What up everybody? Welcome on in to Seaball Get Ball. You know the playoffs are around the corner. But it's championship week and with it has come obviously a lot of coaching news and coaching decisions which will be a very influential part of the playoff. And obviously everybody knows about Lane Kiffin and then Charlie Weiss, if you haven't heard yet, which I think everybody in the world's probably talking about Lane. Charlie Weiss granted the freedom to go back after a little bit of a backlash. So he's going to be LSU's offensive coordinator, but back to the Ole Miss Rebels for the playoffs, which is fantastic for the kids. How is that not a win for everybody? So now you have gold in your D.C. charlie Weiss, your offensive coordinator. It gives Ole Miss a chance like it gives them a chance to be closer to what they are normally, which, which I think is winning. So we're going to give you the picks too in this show. We'll give you that later on. But other news, Tosh Lapoy from Oregon, he's the D.C. and he's been around a lot like he's been around a lot of successful guys. Been at Alabama, been obviously with Dan Lanning for a while. Great defensive coordinator for Oregon. He's going to be Cal's coach. So again, we've seen coaches do this in the past, but you'll have to navigate this and there's, there's plenty more. We're just going over right now what's going to affect the playoff, which is crazy because there's, there's more coaching news as well. But Jamarcus shepherd, he is the, the new coach at Oregon States he Oregon State. He will be the, the Beavers leader and he's Alabama's co offensive coordinator and wide receiver coach. So he's, he's going to go out west to Oregon State to the two pack which won't be the two pack anymore. Remember they're adding a bunch of a bunch to it. They're going to add a six pack or two and they're going to actually get back to, you know, trying to be become the PAC 12 again. We didn't hear much from Oregon State or Washington State this year and so I think Brian Hartline is probably another really, really big one. What is Brian Hartline done on, on Ohio State? Man, the recruiting has been elite like play calling. You know, a lot of, a lot of credit to Ryan Day and you know, obviously, but, but he's kind of gotten the reins after Chip Kelly left. Unbelievable job. But I think Brian Hartline has proven himself to be an elite recruiter. Going to usf? Yes, please, like you're not going to a bad team. You're going to a good team with speed. Go take that recruiting usf. I think got a really, really good coach. Will Stein, Oregon OC so Oregon, D.C. we already talked about Oregon OC. We're talking about next man losing both guys. Trying to focus on other things like that's, that's big. That's a big time hit I think for Oregon. But Will Stein, Kentucky native Louisville alum. That will be an interesting rivalry, but so creative. So many players drafted. The QB development with Bo Nix to to. Now obviously you know, you've seen, you've seen Oregon just Dante Moore and them just continue to soar. The offense continue to soar. Really, really good. Coach Colin Klein, A&M's OC, Kansas State alum going back to Kansas State. Everybody remembers the glory days for Kansas State. The best teams they had was Colin Klein. Colin Klein is innovative. The QB run game is always fun because he loved to do it. Sees the game at a great level again at A and M leaving. So those, those are all coaches that are in the Power 5 or Power 4 that, that are like leaving different jobs or are affecting playoff spots. Right. Like all those people are, you know, still fighting for this whole ball of wax to go win at all. And they're going to have to deal with those things which aren't necessarily the most fun to deal with. And then you go to the G5, like all the contenders, all the teams that are, that are fighting to get in the College Football Playoff. John Sumrall at Tulane obviously built, you know, built Tulane. They've been to the championship game so many years in a row. Really, really good. I think getting Jake Retzlaff before the season was big for them. So I have his experience going to Florida, but still have a, have a chance to make the playoffs. We'll talk about their opponent, which is North Texas, which Eric Morris is their coach. And he knows he's no longer their coach now. He's going to Oklahoma State. So you're playing the game right here like this is just plug, fill this, fill this hole. Another hole opens up. We're not talking about all of them, but then Bob Chesney, JMU going to ucla. And I think a lot of people with what happened at UCLA and the momentum they got right afterwards thought they might should have stuck with who they are and what they are. But obviously jmu Signetti before that was pretty dang good. So he had some pretty good players. So interested to watch Bob Chesney, if he can go Build on some of that momentum and take that next step. But those are. I think Oregon is the biggest loser in all that. It's good for their coaches. But when you lose your OC and your DC man, like, all the stuff that you have to. You have to wear two hats during this time period. And when you put that hat on, like, you got to put the other hat on and go recruit, and you got to put the other hat on and go take care of hires and this, that, and the other, it's not an easy thing to do. So O.C. and D.C. being gone, I think that's a really big deal for the Ducks. So it's. It's part of the game. It's where we're at. But. But that's a lot. There's a lot going into that. And so that's. That's your coaching carousel update. There's going to be many mores. Many more to that that we'll add. All right, next, we're going to talk to you a little about Omaha. A lot of beef. A lot of beef on this conference championship rundown this week. 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Brent's Co-Host (possibly a football analyst or commentator) (11:58)
Indiana's defense is better. It's really, really good. But I went back and watched a lot of Indiana today. They're very good at what they do. They're very understanding of who they are. They're not going to sit in man coverage when they don't have guys that are going to sit in man coverage and be great at it, like. But when you talk about, like, reading eyes, passing off receivers, they're very good within structure. They play a ton of zone defense. And every time I watch Julian saying, and you don't pressure him, and you sit back in zone when you've got those two freaks out wide, it's not fun. Like, it is literally. Back foot sticks in the ground, ball comes out. Back foot sticks in the ground, ball comes out. Like, if you don't play, man, it's really hard to slow down the rhythm and timing of an offense. Right? Like, it's just, you're. You got guys running off the rock. And it becomes extremely easy for Julian saying, so, so can Indiana change who they are a little bit? You said battle for the Big Ten. This is a battle for the number one seed in the College Football Playoff. This is a battle for the Heisman Trophy. Like, this is the last undefeated team versus the last undefeated team. Like, this is as good of a game as it gets. Ohio State we've been talking about all year long. Indiana we've been talking about all year long. Like, who can absolutely go out here and get this dub, get that number one seed, get the Heisman Trophy. Like, that's what's at stake, man. Like, this is as big as it gets. This is so much fun to watch. The X's and O's are going to be big. The coaches are going to be big. Ohio State has way better players, way better players. It's not close. It's not debatable across the board. It's Ohio State. Slanted, extremely heavy. How does Indiana combat that? How do they. How do they even the playing field? How do they not give up big plays? How do they blitz Brent again and play zone coverage behind it to fool.
Brent's Co-Host (possibly a football analyst or commentator) (24:33)
Yeah. And get rid of all this crap like all the we're on the bubble crap like guaranteed you know because. Because again the, the. The not the Bama falling out of the top. Alabama's literally going to lose their mind because last year MSU or SMU got in after playing in the championship game. Still got in, didn't get punished and Alabama sat at home like they would lose their ever loving mind like they would go absolutely bananas. Rightfully so. I'm going to say this statement. I'm going to tell you the three most if you're. If you're taking out Georgia's offense and why they are so great and if you take the top three players on their offense. Number one is Gunner Stockton. Number two is Branch. This is level of importance to their team. Number three is Bobo who is out. It is a. It's not a small deal. It's a huge deal. It's the difference in picking this game. Gunner Stockton is growing and got more seasoned and more experience. You know how awesome it is to have a guy that can make all the calls for you and make life super easy. You want to know how much it made a difference. Go watch the Tech game. Because his backup got hurt in the Charlotte game. Like, this is. I got bad news for Georgia fans. Like, this is a big, big deal. It's not just like a little player that's kind of a piece of it. Like you could lose any other offensive player besides Stockton and Branch. And I would feel better about the loss than I do about Bobo. Like, that's how important Drew Bobo is. So to me that that's a big pendulum swing. How well do they run the football? A lot of run throughs when he left. You know, identifying fronts, making calls. Like the offensive line got worse against a not very good defense with Georgia Tech. So how does Georgia run the football? Can they run the football? Because if they can't run it, it's going to get ugly. It won't be pretty. Like, it will not be pretty. So I think Georgia's defense has improved a lot. It can keep them in the game. The blueprints for beating Alabama, if you're watching, is bring pressure on Ty Simpson, man. Like, you give him time. He's really, really good. Georgia tried week, week three or four, whatever it was, they tried to bring pressure and they never got home. So the creativity is going to have to be greater. You have to get to him. You have to take away the middle of the field to be to, to beat Ty Simpson. You have to make him throw it out wide. You have to make him throw it deep. You have to pressure him. Georgia hasn't been great at that, but also I think they were so bad to start the season. It's actually picked up and, and been more consistent, you know, lately. I'm going to give you this side. If I'm Alabama like, bro. If I'm Alabama like, I'm tired of watching the play clock run down, taking a timeout. I need to play faster. I need to put the ball in Ty Simpson's hand. I need to let him run a little bit. Like, I just, I'm going to give it to him and just like I did last time. And I'm going to say go win it. And I don't know that there's going to be enough pressure. And I think Georgia's offense is going to really, really struggle without Drew Bobo. So I have Bama, I have Bama winning this game in the rematch. I mean, I think it's going to be like a 27 to 14 game. I think Georgia is going to really struggle offensively.
Brent's Co-Host (possibly a football analyst or commentator) (55:27)
Anybody talking about it? Anybody know what's going on? Like, hey, I got a great idea. Let's go shopping. Y' all want to go shopping today? Let's go shopping for groceries. I don't know what I have at the house. I'm just going to go shopping. I didn't look. I didn't pay attention to the pantry. That's what the calendar does to you now, bro. Let's go shopping before we know how many people leave our program. It's a great idea, man. Anyways, the calendar sucks. We've talked about the calendar, and it sucks. But I just remember the day when this was freaking awesome and everybody loved it, and everybody got so excited and. And obviously, it means less. You're signing less people, and there's a transfer portal coming. But, you know, there's a lot of kids high school dreams, man, that they're getting met today. Like, it's what they've dreamed about for a long time, what they've waited for, what they've prayed for, what they've worked for. And so congratulations across the country to all the kids signing at all the universities to pursue their dreams, man, not to pursue education, to pursue their dreams, to pursue football, continue to play and make their families proud, make their coaches proud. And we will see you dudes this weekend, because Saturday we'll be here to recap all the championship games. There's going to be a bunch of them. There'll be some on Friday night, too. That'll be really, really good. But we look forward to seeing you guys here back at Seaball. Get ball. Thank you so much for rating, subscribing all that stuff, man. We keep growing, and you guys are the reason. Thank you so much. Have a great day.
