows them to be able to just lean on the understanding and the execution of the guys that are in there. Right? Yeah, they don't. They don't trot out a lot of, you know, different looks. They trust their linebackers and safeties. They trust everybody who's out there. I mean, I know they rotate the diffuser defensive line a little bit, but especially when it comes to the back of that defense, it looks to me like one big strength that allows them to get through that is the fact that they can trust these old experienced players that even if they don't have the height, weight, size, speed of the opponent, they've still been able to go out there and make the right play.

[Tom Fornelli]

Not to interrupt. Are they seriously running Fernanda Mendoza out there again, up 35 with eight minutes left?

[Danny Canel]

Yeah, they don't stop just through.

[Bud Elliott]

Yeah, but like throwing the ball.

[Danny Canel]

They don't stop.

[Tom Fornelli]

I mean, man, do you pay attention to locks episodes? Knock on wood. Yeah, I know, but, like, smoke it.

[Danny Canel]

Through the filter, bud.

[Tom Fornelli]

They ran him when they. When they were up, what, four touchdowns with 10 minutes left.

[Chip Patterson]

Wait, hold on. Are you seeing 16 instead of 15?

[Danny Canel]

Oh, it's Fernando. Fernando.

[Chip Patterson]

Yeah, that's Fernando.

[Tom Fornelli]

Man, I hope he says all that because, like, that. That's going to be an interesting game to watch that in Miami.

[Danny Canel]

They're not just trying to beat you, they try to destroy you. They want.

[Tom Fornelli]

They did want you to be forever. They're destroyed. Like, at this point.

[Danny Canel]

They.

[Chip Patterson]

They're.

[Danny Canel]

This is for Miami right now. Just want Miami to watch this and just be terrified. That's exactly what they are doing right now.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Remarkable.

[Chip Patterson]

We will.

[Tom Fornelli]

I wouldn't do this, but.

[Chip Patterson]

Okay, just.

[Bud Elliott]

I'll be. We'll see if they throw it more. Because I did just see Fernando in the huddle, give him like the 4 minute chat. He's like, slow down. We're gonna wait. We're gonna wait. This. You know, you're ahead of me.

[Tom Fornelli]

Yeah.

[Bud Elliott]

Oh, boy.

[Danny Canel]

Deep shots. Is that what I'm about to see here?

[Tom Fornelli]

No, no, no, I don't think they'll throw.

[Bud Elliott]

I don't. They shouldn't throw anymore. If he hands off, I'm fine with it. But my goodness, I.

[Danny Canel]

This is when I want to remind people that Illinois was down six players in their secondary. So how many is Oregon down?

[Chip Patterson]

I had a. Hey, listen, that one of my favorite notes about these Indiana Hoosiers. Now with this win, they have five wins against teams that were ranked at the top 10 at the time of the game and ranked in the top 10 at the time of the game is doing a lot of work right there. Shout out to Illinois number nine.

[Tom Fornelli]

Did you see that? D' Angelo Pon's dad is named Angelo Pons. Yes.

[Chip Patterson]

That is.

[Tom Fornelli]

That is awesome.

[Danny Canel]

His older brothers are named Bangelo and Cangelo.

[Tom Fornelli]

Oh my gosh.

[Bud Elliott]

Wild.

[Chip Patterson]

The halftime score against Ohio State, does anybody remember it for Oregon?

[Danny Canel]

34 to 8, right?

[Chip Patterson]

Huh?

[Bud Elliott]

Yeah.

[Chip Patterson]

This one was 35 to 7.

[Danny Canel]

And what's the. This is the second playoff rematch that Dan Lanning has had and it's the second time his team has gotten its ass kicked. And while it wasn't quite the same in 2023, he also lost the rematch to Washington in the Pac12 championship game. They were. There was a final of three points, but pretty sure they were down 10 in the fourth quarter and scored late to make it look closer. So yeah, when it comes to rematches, Kurt Signetti, what was he saying all week? It's really tough to beat a great team twice. I don't think Kurt believed that. I think that Kurt believed Oregon was pretty easy to beat twice because most teams have done it when they've had the chance.

[Chip Patterson]

So is it. Is this just part of the Oregon fan lore now or do you think that we can actually put like a cold like Oregon's got a rematch problem.

[Danny Canel]

Oregon has a rematch problem.

[Tom Fornelli]

Now I will say the only two teams they've lost to in two years are the national champion Buckeyes.

[Bud Elliott]

And.

[Tom Fornelli]

And the team is about to be favored by two.

[Danny Canel]

What's Oregon's goal?

[Tom Fornelli]

Right. But there is something to be said for not losing to like two teams you shouldn't be losing to.

[Danny Canel]

Yeah. But you're also power rating wise. You're the third best team in the country.

[Tom Fornelli]

Yeah.

[Danny Canel]

And you're getting the shit beat out of you by these teams. You're not just losing to them. You're getting destroyed. And touchdown Indiana again. They do not stop. They do not care.

[Tom Fornelli]

Yeah. All right. Now Mendoza took us. Now Mendoza gave his helmet somebody.

[Danny Canel]

They got their 50 burger. That's what they wanted. There's what they do.

[Chip Patterson]

Incredible stuff.

[Tom Fornelli]

It's unreal to watch these guys this year.

[Bud Elliott]

It's.

[Tom Fornelli]

It's kind of unbelievable.

[Chip Patterson]

So we'll. We'll be doing the. Again the way too early preview coming up in just a little bit. But do you. I. At the risk of we mostly got Hoosiers in the chat at this point. I'm sure. I mean, don't you kind of want them to finish the job at this point?

[Tom Fornelli]

Oh, yeah.

[Bud Elliott]

Yeah.

[Danny Canel]

Okay.

[Chip Patterson]

Like uninvested.

[Bud Elliott]

But you do it's gonna be interesting is. Did you hear him say it was and it does. I mean, 90 Hoosier fans or what? Poor Oregon, man, they got.

[Chip Patterson]

I don't know.

[Bud Elliott]

It's just tough for them to travel across the country. There was nobody at the Big Ten championship game last year in Indianapolis. There wasn't anybody in Miami. There was a handful of fans for the Orange Bowl. There's nobody here. Indiana is going to have a hard time getting tickets. You see the ticket prices there to Miami.

[Danny Canel]

Danny, Danny, just wait. There might be more of them in Miami.

[Chip Patterson]

Yeah.

[Bud Elliott]

Oh, they'll, they'll travel and it's going to be.

[Chip Patterson]

How do you know that they weren't the ones also driving the ticket price?

[Bud Elliott]

It could be.

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[Danny Canel]

I pointed this out. There are 800,000 Indiana alumni in this country. There are 200,000 Miami. They are outnumbered four to one. Do not be surprised if there are more Indiana fans at the title game than there are Miami fans.

[Bud Elliott]

Yeah.

[Chip Patterson]

And I'm, I mean, I'm going to keep going back to it because I liked the way when Bud pointed it out, I just realized that in the same way. And there's going to be, I don't know, maybe dozens of people who hear this. And it connects in the same way that every ECU fan in Sanford, North Carolina swears they were all at the Peach Bowl New Year's Eve against NC State. Like, Indiana fans are going to talk about this for a generation, you know, and like, hopefully Kurt Signetti does keep winning and winning and winning. But like there is like long lasting change that is happening right now because of this Indiana football program and this run and Indiana packing out the big body bins in Atlanta. Like these are this, this is generational type shifts that are happening right now with this football program.

[Bud Elliott]

Who wrote the P? I mean, he's having the Saban impact. Look at what Saban did to Alabama and the popularity and enrollment. I mean, there was a piece out. I forget who did it. Was it Dellinger? Somebody had the piece up about his new deal, how much he's making. But then it like had a whole long tweet about how much enrollment has increased and, you know, and tuition's going up and ticket sales are going up. Like all of a sudden Indiana is kind of a football school, which is crazy. It's an everything school. We know.

[Tom Fornelli]

They had Kyle Schorber for.

[Chip Patterson]

Baseball and Matt Snyder.

[Danny Canel]

Yeah.

[Chip Patterson]

So if Nebraska beats Indiana in basketball tomorrow, that's the full. That's the full trade off.

[Danny Canel]

That's the full trade Are they playing tomorrow?

[Chip Patterson]

Yes.

[Danny Canel]

Oh, wow. That is in Bloomington. Tom, put it all on Nebraska. Put it all on the Huskers. We have swamped places.

[Chip Patterson]

Yeah. If Nebraska improves to what, like 16 and oh or whatever is in basketball to start the year by beating Indiana after Indiana puts a 50 burger in the college Football Playoff semifinals. That is the full transition of juju right there.

[Danny Canel]

Nebraska billion. Yeah.

[Chip Patterson]

Nebraska football. Look it. Get ready to learn pinstripe bowl, buddy.

[Danny Canel]

All right, this game is over, but Indiana defense, let's not let go of the rope here. We've got a team total lock to win.

[Tom Fornelli]

Oh, shoot.

[Chip Patterson]

Yeah.

[Tom Fornelli]

Let's go.

[Chip Patterson]

All right. Any. Anything else from the game itself that that stood out that you want to make sure we draw attention to?

[Danny Canel]

My dear, the reason I took the team total under in this game was be as I said on the show, anytime Oregon's played a good defense this year, they have struggled mightily to put points on the board and they are struggling mightily to put points on the board here today. Now, I don't think that Dante Moore has played nearly as poorly in those other games as he has here tonight, but I don't think Dante Moore has done himself a whole hell of a lot of favors tonight. I don't think he's looked good. I think that particularly in the pocket, which has been my one concern with him all night. He has looked. He's had double. He's had trouble seeing the field. Indiana's dropped into coverage quite a few times and Dante's just stood there staring at him. And that was the one case that happened in the first game. I wrote about it this week. He was getting as far as time to throw before he was pressured in the first meeting. There was nothing out of the ordinary, but he was holding on to the ball longer in that game than he held in any other game because he just couldn't figure it out post snap. And that has been the case here again tonight. And this is going to be something when you we talk about these two as like the top two NFL draft picks. NFL teams are going to be watching this tape and it's going to be pretty clear to them who the number one guy.

[Tom Fornelli]

Oh, yeah.

[Bud Elliott]

Debo put in the chat. Fernando Mendoza is now minus 600 to.

[Tom Fornelli]

Go first quarterback overall.

[Bud Elliott]

I'm a grud. It's if you know. And I thought it was a really good comp when it was talking about CJ Stroud and how Dante Moore needed that type of performance. I think that's what he needed. And he got as far from that as you could possibly get. So now he's C.J. shroud without that game. And before that game, C.J. stroud, everyone's like, I don't know, like he hasn't played that great this year. And that's kind of what it is for Dante Moore.

[Chip Patterson]

So y' all help me out here because I'm, I'm not as fluent in the NFL draft of the. Is. Does he come back because of this?

[Danny Canel]

I don't think so. No. I, I mean, he might come back. I don't think that.

[Bud Elliott]

Still going to get a first round tank?

[Danny Canel]

Yeah, he's probably still the second quarterback taken, maybe the third, but it's just he's not going to be the top pick.

[Chip Patterson]

Is it impacted at all by Trinidad? Trinidad Chambliss getting denied a waiver?

[Danny Canel]

No, no, no, no. Trinidad's going to get drafted, but Trinidad, I mean, you know what, somebody might take him in the first round, but Trinidad is not a first round NFL draft pick in my estimation.

[Chip Patterson]

Agreed. And Dante Moore still should check every box to get a first round.

[Danny Canel]

Most boxes. Yes.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Yeah.

[Tom Fornelli]

I mean, he's still 20 years old.

[Bud Elliott]

Yeah, that's.

[Danny Canel]

So he's a baby.

[Tom Fornelli]

Yeah.

[Chip Patterson]

All right, coming up on the other side, we take a look ahead to January 19, where it will be Indiana and Miami for the College Football Playoff national championship. We'll get into storylines, matchups to watch and more.

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[Chip Patterson]

Discount Furniture back here on the COVID 3 podcast as the final minutes are ticking down in Atlanta from the Peach bowl semifinal where Indiana is closing out a dominant win against the Oregon Ducks, their second against the Ducks here in this season, to improve to15.0 and be able to submit one spot in the national championship game. Their opponent, of course, will be the Miami Hurricanes, who outlasted Ole Miss in that thriller on Thursday night in the Fiesta Bowl. We have you know everything about Miami. You know that even coming out of that game, the first time that they're going to be playing in Hard Rock Stadium since the middle of November. This has been a heck of a run. Five straight wins away from home. You know, many of them before Ole Miss by double digits. Texas A and M obviously not as well. Danny, what's the let's start from the Miami side of this. You know what's what are going to be the biggest keys for Miami to be able to provide more resistance than Oregon or Alabama have been able to provide to the Indiana Hoosiers so far in the cfp.

[Bud Elliott]

I mean the thing about it to me is Miami has a very clear identity of what they want to be. It's just a matter of can they do that against Indiana? You know, they want to run the football, they want to establish both lines of scrimmage and they want to wreak havoc on the quarterback with those edges. And that to me is the same thing they'll try to do against Indiana. I don't think they'll try to change anything they do. The question is can they do that against Indiana?

[Tom Fornelli]

There are some matchups I like for Miami here and then some, some that I really don't. I Indiana gets a lot of pressure and free runners at the quarterback via a lot of the like stunts and movement that they do. Miami is huge up front and they have really tight splits. You don't see much penetration tackle tackle with Miami.

[Danny Canel]

Like they're.

[Tom Fornelli]

They're not foot to foot but they're close and it's a lot of just kind of like wall surge type stuff. And I am curious how Indiana wants to combat that. And there are certainly ways like how much pressure is Indiana get off the edge or are they cutting some of these runs down from the backside? Do they just commit so many like bodies to it that it doesn't matter? Like I think if you listen to the broadcast comments, Oregon clearly thought they could run the ball against Indiana tonight and they really got game stated out of it by, you know, being down so fast that they were getting some movement running the ball like pretty well. And I was watching, it's like, well I have no idea how they're going to stop Mendoza with him playing like this. They are able to run the ball a little bit if they keep this close. That should remain a constant. So I would not be shocked if Miami is able to run the ball some on Indiana if they can make Indiana under the passing game enough. Which I think Dawson's done a good job of some of your constraint plays, some of your screen stuff, some of your outside stuff. And they've had some receivers start to make some plays one on one on the outside with Marion and Daniel. Some as well in addition to obviously Tony. But man, like do you trust that passing game enough to make Indiana play it? Honest, I don't know.

[Danny Canel]

Maybe.

[Tom Fornelli]

But like Mendoza's playing so well right now like you are. You're probably gonna need high 20s.

[Chip Patterson]

To.

[Tom Fornelli]

Win like, like if you have a shot to win.

[Danny Canel]

I'm not ruling Miami out because Miami is So good along the lines of scrimmage that I do think that they are one of the few teams that could deal with Indiana. And we will see like it's, it's going to be a battle of middle aged men all night long along the lines of scrimmage between both of these teams. But like we're looking at Dante Moore tonight in a very chaotic pocket, crap in his pants. Carson Beck in a chaotic pocket. We've seen that before. It's going to come down to how well Miami can protect him. And we saw against Ole Miss, he was sacked what, three or four times in that game. And Ole Miss does not have a tremendous pass rush. Indiana is a very good team at disguising stuff before the snap and showing it late. Mean. Oh God, come on. Anyways, that is such. Come on Indiana. Hold on to the rope.

[Tom Fornelli]

But held onto his face mask.

[Danny Canel]

But that like Ole Miss didn't really blitz a whole lot in that game. They were rushing three a lot of the time and they were still able to get pressure on Becky. Indiana's blitzing and they get pressure on Beck, it could lead to some problems. But I do, I do agree with you. I think Miami will be able to run the ball and I think Miami's gonna have to lean into running the ball in this game. It's going to be a similar situation, I think, to what we saw last night. Miami's going to want to control the clock and control time of possession and just kind of try to wear this team up because like they are good but they're also old and they're not that deep. So you know, you want to wear those old guys down.

[Chip Patterson]

What has to happen for Indiana.

[Danny Canel]

Player game.

[Chip Patterson]

Yeah, seriously. Is that easy?

[Danny Canel]

It's not that easy.

[Tom Fornelli]

Keep executing a really high level. Like if you're Miami staff, you're watching this, you're saying, all right, well if they go five of five, like a test to catch opportunities, so like they're literally coming down with it every time. Even when we're like all over them, then we're cooked. But you need some of those to not get caught. And there's no guarantee that they catch all those. Right. So you know what I'm saying? That is like, that's something that, like, if you play even this game again, there's no guarantee they catch all those again. Right. Like, can Mendoza be off a little bit in the playoffs so far? Not at all.

[Danny Canel]

Right.

[Tom Fornelli]

He missed those against Ohio State. They pressured him. I mean, they've seen it before, I guess before the Game got out of hand. Oregon was getting home against both tackles. Yeah, I mean like think about the play. Mendoza fumbled, recovered it and then got sacked. Anyway, the prior play, I don't know.

[Danny Canel]

If it was Hemby or Black, but he completely whiffed on his block that play.

[Tom Fornelli]

Yeah, and the prior play, like that whole drive they were getting pressure on. It's like, oh, okay. But I think that speaks to how good Indiana is that you're like looking for like micro cracks in the armor.

[Chip Patterson]

Right.

[Danny Canel]

One thing that does interest me is like Elijah Surat is like the Mozart of sideline back shoulder grabs. But, but like Miami's corners are big and it'll be interesting to see how they're able to kind of stack up with what Indiana has at receiver.

[Bud Elliott]

One of them's out for a half.

[Chip Patterson]

Yeah.

[Bud Elliott]

And that will matter because they like to start fast. They've been out, you know, they'll come out firing this. I mean you don't want. You can see what happens when it gets out of hand. Something to keep an eye on and I guarantee you they're going to go after the freshman.

[Danny Canel]

Is he like 622 though? Every single Miami defensive back is like at least 6 2.

[Tom Fornelli]

Let's go.

[Bud Elliott]

Probably. I think the one thing I do think if Miami, if those edge rushers can do what they've done throughout the playoffs, they can make Fernando Mendoza look human. You know, that's what a pass rush will do. I know he's mobile, I know he can get around.

[Danny Canel]

But pretty, pretty pathetic of Dan Lanning in this crew just, just not accepting their demise and trying to run it up here late. Just absolutely disgusting behavior by the Oregon Ducks sickens me.

[Tom Fornelli]

They're not going for two, right?

[Chip Patterson]

Please go for two. I want to see this lock fight come down to going for two at the. Fake it, fake it.

[Tom Fornelli]

Here we go.

[Danny Canel]

Well, the good news is I got the Twitter tip at 22 and a half. Let's go.

[Chip Patterson]

All right. Oh man, so mad. We every. Everybody wrote their favorite story about the signetti face. Now giving up a touchdown with 22 seconds left. Going to bring about some good signetti face.

[Danny Canel]

Here's my question for you. Like let's assume Indiana does end up winning the national title this year or even if they lose, but then they're still great next year, how long until everybody gets tired of this team next year? How long until the signetti face is no longer cute? Week four and then it becomes. God, what's this guy's frickin deal?

[Chip Patterson]

Yeah, no, that, I mean It's, It'll. I'll tell you, it's already going to happen and it's going to happen in the Southeastern Conference. That's what they're going to be sick of. Right? They're going to be sick of being told, hey, do you know what, do you know what the conversation. You ready for this one? Is Kurt Signetti the best coach in college football right now?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Yeah.

[Bud Elliott]

Yeah.

[Chip Patterson]

So on. On a coach rankings ballot, you're putting them ahead of Kirby Smart easily.

[Tom Fornelli]

Look at these players. Yes, they the best quarterback in the country.

[Chip Patterson]

You're gonna put your name to it? No, no, not just on the COVID 3 podcast. Yeah, the coach rankings ballot. Right. Like I get. We get all this pushback from people who don't vote because there's a lot of people who want to talk about, oh, I do vote in this.

[Bud Elliott]

Some of that stuff I don't vote in.

[Tom Fornelli]

I vote in this.

[Chip Patterson]

I'm on that episode. Do this. How's the CBS award going to do this? Well, you got an opportunity. You could vote Danny on CBS Sports hq and you could have voted.

[Bud Elliott]

Oh, do you? Debo did say. And then all of a sudden it came out when I forget who started it, but was like, you know, Raiders have a coaching opening. They have the number one pick. They could pair up Signetti and Mendoza, you know, and bring Signetti to the NFL. I don't know.

[Chip Patterson]

It's.

[Bud Elliott]

If I don't think it's about the money for Signetti, he's making so much like, what's the difference in 12 and a half and 15 or. I just, it's a lot of money. I don't know if he wanted to go to the NFL. I think be great, but I don't know what his goals are. But I picture him as pretty good set up right now and let's chase multiple championships in Indiana.

[Chip Patterson]

I have to imagine that seeing the places that he's seen leaving the setup he. That he is in right now would be a very like a, like it would almost not be showing gratitude to the situation that you have. You know, I mean, the checks continue to be cut. You've got no problem replenishing your roster. I mean it is just, it will happen.

[Bud Elliott]

He.

[Chip Patterson]

He might consider an exit when the standard starts to slip. But as of right now, everything we can tell from the coaching staff to the roster, standard ain't slipping. So. Yeah, I, I don't think that I, I would be stunned if Kurt Signetti walked it off to the NFL. That would surprise me a lot.

[Danny Canel]

Me Too.

[Tom Fornelli]

I don't know enough about what he wants to do to like, say, I would be stunned or not.

[Chip Patterson]

I have, I am. I've heard him make reference to like, I'm, I'm here, you know, So.

[Bud Elliott]

I mean, a lot of coaches, too. They do have. Maybe they were a spot or two. I mean, these resumes, they've hopped to 15 different spots. Typically, an NFL guy might have one or two when he was younger in his career. Signetti has none. Right. He's always been.

[Chip Patterson]

He's college. He's 64 years old.

[Bud Elliott]

I mean, that's why I think it's either now or never. Like, you jump now or you don't. Like, it's. It's here.

[Chip Patterson]

Yeah. 64 years old with no NFL experience. It's been at Division 2, it's been at the FCS. It's been in the Sun Belt. It's now in the Big Ten like this. He's a college football coach. He's got the. An incredible setup. He is the king of Bloomington, Indiana.

[Bud Elliott]

And man, he just, he. He rocks the three quarter zip windbreaker, short sleeve with no shirt underneath better than anybody I've ever seen, man.

[Tom Fornelli]

Yeah.

[Bud Elliott]

You know, just.

[Tom Fornelli]

That is an old guy move, though.

[Chip Patterson]

Yes, that's.

[Tom Fornelli]

That's an old guy move for sure.

[Public Service Announcer]

Totally.

[Bud Elliott]

I don't. Is there a white beater on under there or is it just. Just skin? Like. It's just nothing because it was cold.

[Public Service Announcer]

At one of those games.

[Bud Elliott]

A little cold. And he's just, just there because I remember seeing he had the same outfit on. We talked to him the morning of the Big Ten championship game. He just comes out in that.

[Danny Canel]

Yeah. When I saw him in the suit, I was like, this is strange. I didn't recognize him at first.

[Chip Patterson]

Yeah. When you said he rocked it better than everybody. That is not a high bar to clear, you know, in terms of how good everybody else looks in the short sleeve windbreaker with no shirt underneath.

[Bud Elliott]

I don't know how many guys try to do that. It is a coaching move, though.

[Chip Patterson]

Excuse me.

[Bud Elliott]

Time to go home and put on a T shirt under here.

[Chip Patterson]

Yeah.

[Tom Fornelli]

Sig said, I'm not really thinking about the next game. I'm thinking about cracking a beer in the post game, according to the diva.

[Bud Elliott]

Wow. Letting loose. He's a little too loud.

[Tom Fornelli]

Yeah.

[Chip Patterson]

Oh, yeah. Because everybody was questioning him at this media availability about whether he. He smiles at all. He's like, yeah, normally.

[Tom Fornelli]

He smiled at the Rose bowl podium, like, a lot.

[Chip Patterson]

He was like, normally. You know, when I get with My coaches, we'll have a beer, you know, then I'll enjoy it because. But these college football playoff games, they got 10 to 15 press conferences to go to after every one of them.

[Tom Fornelli]

Gotta watch that beer in the office though. Ohio fired a guy over that. Remember that was allegedly the reason for a couple hours.

[Chip Patterson]

No, Bud. As we addressed in an extensive mea culpa, there was more that we did not understand at the time that we made light hearted references to a situation that did eventually become much more significant.

[Tom Fornelli]

Okay.

[Chip Patterson]

Yeah. Okay. So if Kurt Signetti is the best coach in college football, I guess that's a coaching edge for Indiana in this one. Health edge. Indiana too. I mean we're still, we. I still saw that defensive line get pressure and all we've talked about is all the different times that we should downgrade their defensive front. I don't.

[Tom Fornelli]

Yeah, I mean they bust your protections pretty well.

[Chip Patterson]

I would take. I would take Miami's defensive ends over Indiana's.

[Tom Fornelli]

Yeah, you would take Miami's roster almost up and down over Indiana's. That's why I think Signetti's best coach college football. Like what they're doing is unbelievable.

[Chip Patterson]

What'd you say, Tom?

[Danny Canel]

I asked if Stephen Daly was holding the Indiana defense back like by hogging all those tackles for loss, keeping his teammates from making plays. Yeah.

[Bud Elliott]

Bud.

[Danny Canel]

Yeah.

[Bud Elliott]

How's this looking for the blue chip ratio? I just saw a stat.

[Tom Fornelli]

Yeah, it's gonna be interesting.

[Bud Elliott]

55, 4 and 5 stars on Oregon's rosters, only 8 on Indiana's.

[Tom Fornelli]

And honestly like that's where I think if I put their transfer ratings in.

[Bud Elliott]

They dropped. Right, Right.

[Tom Fornelli]

That's just wild.

[Bud Elliott]

Like, so that is where I just. And I've always favored you guys. Know this vlog has been on here. I've always like we do coach the years. I'm always like trying to give like when Pat Fitzgerald was at Northwestern when what's his name, was it Duke Cutcliffe? It was like I always had it like those guys maximize so much of what they get with their players. But it was always like you're throwing homage to them and you're paying homage to what they're doing. They never did this and I know it. I know it's a different era, but he's any. They are paying for players. But it's still pretty remarkable to do it with this cast characters and going against all these teams throughout Ohio State's roster which might be the most stacked in all of college football. It is so impressive. That to me is where I'd have no problem whatsoever saying Kirk Signetti is the best coach in college football.

[Tom Fornelli]

I mean, they're coaching circles around everybody. I, I, if you're not voting him number one, I, I think that's like drug test, like, look, look at these results.

[Danny Canel]

Should Indiana be drug tested? This is what the fans of teams who have lost to them the last few weeks asking people.

[Chip Patterson]

The off season, and certainly the off season will provide time and January 19th will provide an exclamation point one way or the other. But if somebody fills out their coach ballot and they decide that Kirby Smart and an equally impressive collection of wins, winning percentage and two national championships is worth being number one on their ballot, I'm not going to tell them that they're dumb.

[Danny Canel]

Yeah.

[Tom Fornelli]

Are one of you planning to do that?

[Chip Patterson]

I hadn't thought of it. We don't have it. It's an incomplete data set.

[Danny Canel]

That's fair.

[Tom Fornelli]

You know, we all have to vote.

[Danny Canel]

If they lose by 30 next week, I'm voting Mario number one.

[Chip Patterson]

Yeah. What about what Mario has done, huh?

[Danny Canel]

Mario might win a national title before he wins the acc.

[Bud Elliott]

Yeah.

[Tom Fornelli]

Yeah. I do think, like, getting a bunch of really experienced, like good college players is obviously a much more viable strategy now. The talent is spread out in the sport so much, especially if you pair it with the number one over quarterback. Like last year, Indiana was a good team that had a real favorable schedule and without this, you know, kind of quarterback, like Notre Dame stomped him out. Right. Ohio State stomped him. This year they're like, way better. I think most of that is Mendoza. You know, they're a little bit better on the offensive line, but like him making some of these throws and just never making any mistakes is nuts. They're just like, they're like playing the computer.

[Chip Patterson]

It's impressive stuff.

[Tom Fornelli]

Just so prepared.

[Bud Elliott]

Yeah.

[Chip Patterson]

Number one team in the country. They were that. They, they have been the team that just has outplayed everybody at almost every turn. Iowa thought they had them. Penn State thought they had them. They wiggled out. And then against even more dangerous teams, they've looked even better. The narrow margins of the Big Ten championship might be a fun revisit and a fun rewatch as we prepare for the national championship. That was just 13 to 10 and a game that kind of required Mendoza to sweat a little. That was also a great game for Indiana's defense, which continues to show up here. You know, they give up the late touchdown that Bud's very happy about for, but for three and a half quarters, for almost every snap, Indiana's defense won against Oregon's offense and that's just continue like that. That's not just. You've got the number one quarterback. That is a group that is well prepared, dialed in and executing at the highest level. So I'm very interested to see where this goes so far. We do have, I believe a point spread here. We'll, we'll offer our official picks much closer once everybody has time to, you know, crunch the numbers, grind the tape and things of that nature. But at seven and a half, we lay in it. Or would you go Miami? What do we do?

[Danny Canel]

We were asked in Slack earlier this evening for our picks ahead of time if we knew what they were. And I told them as long as the spreads under 10, I'll take Indiana.

[Chip Patterson]

Look ahead was five and a half. The nature of the game has driven this up above because I bud, we might talked about it, right? The idea is like oh, five and a half. If Indiana wins, it'll probably jump out to six and a half or seven. Yeah, man, this thing might touch eight.

[Tom Fornelli]

Yeah, it might.

[Chip Patterson]

What's your lean?

[Tom Fornelli]

I mean I, I think if you look at it, I. That feels a little inflated. But India might just be team of destiny.

[Danny Canel]

Right? Let's see.

[Bud Elliott]

I almost feel like you take Indiana alt line and Miami money line.

[Chip Patterson]

Yeah.

[Danny Canel]

I mean SP plus as Indiana is 10.1 points better than Miami on a neutral field. But this is not a neutral field technically. So it depends on what kind of home field advantage you want to give Miami in the title game.

[Tom Fornelli]

According to SP plus it's probably like one. Yeah, I think that crowd is going to be pretty even.

[Danny Canel]

FPI has Indiana as only 8.3 points better.

[Chip Patterson]

I would go over under 40. 8 1/2. I might lean over with all the way that the defensive bodies continue to just start dropping left and right. Tired legs.

[Tom Fornelli]

I think I would go under.

[Bud Elliott]

Ooh, I don't know.

[Chip Patterson]

We'll see.

[Danny Canel]

We've got what, 10 days?

[Chip Patterson]

10 days.

[Bud Elliott]

Friday.

[Chip Patterson]

No, I did not.

[Tom Fornelli]

I actually did.

[Danny Canel]

Yeah. This is two Fridays in a row where I've been completely caught off guard by the fact that it was Friday. I. This time of year just completely. It freaks havoc.

[Tom Fornelli]

When does the time change again?

[Chip Patterson]

March.

[Danny Canel]

Oh, March this weekend actually. Yeah.

[Tom Fornelli]

I'm just tired of it getting dark.

[Public Service Announcer]

Six o'.

[Tom Fornelli]

Clock.

[Bud Elliott]

Good to ask Tom. What time it gets dark up there.

[Danny Canel]

Let's see. What time did it get? 4 o'.

[Chip Patterson]

Clock.

[Danny Canel]

We're getting a little more daylight. You know, now that we're past the. The solstice There. Yeah, it's not as bad as it was, but let's see sunset tomorrow. Oh, hell, you taking so long to load now? Anytime I need. Yeah, sunset was at 4:40, so lots of daylight.

[Chip Patterson]

Yeah, bro, I. I am curious to see. We're going to make a big deal out of the home field advantage for Miami. That's. That's going to be a lot of. I mean, I don't know, like, Danny, you could maybe speak to this. I feel like that's going to be a lot to handle for 10 days. I'm not gonna. I'm not gonna declare home field disadvantage, but it might. It might be one of those games that you almost wish it was away, you know, you almost wish that you got to pack up the whole program, take them to the hotel and, you know, have a barrier for entry for what it's going to take for them to be distracted, you know?

[Tom Fornelli]

Yeah.

[Chip Patterson]

Yeah, we'll see. Immense challenge, I would imagine, for that whole program to try and replicate whatever you've done in the preparation process, but all in your backyard when the whole city is going to be on fire, you know? Yeah, it's gonna be a lot. Did I see Nevin Shapiro on the sideline last night?

[Bud Elliott]

Probably.

[Chip Patterson]

I think he got out of jail recently. I think that somebody was like, point out though, somebody did it.

[Tom Fornelli]

He's had a podcast, hasn't he?

[Bud Elliott]

Yeah, talked to him a week ago in person. I did ask him if he was going to or if he was at the Cotton bowl, and he said his parole officer wasn't. It was on vacation, so he couldn't go.

[Danny Canel]

Was the athletic director at the time. What was her name? I can't remember.

[Bud Elliott]

Donna Salela.

[Danny Canel]

Yeah, Donna.

[Tom Fornelli]

No, she was the president.

[Chip Patterson]

She was the university.

[Danny Canel]

Oh, yeah, we seen Donna. I mean, if I feel like Nevin's there, her and him and Natana should be hanging out. Yeah.

[Tom Fornelli]

Was the president Hocut?

[Chip Patterson]

Kirby? Yeah, because it was Kirby Hocut, then Blake James, then Dan Radakovich.

[Tom Fornelli]

Yeah.

[Chip Patterson]

For your Miami AD succession line.

[Tom Fornelli]

And Paul D. Before that. Or was there a guy between Paul D. And Hocut?

[Chip Patterson]

I just remember Paul D. Was the one who got all high and mighty about Reggie Bush on the committee on infractions.

[Danny Canel]

Over. Under. On. Number of retired porn stars at the game.

[Chip Patterson]

Half.

[Danny Canel]

Over. Over.

[Bud Elliott]

Well, wait. Way over.

[Danny Canel]

Let's take in the alt life.

[Tom Fornelli]

Yeah, that. That's an all I'd smash. Well, no pun intended.

[Chip Patterson]

What is the definition of star?

[Danny Canel]

Well, if. If everybody knows her name, that's probably. Yeah.

[Chip Patterson]

Yeah, yeah. Like every everybody that was lying to everybody that they were watching the game with. Like, I don't know who that is.

[Danny Canel]

Why do they keep. Never seen her before in my life.

[Chip Patterson]

A bunch of liars. I heard that. All right. We will, as you can imagine, be continuing our look ahead to the national championship game. More on what it means for Indiana as a program, as a school, but also getting inside the nitty gritty of the matchup for Indiana and Miami in the national championship game January 19th, Hard Rock Stadium. And you can follow him on Twitter at Tom Fidel, you can follow him at Danny Canel. You can follow him at buddha3. Follow me at chip underscore Patterson. Gentlemen, thank you very much.

[Danny Canel]

Thank you.

[Bud Elliott]

See you.

[Chip Patterson]

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