Ohio State-Michigan, Alabama-Auburn, ACC CFP Chaos and MORE | CFB Week 14 Reactions

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See Ball Get Ball with David Pollack

Episode: Ohio State-Michigan, Alabama-Auburn, ACC CFP Chaos and MORE | CFB Week 14 Reactions
Date: November 30, 2025
Host: David Pollack (w/ Brent Rollins & West Blankenship)

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Overview

This episode marks the end of the regular season in college football, with David Pollack and crew reacting to pivotal games, playoff implications, controversial officiating, and coaching drama. They deliver passionate, detail-rich breakdowns of the biggest matchups (Ohio State-Michigan, Alabama-Auburn, and others), dissect playoff scenarios, and reflect on the chaos—and glory—of Week 14.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Ohio State vs. Michigan — The Game

• Narrative: Ohio State finally breaks a multi-year Michigan losing streak, showing resilience and executing an aggressive, balanced game plan.
• Ryan Day’s Mindset:
  “We’re going to be attacking from the jump.” (10:02, West Blankenship)
  The team’s confidence and urgency were clear from their first snap.
• Julian Sayin’s Performance:
  After a rough opening (INT on the second play), he ignites, going 19-of-22 for 233 yards and 3 TDs, adapting impressively to snowy conditions.
  “California kid, you kind of worried about that. Like, how does he handle the snow? But it was a convincing performance.” (04:27, West Blankenship)
• Controversial Jeremiah Smith TD:
  Debate on whether it should’ve been a TD or a touchback due to bobbling at the goal line.
  “He bobbles the football and then by the time he possessed the football, his foot was out of bounds.” (04:39, West Blankenship)
  “I think he crossed the goal line with the ball pinned against his chest… it was a touchdown.” (05:25, Brent Rollins)
• Statistical Quirk:
  Once again, the team with more rushing yards wins—with OSU’s 186 to Michigan’s 100 continuing a 24-year streak.
• Takeaways:
  • Ohio State’s O-line finally held its own, protecting Sayin.
  • Michigan’s heavy counter run schemes worked early, but couldn’t keep up with OSU’s overall firepower.
  • Ryan Day celebrated with emotion and underscored the importance of physicality and learning from prior losses.

2. Alabama vs. Auburn — The Iron Bowl

• Theme: Classic Iron Bowl drama as Auburn rallies from 17-0 down, but Alabama snatches victory thanks to composure, talent, and big calls in big moments.
• Auburn’s Resilience:
  At 17–0, “Auburn is mathematically eliminated,” but they storm back, tying 20–20 by the fourth.
  “Kudos to Auburn for continuing to fight… 17 Atkins, the dude’s a tackling machine.” (15:43, West Blankenship)
• Quarterback Play:
  Mixed reviews of Aston Daniels, who started badly but made big plays later.
• Officiating & Critique:
  Soft roughing/personal foul calls disputed:
  “My wife… was like, oh, my Gosh, that’s soft. What are we playing, patty cakes?” (18:04, West Blankenship)
• Alabama’s Gutsy Decisions:
  Critical fourth-down conversions, aggressive calls by Kalen DeBoer.
  “Humongous call, humongous play.” (19:22, Brent Rollins)
• Ty Simpson’s Impact:
  Off-platform throws, scrambles, biggest factor on late drives.
  “His step back tonight was Steph Curry-esque.” (20:48, West Blankenship)
• Bama’s Run Game Woes:
  Still inconsistent, with likely injury absences next week.
• Playoff Picture:
  Nation was “cheering against Bama” (23:27, West Blankenship), making it a national event.

3. Playoff & Championship Picture Across Conferences

Big Ten

• Ohio State and Indiana to face off, both undefeated, both still likely in CFP regardless of result.

Big 12

• Texas Tech and BYU win their way into the championship. Texas Tech quietly hits historic 11-wins, with their defense highlighted as “flipping dirty.” (43:18, West Blankenship)
• Big 12 playoff picture: Texas Tech considered in even with a loss, BYU in if they win over Texas Tech.

ACC – The Chaos

• Unexpected: Duke gets into the ACC title game after chaos with SMU losing to Cal, Virginia winning big, and Miami left on the outside looking in.
• Virginia’s Big Offseason:
  Massive investment, “they spent $20 million,” hired a GM, brought in QB Chandler Morris (46:02, West Blankenship).
• Duke’s Cinderella Run:
  First time in ACC title game due to tiebreaker madness.

CFP Bubble Teams – Controversy

• Multiple teams with 10-2 records (Miami, Alabama, Notre Dame, Vandy) on the fringe, with the guys noting the heartbreak for Miami if left out again despite big wins.
• Notable stat:
  “Head-to-head seems to matter for everybody but [Miami].” (47:52, West Blankenship)

4. Teams and Players of Note

Oregon Ducks

• “Defense was lights out” harassing Demond Williams, containing Washington’s playmakers and forcing turnovers.
• Dante Moore praised for poise and playmaking; even with subpar run game, offense produced. “Dante Moore never blinks. He’s a flatliner. His pulse is like 20 all the time.” (35:54, West Blankenship)
• Benson’s run and hurdle:
  “That was a dirty catch and the jets that he… the hurdle was dirty.” (37:44, Brent Rollins)

Oklahoma

• John Mateer: another “up and down” game, rescued by defense and a lucky screen pass for TD.
• No red zone trips but win with explosive plays and timely turnovers.
  “The offense is way too up and down, but the defense just continues to ball and every time they need it, the defense comes up with it.” (29:56, West Blankenship)
• LSUs woes: coaching questions with Van Buren, player miscues, and doubts about Lane Kiffin’s situation.

Vanderbilt

• 10–2 for the first time in program history; offense “we will never see again” due to unique QB-year eligibility situation.
  “We’re not going to see what we’re seeing ever again at Vanderbilt.” (52:20, West Blankenship)
• Pavia’s “freaking ridiculous” command of RPOs, “durability,” and creative playbook.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Ohio State’s Turning Point:
  “The difference between this game, Brent, and all the other Michigan, Ohio State games. … Julian saying had time to throw.” (07:04, West Blankenship)
• Iron Bowl Madness:
  “Auburn fought their way, clawed, scratched, got back into the football game, tied that mother sucker up like 20 to 20.” (16:24, West Blankenship)
• Auburn’s Defensive Standout:
  “17 Atkins, the dude’s a tackling machine… looks like Nicoby Dean.” (15:43, West Blankenship)
• On NCAA Calendar:
  “It’s the stupidest calendar in the history of the world. You can’t have free agency, the draft, and the playoffs all at the same time.” (25:45, West Blankenship)
• Virginia’s ACC Investment:
  “They took a $20 million budget… went to go win. The first year, they do it for Tony Elliott and company. They’re in the ACC championship game.” (46:02, West Blankenship)
• Dante Moore (Oregon):
  “Dante Moore never blinks. He’s a flatliner. His pulse is like 20 all the time.” (35:54, West Blankenship)
• Vanderbilt’s Unique Season:
  “We’re not going to see what we’re seeing ever again at Vanderbilt. Like we’ll never see this again.” (52:20, West Blankenship)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [02:29] Season wrap-up, opening with Ohio State-Michigan reaction
• [05:27] Jeremiah Smith TD controversy
• [06:04] The ongoing “more rushing yards” stat
• [08:26] How Michigan attacked OSU early, Ryan Day’s postgame emphasis
• [09:09] Michigan’s disappointing but promising season
• [10:02] Ryan Day’s aggressiveness and coaching lineage
• [11:27] Next week’s Big Ten showdown preview
• [15:21] Iron Bowl breakdown and Auburn’s comeback
• [18:04] Officiating critiques, “soft” penalties
• [19:22] Alabama’s bold 4th down call
• [21:42] Jam Miller injury and Bama’s run-game woes
• [23:45] TV ratings, national rooting against Alabama
• [25:04] Lane Kiffin coaching speculation, calendar rant
• [29:55] Oklahoma’s ugly but gutsy win over LSU
• [35:54] Oregon’s defensive dominance and Dante Moore praise
• [43:18] Big 12 clean-up, Texas Tech’s historic season
• [45:27] ACC chaos, Virginia and Duke’s dramatic inclusion
• [47:52] CFP bubble drama, Miami’s heartbreak
• [52:08] Vanderbilt’s historic season and Pavia's impact

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Tone & Style

The discussion stays lively and unfiltered, marked by candid assessments, lighthearted jokes, and the crew’s football nerdiness. There’s a genuine enthusiasm for the game’s chaos and a perceptible sense of camaraderie and competition between the hosts.

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For Listeners Catching Up

• You’ll get:
  • Sharp X’s and O’s insight, especially on QB play, line performance, and scheme wrinkles.
  • A clear readout on conference championship ramifications and the CFP picture.
  • Entertaining, sometimes pointed, riffs on officiating, NCAA decision-making, and the “suffering” of bubble teams.
• Don’t miss:
  • Memorable quotes on coaching and program-building mentality (especially Ryan Day and Lane Kiffin segments).
  • Their genuine appreciation (and skepticism) for this season’s underdog and surprise teams (Vandy, Virginia, Duke).

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Next up:
Monday’s episode, with a full deep-dive on the playoff rankings, who’s in, who’s out, and more trademark, hard-edged analysis from Pollack and team.

Transcript

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[Brent Rollins]

And how about that Polack interception in the end zone?

[West Blankenship]

Well, it's David Pollack and I think people are going to learn what kind of ballplayer he is. He's got a heart of a lion.

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[Brent Rollins]

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[West Blankenship]

All right, man, we wrap up. We wrap up the the last week of the regular season and it was a good one, man. And you think about all the teams that Are sitting there cheering for Auburn. Auburn's never had so much support in their lives with everybody on the periphery of the college football playoffs sitting there watching, trying to get in the mix. But first we'll start with the game. We'll start with Ohio State. Michigan, a monkey that's been on the back of Ryan Day. Like you could see the agony of Ryan Day the last couple years. Like it literally hurt. It took his, it took his soul. And when he, and when he talked about winning the coin toss, like I love the way he came out. They deferred. Um, but he said we're going to be attacking from the jump. First play, deep shot to Carnell Tate miss. Second play int. Second play is an interception. And then first play for Michigan, big long run, 30 plus yards. And it literally felt like here we go again. Like how is Michigan was a 20 point dog a year ago. They come out the gates, they get up six to nothing and then Ohio State quickly says hold my beer and quickly shows you why they were the best, why they are the best team, the most complete team in the country. I thought they managed the emotions well to manage the negativity. Man. Of all the four years of the bad stuff, you know, losing in a row to Michigan, to the slow start to come to bouncing back and Julian saying, you know, bouncing back to, he goes over to and then is absolutely on fire. The rest of the game barely misses. And I think he went like 19 of the next 22 to finish with three touchdowns. 2:33 in bad weather. California kid, you kind of worried about that. Like how does he handle the snow? But it was, it was a convincing performance. I thought the Jeremiah Smith touchdown will be talked about for a while. I know it was, it was talked about on my social media a lot after, after I posted it because to me that was clearly a touchback. Brent. I, I, I clearly thought that was a touchback. Like he jaw, he bobbles the football and then by the time he possessed the football, his foot was out of bounds. Like I didn't, I didn't see any other way. You have to have, in order to break the plane, you have to have possession of the football. He didn't have possession of the football to break the plane. So I think that's the argument you hear some people say. But if the ball is moving and coming out of your hand and then you grab it as your foot's out of bound and you're floating like I thought it was clearly a touchback.

[Brent Rollins]

The only way one it was called a touchdown on the field. That was.

[West Blankenship]

Yeah, which.

[Brent Rollins]

That was. That was a big part.

[West Blankenship]

And that's usually the way it works, which is fine.

[Brent Rollins]

I also thought there was a split second where, okay, he initially lost the ball, and then he pins it against his chest as he's crossing the goal line. And for a millisecond, he. I think he crossed the goal line with the ball pinned against his chest, takes into the end zone, then sort of re. Bobbles it. And if we, you know, if he had two hands on it, crosses the plane and then loses it, everybody's like, oh, it's a touchdown. Yeah, it's just for that millisecond that he had it pinned. I think he had sort of his palm like, or, you know, his hand around the ball, pinned against his chest, cross the goal line, then rebobbles it. So I actually thought it was a touchdown.

[West Blankenship]

It clearly didn't decide the game anyways. Like, it's not like. It's not like that would have mattered. You know why, Brent? Because it's very simple. And I told you, 186 rush yards to 100 rush yards. How many years do we need to do this, Brent? We're going on 24 now. 24 straight. You want. You were cheering against my stat, weren't you?

[Brent Rollins]

I was so hoping. I was so hoping. Here's the thing. Here's what I did. After the first half, Michigan had 108 rushing yards and Ohio State had 76.

[West Blankenship]

Yeah.

[Brent Rollins]

Before Ohio State had the ball late in the third quarter, they were up 24 to 9 or 27 to 9 or something like that. And they had 20 more rushing yards than Ohio State.

[West Blankenship]

Yeah.

[Brent Rollins]

So, but, but, but one correlation does not equal causation.

[West Blankenship]

One more is one more. One more is all that matters.

[Brent Rollins]

It pains me that this, that it worked out this way for you, but.

[West Blankenship]

Yes, I love it so much. Just keep. I mean, we'll just keep the stat running every single year. I love it. It'll be like a running joke. But here's the thing about Ohio State weapons. The difference between this game, Brent, and all the other Michigan, Ohio State games. You know what the difference is? Julian saying had time to throw the football. The edge pressures the last couple years, man, it's been relentless. Like, you've seen it time and time again. They created balance. More importantly, they kept saying upright. They kept him protected. Then they could use their weapons down the field. So, like, this offense, this offense isn't lacking anything. Like, it's. We talked about it week one, like just the the way that they're going to have the ability to do this with all of their weapons with a QB and as it continues to grow with Bo Jackson jumping in the mix throughout the season, Julian saying continue to get better. Ohio State clear in a way the best team in the country. Not picking against them in the playoffs. I go ahead and say that right now. We'll go ahead and throw that out there. Like I don't think either one of us are going to do that because we learned our lesson a year ago too. That was stupid by us to do it. But they also finished the season limping.

[Brent Rollins]

So you talked about the pressure and we. And we sort of talked about that in the pre game. Can they legitimately pressure him because it'd been done so little up to this point. 2 of 26 drop backs. Sam was pressured just two well and.

[West Blankenship]

It'S really good offense. It's really good offense. It's balanced offense. Now. Now here's what I'll say about Michigan. What I really, really liked. Michigan got the run game going early. Really heavy counter, really good counter into.

[Brent Rollins]

The short side of the field.

[West Blankenship]

I think that's something that you'll see copied. Like I think you'll start to see more of that from. From people that play Ohio State. Now listen, the back's got to be patient encounter and so. And you can the QB as well if you have a good running QB to. To do that. But the Ryan Day interview after the game, I absolutely loved it. He immediately mentioned the line of scrimmage, toughness, physicality. Like he got tired of hearing Yalls Boshy. Right. Like tired. Y'.

[Brent Rollins]

All.

[West Blankenship]

Y' all keep coming at me with all this crap. Like we just. We just pan. We just paying them. We just absolutely frying pan to the head. We did everything we needed to do. He even. I thought he was going to cry for a second. Like you could see the. The emotion was real. Michigan, extremely disappointing season. And guess what? Still pretty good man. Still ranked true freshman quarterback. You found a superstar wide receiver to go with your superstar quarterback in the future. You played six freshmen on offense that were starting today. Like this is about, you know, upward trajectory building you. Yes, definitely. Now listen, your schedule was. Was very nice this year. You avoided everybody in the Big Ten pretty much. So you didn't have to add losses to it. Except for. For usc obviously. And then you played Oklahoma at a conference.

[Brent Rollins]

But they won the games they should have won. They lost the games they should. They probably should have lost.

[West Blankenship]

Yeah.

[Brent Rollins]

Actually when you. When you think About But Ryan Day to your comment is, is what you said in the beginning. Like I, I typed that out as a note. First thing when he said we're going to be attacking from the jump because that reminded me of Kirby against tcu. What are we going to see today? Coach before the national champion. And he was like aggression, you know because it's just when you have that level of confidence as a coach in your team and you know you're good. It comes out in these interviews. I think very much so. Especially before the game versus coach speak.

[West Blankenship]

But also Ryan Day won a championship because he learned from the Michigan game he learned to be aggressive. They kept the pedal to the floor the rest of the off season like last week, last year, the postseason they, they kept the pedal to the floor. That's why they won. That's what they did today. Like 4th down opportunity pedal to the floor throwing the football pedal to the floor. Like stay aggressive 100%. And next week we get an amazing showdown. Two undefeateds high flying offense with Mendoza in Indiana versus a suffocating defense. You know Indiana affected Dante Moore & Co. Which most people haven't been able to do with Oregon. So can they affect Julian saying and how do they, how do they play this passing offense? It will be an absolute stupid showdown next week and both teams are still going to be in the playoffs. But I think both teams want to win that Big Ten championship and.

[Brent Rollins]

Especially Ohio State given how much they've been kept out of that game in.

[West Blankenship]

The Ohio State doesn't didn't have a player on their roster that had beaten Michigan. Not one single player on their roster had beaten Michigan till today. Like they want a natty. They didn't win a Big Ten last year. They, they just, they just took care of Michigan take care of the Big Ten championship game. Go try to repeat and it's been a heck of a retooling for, for Ohio State. Oh IO has absolutely dominated a.

[Brent Rollins]

Couple quick things college football. The run by Bo Jackson, the stutter hesi on the on the run sort of outside zone that he had was unbelievably awesome. And then two, I was proud of the refs that they didn't eject the kid for the headbutting.

[West Blankenship]

Thing. I don't know about.

[Brent Rollins]

That. Like I mean there's an emotion.

[West Blankenship]

There. Well that was a completely no emotion that ever allows you to. If you touch a ref you're kicked out of the game. Like Broski gave him a little.

[Brent Rollins]

Headbutt. Like I, I was, I was, I was like, okay, you know, at least he didn't, you know, Penalty. Yes. But you know that I was. I was kind of okay that he.

[West Blankenship]

Didn'T. Yeah, I mean, listen, I'm fine with it most of the time. That's their egos, right? Like their egos are going to get.

[Brent Rollins]

Involved. And you did that to.

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[West Blankenship]

Waiting. All right, let's get to the Iron bowl because it was absolutely fantastic it looked like Auburn was about to absolutely wipe or get wiped off the face of the earth. Alabama, everything in sync. Auburn down 17 to nothing. Auburn's passing game, that they've proved to you what they, what they've been throughout history. Like, no way they can come back. I thought in my head, I'm like, all right, 17 to nothing, Auburn is mathematically eliminated. Like, they can't score enough points to get back into this football game. And boy, did they ever, man, like, kudos to Auburn for continuing to fight Aston Daniels. I was ready to bench him. I literally was like, all right, can we get Deuce. Like, can we get something else in here? Several three and outs to start the game. 20 yards in the first quarter, nothing going. And then all of a sudden it did get going and they had a big punt right before that when they're down 17, where I thought, man, maybe this is the time to be aggressive. They punt it, they get a stop. And how about the defensive playmakers for Auburn? Like, every game you watch, man, if you watch 17 Atkins, the dude's a tackling machine. Like Kirk compared him to the same guy that I always think he is. He's Nicobi Dean. Like, he literally looks like the same guy all the time. And the number helps, but he looks a little bit smaller, but flies around, blitzes, makes make plays all over the field. What are the best players like to find the football in college football? Falk was out there doing his thing. You know, it was, it was, it was, it was fun to watch them be aggressive. They weren't scared of Alabama's weapons. Ryan Williams. I think we'll have to figure out what's, what's going on with that because he wasn't playing much. But Auburn fought their way, clawed, scratched, got back into the football game, tied that mother sucker up like 20 to 20. And you think, you know, you think, who's going to make a play? And listen, when it came down to this point, I mean, it's the reason that I picked Auburn or Alabama. Excuse me, like, you knew Auburn was going to find a way to mess it up. Like, it's going to always happen. But the receivers did not help. Mr. My man Daniels out, man, like so many drops, missed opportunities. Now Malcolm Simmons did that boy. Like, we don't talk about him enough. Malcolm Simmons, number four for Auburn. Every time he touched it, the dude was going fitty, like he was making plays after the catch. Long strides. My wife Brent looked at me after the roughing, the passer call and was like, oh, my Gosh, that's soft. What are we playing? Patty.

[Brent Rollins]

Cakes. That's.

[West Blankenship]

A. That was verbatim. Said, like, Lindsay knows ball. She said soft. What are they doing playing patty.

[Brent Rollins]

Cakes? So.

[West Blankenship]

Soft. So soft. Like, I don't think it should.

[Brent Rollins]

Have been rough in the.

[West Blankenship]

Passer. No, it shouldn't be because it was one step. It was one step. Like, you get two steps. Two steps. It's like in basketball. Think about it. You only get. You get two steps. It's a. Like, beyond two steps. It's a travel. Like, if you're coming in with a lot of momentum, they're not going to let you hit the quarterback after he threw one step. You're good. Like, it was. It was a horrible, rough one. Now the one where. Where Atkins went low and got his legs. Anything under the knee is a flag. Like, I'm talking about when five got ejected for targeting. I'm like, yeah, my wife said soft and that. So I just. If she's gonna say that, then, then I'm definitely gonna agree with her on that.

[Brent Rollins]

Too. But Ty Thompson, when it matters, that was the difference. And also we have to talk about that. Call the. Go for it. Call the. You know, Kaylin DeBoers, you know, says, you know, all right, Kirby, you got the cajones for what it is you're doing here. No, no, no. That, like the ripple effects if they get stopped right there. Auburn goes down and kicks a field goal and gets to my.

[West Blankenship]

Predicted. I thought it was 2320.

[Brent Rollins]

Call. I was shocked they went for. Well, I was shocked that they went for it in the moment, but humongous call, humongous play. But here's the.

[West Blankenship]

Thing. Hey, Mr. Numbers Guy, Mr. Analytics Guy, why did they kick a field goal earlier? Like, they had fourth and three inside 10. I literally, I've never seen Alabama all this year, I'm like, all year they've gone for this. Like, they've been hyper aggressive. And so I went in my head, I'm like, all right, every game's different. They don't think they can score. They probably think 17 gets them. Gets them a wrap. You know, 10 gets him a rap. Like, I think that they were playing the who they're playing opponents game. But no. And here's another thing about Alabama. I'm going to be so curious because I me and you are losers, and we've watched every game. So I'm just curious because there's so many people that probably have. They have zero confidence in third and short or fourth and short to run the football it's going to be a trick play. It's going to be speed call. It's going to be. It's going to be something. It's going to be something out wide. It's going to be reversed. It's going to, it's going to be. And Ty Simpson, man, I running with his legs. Ty Simpson's ability to scramble. He had the longest run in the first quarter, which was the only thing they had going. Second quarter Alabama turns into old Alabama, starts pounding the rock and then the running game goes away. The running game is very inconsistent, but Ty Simpson scrambling was huge. Ty Simpson fade away was on fleet. He was on fire. Like his step back tonight was Steph Curry esque. Like he was floating away from pressure that he knew he knows they were bringing and he was just dropping it over their heads. Man, like I thought, I thought he was incredible off platform scrambling, making.

[Brent Rollins]

Plays. Yeah, it's. It's one of those. And you add on that last drive and I know there's all these, all these SEC fans for years have said that, you know, Bama gets all the calls kind of thing. And then that last drive when they end up going to take the lead, they get the PI call and then the roughing, the passer call like on that last drive to get the help. But Jam Miller getting hurt late in that game, like he walked off on crutches, which means he's. I mean the likelihood that he plays next week, I would bet is. I bet that he don't even play him just on purpose. But who knows, who knows what it actually can.

[West Blankenship]

Be. Honest, he wasn't that good anyways. I mean the, the run game's been bad regardless. Like if it's Hill or if it's him, like it's just not good. It's not blocked well up.

[Brent Rollins]

Front. I think he'll at least gives them chance to break some tackles and because he's.

[West Blankenship]

2:45. So like maybe that's the, that's the thing. But I tell you what, Alabama down the stretch, you know, offensively kind of leaking some oil. I think people are learning, you know, from the Oklahoma game especially too. Like we can bring pressure. Like we, if we can hold up immediately. Now listen, Ty Simpson's wheels and ability to play and Alabama's defense has gotten so much better throughout the season. Like you think about them week one versus fsu. You think about them to now like so many more playmakers, so many more guys rushing the passer obviously healthier too. Like that, that, that helps on the Defensive line getting the big fellow back in the middle. But, but Alabama doing what they've done throughout this season, Brent, and throughout, what we've seen from them from a long time, making plays in critical moments, they got the ball. They go on an eight minute drive down the field and get points. They get the touchdown like end, end of halves, like out of the third quarters to finish games. They've been unbelievable. Like, they've.

[Brent Rollins]

Been. Got the fourth down on that drive.

[West Blankenship]

Scrambling. I mean, he's just. Simpson is really, really good in the big moments. Now Oklahoma, they got him right, like, and he lost. But for the most part, you know, even before the half against Oklahoma, before the field goal got blocked, drove him down the field. So Alabama, big win. Even though the whole nation was cheering against them big time trying to get their team into the College Football Playoff. I mean, you know, Miami was, you know, BYU was, you know, Notre Dame was, you know, Vandy was, you know, Utah was. And then I, after I sent that tweet, everybody else was like, I am too. I am too. So and so fan here. So and so fan here. Yeah, I'm cheering against him as.

[Brent Rollins]

Well. I mean, will that be the highest rated game of the season because of all the fan bases that were probably against them? I mean, you might see a serious number for that game from a watching viewership standpoint. So that's, that's speaking of watching, it's like the critical moment of the game right through that last drive. And for us here in Georgia, the Powerball, like lady with it comes on with the numbers for the Powerball announcement and when you don't hear the announcers, it's like the most inopportune time for that to come on and it interrupts the game. Daniels, though, I, it was. If you're an Auburn fan, it's like, okay, that kid did some things. He's a backyard ball player. Like, he can, he can make an.

[West Blankenship]

Interesting. He's a big strong sucker. Like, big strong dude, like broke tackles. His. He, he, he reminded me of Cam Ward. And I say this from nonchalant when he takes off, like, he's very, like, he's very. I'm not going to hit the gas and go as fast as I can and then I'll spin and I'll break tackles because I'm so big. I'm 240 now, Cam, 40. Cam was not that big, but Cam Ward had that nonchalant style. But yeah, man, he made, he made plays. He made.

[Brent Rollins]

Plays. And well, now it gets, you know, what everyone should have predicted, I guess, for the SEC championship, Georgia and Alabama. It just consistently happens over and over and over again over the last how many.

[West Blankenship]

Years. Speaking of consistently happens, is Lane Kiffin. Like, are we going to. Like, are we going to get this decision at some point? Like, we heard it might be today, and then it's drawing out, maybe wanted to see if Ole Miss will make the SEC championship game with a Bama loss. Listen, all signs are pointing to lsu. Like, all signs are pointing that he's going to leave. It's unbelievable what's going to happen. This is the worst. This is the. Listen, we've talked about this, and it's worth mentioning really, really quickly for everybody who's listening for the first time because we got so many new people that join us and we appreciate.

[Brent Rollins]

Y'.

[West Blankenship]

All. Like, it's the stupidest calendar in the history of the world. The NCAA screws a lot of things up, but the timeline absolutely sucks. Like, you can't have free agency. The draft and the playoffs all going on at the same time in the NFL. The NFL is not that stupid. They would never do that. The fact that we're going through all this and coaching changes and pillaging rosters right now, about to have signing day and portal at the same time in the middle of the best season. Like, historic season for Ole Miss. Like, unbelievable season. The best season ever. And now we're trying to figure out what the heck's going to happen for the playoffs. Could you imagine that happened in the NFL? Like, it would never happen. Like, I can't even. I can't even. Because. Because if Lane goes, he's. He's going to take his staff with him. And yes. Like, there's a whole off season of nothing. Like, we've got months and months of nothing. And it makes no sense why we're sitting here waiting for this. Lane, obviously trying to make the right decision and. But I think all signs are not pointing in the right direction for Ole Miss. Like, feel bad for them. Just really, really, really feel bad for them. It's just such a great season. And I hope they get the opportunity to retain Lane, and I hope they get the opportunity to go compete and playing up. Shoot, shoot. They get to go play in a home playoff game, probably. Like, how awesome is that? So two returning starters to that. Hey, I want to tell you about, guys, about a new partner that we have here. I just set this thing up with Zapier. It's unbelievable. I set up an AI agent with Zapier that grabs the Latest, like recaps for teams that we follow, the best write ups and they send them straight to your inbox. So every Saturday, this is exactly what I do. Like, it takes all of this detail, sends it right to me. It's like having someone who sorts through all of the noise and hands me exactly what I need to review without me having to chase it down. I'm still doing the prep, but I can, I can just get the information and it flows smoother. It's actually analyzing the games instead of tracking everything manually. And then if you want to use, you know, this tool, it keeps things organized. There's nobody to talk to you actually, nobody's bothering you. So check out Zapier. There's a free 14 day trial in the link below in my description. It's freaking dope, man. It's really cool the fact that you can have somebody working for you when you don't know how to do it. All right, Oklahoma, man. I mean, if I'm an Oklahoma fan, I'm like, all right, dude. Like, I'm tired of this. Like I'm tired of having to stress through every single game. Is this going to be the game we trip up? Is this going to be the game where we don't make a play? Kudos to Oklahoma though because John Mattier gets the ball with. I think it was five minutes left. They're down three. It's 13 to 10, LSU and Mater hasn't been good. I mean, you know the thing about this offense, it's like one really good throw by Mater, one bad throw by Mater, one good throw. Not a lot of consistency. The shots down the field are not good all the time. LSU made some plays on a picket, had a nice pick, but it just. The offense is way too up and down, but the defense just continues to ball and every time they need it, every time they need a big play, the defense comes up with it and kept him in the game time and time again. John Mateer throws an interception. LSU runs it back inside the five yard line. Heck of a job hustling by Mater, making the tackle. Next play. Oh, you get to pick like literally in the end zone, gets a pick. And so, you know, I think the, the one saving grace with this offense that continues to happen time and time again. The reason they keep winning games, they don't put drives together, they put big plays together. Like they find Burks on that screen. LSU's Blitzen perfectly the thing goes down the field. Burks, they dialed up, perfect timing. Burks makes the big play that's how they get seven. Brent, Oklahoma did not have a red zone trip on offense.

[Brent Rollins]

Today. Not.

[West Blankenship]

Shocking. They didn't have one red zone trip against lsu. But, but, but Mater got the ball with five minutes left and they needed it to happen. And they go tempo and they spit it out a couple times. He goes three for three on the drive. They score a touchdown. They go up. LSU runs the kickoff back to the 50 yard line. And you think, okay, LSU, all they got to do is get in field goal range. They take off like four minutes to get a fourth down. To miss a fourth down, which was amazing. Like, the slowest operation ever. If you want to watch like, like malpractice, it's LSU's offense right now. It's just, it's, it's really bad. It's very, very ungood. But, but this Oklahoma defense just continues to, to bail them out. It might have been a rock fight, but they had the biggest rock in the end and.

[Brent Rollins]

It'S. They had to make two plays on offense, screen for the touchdown. Great call, great execution. And then the coverage bust that helped him get the touchdown there to take the lead. And then your boy Sandell, high, high and tight with the, with the pants, saves the touchdown.

[West Blankenship]

Basically. Dude, on the kickoff, that was big time. That.

[Brent Rollins]

Was. I'm saved.

[West Blankenship]

From. Hey again. Wife sitting there watching the game with him. She's like, what is he wearing? Why. Why does he have shorts on? I'm like, yeah, it's. It's a thing with this kicker. But no, he, he looked athletic and pushed him to the edge, got him to out of bounds. And so instead of LSU running that kickoff back and possibly winning the game, they had to play offense, which is never a good idea. Never. Like, they don't. That you don't want that.

[Brent Rollins]

Ever. And you think about Oklahoma, I think cementing themselves as a playoff team as much as their offense is utterly putrid. They at least have three weeks to practice and figure something out and get reps and maybe have a little bit of wrinkles here and there. Like, like it's really bad. But playing their defense, you also got to play that side of the ball.

[West Blankenship]

Too. Yeah. Did you see my. Did you see my tweet? Because our boy, it's exact. Our boy DK sent out a tweet. It was like, I can't believe I have to watch Oklahoma's offense in the, in the playoffs. And I'm like, well, I'm just, I'm really excited that I get to watch Oklahoma's defense in the Playoff. Because it's been one of the more dominant units that I've. That I've seen this season. It's been very impressive to watch them play.

[Brent Rollins]

Defense. So is that. Is that the same Danny Cannell who was talking about Florida State's defense and how awesome they were when the QB went down and that they should be in the playoffs because their defense was.

[West Blankenship]

Awesome? Yeah, that was the same.

[Brent Rollins]

One. Isn't that kind of like, the same.

[West Blankenship]

Thing? I kind of. I kind of. That's interesting. You went there. I kind of. I've kind of. I kind of like that, Brent. I like when Brent does.

[Brent Rollins]

That. A little.

[West Blankenship]

Saucy. Yeah, a little saucy, Brent. I like that. Hey, lsu, real quick. I think I'm looking, and I'm just going, okay. Is Van Buren the answer? And obviously this be there.

[Brent Rollins]

Huh? He won't even be there. Yeah, like, not if Lane's there. He ain't.

[West Blankenship]

There. Well, correct Trinidad. But. But Van Buren, he had some. He had some good play. He had the touchdown pass. That was decent. He had a scramble that was decent. That set up the other. Other big play in the red. Nice throw to trade as green. But to me, the thing that really lost me was, like, I don't know how many. I think it was like, man, I think it might have been tied. He had a scramble on third down, and he slid again. And it was late in the game, and it was a gotta have it situation. And you know me, man, that just kind of makes me all out. Like, I just. I wanted to see him lower the shoulder. Go have something. Go. Go try to make a play. I don't think you can slide late in the game. I just.

[Brent Rollins]

Don'T. I don't.

[West Blankenship]

Know. I don't love that, but I.

[Brent Rollins]

Don'T like it in general. Yeah, I'd rather the QB's dive.

[West Blankenship]

Forward. Yeah. But LSU 7 and 5 on the year. Maybe one of the more talented 7 and 5 teams defensively that you'll ever see. Good Lord. I mean, they got like you saw today. You try to throw out wide on them. You try to throw on them. They've. They've got some dudes in the interior weeks, but obviously being back is. Is a big deal for them. You see him flying around. But what could have been for LSU if they had last year's offense? I mean, just incredible. Or the year before that or the year before that, like, could have had something good, but they didn't. All.

[Brent Rollins]

Right. That won't be awkward or anything, will it? If. If he you know, if Wick comes back with, with Lane now, and now he's. That's.

[West Blankenship]

Why. That's why it's okay for him. That's why it's okay for him to go there. He's like, hey, listen, I'm gonna make my daughter happy. Like.

[Brent Rollins]

That'S. I'm gonna keep an eye. Yeah, that's a great. He's.

[West Blankenship]

Gonna. All right, Oregon. The Ducks, I think the Ducks pretty much punch their tickets so they don't have to play in the Big Ten championship game. But, man, I liked watching Oregon play today. And there was. Their defense was lights out. Their defense was really, really good. They harassed Demon Williams the whole game. If you haven't watched Demon Williams from Washington. I get so tired of people in my comments sometimes of being like, why are you complimenting Oregon? They beat Washington. Go watch Washington. Washington has a talented roster and Muhammad's just the next guy at running back, number 24. Like, if you didn't watch him today, dude's got. Dudes got some thickness in the lower half. Like, he's got that Ahmad Hardy look. Like breaking tackles like crazy. Physical as crap. Demond Williams, he's got, he's got Kyler Murray in him. Like he's got the quick juice, can throw it. And then Boston out wide. It's the trio we talked about all throughout the season, but like, really, really good man, can make plays. So for them to get to Demond Williams, to get him on the ground a bunch, to pressure him a bunch, to stop the run, to create some turnovers, like, that's impressive to me for this defense. And the secondary was. Was really, really good. And here's the thing, if I spin it to their offense, like, this is the worst rushing offense we've seen from them probably this season. It wasn't great. But here's the thing. They didn't need it to be when they did, when it wasn't great, Dante Moore was still good enough to beat you. And he spread the ball around to his guys and it was. He did a really good job. He got Sadiq and Johnson, who's an under underrated weapon at tight end, too. He's the big blocking tight end, but he made plays. But Dante Moore never blinks. He never blinks, man. He's. He's a flatliner. His Pulse is like 20 all the time. He. And he never gets too high, never gets too low. And when he needed to make plays on third down, they protected him really well. And he continued to drop dimes, continue to make good plays. Over the middle. Benson had that one catch where it was a nice run after the catch too. That kind of cemented it. But Oregon's offensive line was, was banged up. They all, I think they all played basically from what I could tell looking them up. They all, they all got in there and got action, but they did not move people like they were accustomed to seeing. But they're a team that if they don't beat you on the ground, they can beat you through the air. And Dante Moore can scramble a little bit too. Benson making plays, Sadiq making plays, Johnson making plays. A stable of running backs that run absolutely angry. Like they, a couple of times Washington defenders got up was like, oh my gosh, like, like holding their shoulders repeatedly because those backs are going to hit you in the face and finish forward. Like a check down is a seven yard play. Cause he's going to catch it, run it and then get through, plow through you and get to the next. So Oregon taking care of.

[Brent Rollins]

Business. I think you undersold Benson a little bit right there because that was.

[West Blankenship]

A dirty catching the jets that he. And the hurdle here that he hit the hurdle was dirty.

[Brent Rollins]

Like. And after the punt return a week ago where he, you know, just got rolling on the punt return, you know, against usc, like that's big time because you get Decori Moore back, you get Bryant back. Come play off time. Like I said, I still think this is a team that can win the whole thing because I, I think they, they're just that talented enough and, and the ability to one stop the run and, and then defend the run. But like you said, Muhammad, oh my. He was fun to watch today.

[West Blankenship]

That dude last week too. He, he's, he's, he's a dude, man. He's got that, he's got that build that you, that you want from running backs, man, that, that lower.

[Brent Rollins]

Catcher. No catch though. Did you think the helmet catch was a catch from McClellan? Because I thought it was a catch. I thought, I think he got screwed out of that.

[West Blankenship]

One. I don't know how the heck he possessed that one handed like.

[Brent Rollins]

That. He must have pinned it against his.

[West Blankenship]

Helmet. He must have enormous mitts though. Like the forethought to fall and catch it. Like if they ruled that a catch, I would not have been upset. Like that.

[Brent Rollins]

Was. I thought it was a.

[West Blankenship]

Catch. I've never seen anything like.

[Brent Rollins]

That.

[West Blankenship]

Awesome. I've never seen the ball like out stretched like this and hit the ground and not move like he's just got it. It barely moved. It was like, it was like, stick them. And I know those gloves are really good nowadays, but I might have got a text from. From landing tonight about the. About some of the other records, some of the other teams in different leagues tonight afterwards. But congrats to Dan and.

[Brent Rollins]

Lanny. He's such a.

[West Blankenship]

Competitor. He's. He's such a stud. He's one of.

[Brent Rollins]

The. Did you remind him to send you helmets? Need two helmets. Like, two helmets. I still gotta remember that. Come on. Remember that next time he hits you up, but he gets to rest. That's the. He's the bet. They're gonna be home and they get the rest of the. And that's not gonna be fun for somebody going to that.

[West Blankenship]

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[West Blankenship]

Waiting. All right, let's get to this. Get down the road a little bit. Let's get to the Big 12 because it looked for a second to be weird with byu. You're like, oh you UCF scoring speed was good. Like, okay, this is going to be a good game. And then Baron Company dropped 40 and run away from UCF. So that was that. They take care of business. And then Texas Tech, never a doubt. Country roads got country black roads, black eyes. They got dotted up and sent home.

[Brent Rollins]

Quickly. They had the Rodriguez, they tried to have him throw one and he threw a.

[West Blankenship]

Pick. Yeah, I love that though. Again, stat him up. Stat your boy up. But Texas Tech, 11 wins. Best season in the history of their school, which is awesome. Another shutout, which is awesome. First trip to Arlington for the Big 12 championship game. Offense still looks okay. It's the defense is clearly the most dominant side they talked about in the broadcast. Morton's in a boot most of the time and then goes and plays. So he's still getting himself back. And so having to play another game I don't think is great for him. Like, you think about having some rest, it'd probably be a welcome thing. But this offense will decide how far they go. But the defense is still just absolutely flipping.

[Brent Rollins]

Dirty. And that's the if you're looking at wrinkles next weekend like the Big Ten in the SEC championship game, I mean, I don't. I think Alabama's in regardless of a loss potentially. Maybe not. I'm not. That's one I'm maybe not certain about. But the Big Ten guys, they're in independent of the outcome of the game. BYU beats Texas Tech. Avengers that lost. They're in the.

[West Blankenship]

Playoff.

[Brent Rollins]

Yeah. And. And Texas Tech, as high as they've been, they're still. Are likely still in the playoff. So that's one wrinkle that a lot of teams are making sure that they're cheering for the Red Raiders. They're like, hey, go get, you know, oil guys, money guys, take care of business. Because we need that spot potentially. We don't. We don't want BYU taking that other spot because that's, that's a potential weakness outside of the acc, because that's a whole.

[West Blankenship]

Other. Let's get there now because. So, Big 12 set. Big 10 set. So if we will recap it for you, obviously, we talked about the Big Ten. Start off Ohio State, Indiana playing Georgia, Alabama playing for the SEC, Big 12, Texas Tech playing BYU, and then now to the ACC. How, how much goodness is this? Because, like, this is ridiculous. Like, there's so many paths that we talked about and the fact that Miami's not one of them and Duke.

[Brent Rollins]

Is. Duke is now in the.

[West Blankenship]

Game. Duke is in the ACC championship game because SMU loses to Cal. Virginia takes care of business and slaps around Virginia Tech and a nice rivalry game. Miami beat the crap out of Pitt. Played great defense, really, really good defense, but my goodness, man, Duke's in. First of all, how about Virginia? Like, round of applause, ladies and gentlemen, for Virginia, because first, they took care of business from the start. They get a deflection. Jamari Taylor does his wildcat thing like he always does. Runs in for a touchdown. Next time down, he throws a. A pop pass for a touchdown, which was awesome. Like, and then he has a throwing touchdown. The game was over. It was, it was. It was disgusting. It was a beautiful beat down. How about Virginia this offseason, though, Brent? We talked about it coming into this season. Like, they hired a general manager. They spent money in the off season, man. Like, they, they took a $20 million budget. Like, they, they went to go win. They told Chandler Morris, like, we want to win an ACC championship game. If you come here, like, talking. I was talking to Mike Gundy not too long ago. Like, they, they love that kid. They wanted him. The Oklahoma State came in, visited. All of a sudden the offers start driving up. They go to different places. And then he goes to. He goes to Virginia. And Virginia invested in football, built a program, got players, and the first year, they do it for Tony Elliott and company. They. They're in the ACC championship game. So hats off to Virginia. Man, great job spending money, joining the party. Fricking.

[Brent Rollins]

Awesome. Now it did help that they didn't.

[West Blankenship]

Play. No, no, no, no, no. Don't, don't, don't do.

[Brent Rollins]

That. I agree. But and also look, they played.

[West Blankenship]

Louisville who was in the hunt. They took care of.

[Brent Rollins]

Business. Yeah. Beat Florida State as well in that big, big time Friday night.

[West Blankenship]

Game. Everybody beats Florida State. That's.

[Brent Rollins]

Florida. But and also think about Virginia, the loss that they had. Morris got hurt and they all of a sudden couldn't do anything offensively. So the fact that they are tendencies like. I know one thing the ACC is hoping is rooting for Virginia because with Duke being in the game, Duke wins the game, the two group of five team, it's going to be JMU and the American Conference winner if Duke wins the.

[West Blankenship]

Game. And we talked about that a couple weeks ago, that that's a.

[Brent Rollins]

Possibility. And they've already played like, so.

[West Blankenship]

Miami can do nothing about it. Like there's nothing, there's nothing Miami can do. They can. Unless Miami is ranked so high that they're automatically in. If Miami's in that fighting for that 11 and 12 spot, they gone like they got to be clearly above and, and, and, and listen, Miami's got a case, man. Like, oh God, the head to head seems to matter for everybody but them. Like it just, it's, this is kind of like the Texas debate for me. Like why do we play the games? Like again, Miami's better off just playing a bunch of scrubs. Like, I just don't, I don't understand.

[Brent Rollins]

It. Well, need the Notre Dame win because they lost two conference.

[West Blankenship]

Games. True, true. But in Notre Dame not having a conference and a chance to play for a conference championship, like it'll be interesting to, to watch them too. But that, that 1011 was that 1011 spot, that 910 like Alabama now talked about mix in Miami in the mix, all those teams right there on the edge that I don't think it's a guarantee for, for anybody. It could be.

[Brent Rollins]

Anything. We talked about it in the preseason. The possibility that you'd have a sort of glutton of 10 and two teams and you've got a lot of 10 and two teams and or nine and three Texas with the Ohio State loss that are like, hey, we should be in. I know, I know one thing. The acc, the College Football Playoff, all those people, they are all Virginia Cavalier fans because having as much as you hate it and it'd be awesome for jmu, awesome for whoever wins the American Conference, North Texas or Tulane. The rest of the rest of the viewing world wants to see other teams in the game. So at least competitive, at least see competitive games for the most.

[West Blankenship]

Part. No doubt. Emez Johnson, dp. What up? The Ryan Day era is upon us in college football. You are.

[Brent Rollins]

Not. Oh.

[West Blankenship]

Yeah. You were absolutely not wrong. Goes from being like and. And Ryan Day has the highest winning percentage percentage in the history of college football as a coach. Just. No, he was set up. Was he set up to succeed? Yes. Urban Meyer set him up to succeed. There's no doubt about that. But like what he's able to done and learning on job as a first time coach and building it and tweaking it and making it his own and, and finding out how to be aggressive. Like you are not lying. You are not lying. It definitely is upon.

[Brent Rollins]

Us. Yep. And anybody is set up to succeed at that program, that's for sure. But since we get to only say it one more time. Jiren Kave, Sanga Po 31 for 43, 34 TDS, no picks in the upset of SMU. Kevin Jennings brought it back and then he went right back down and.

[West Blankenship]

Scored. Dude. Dude. And he did it against Louisville too. Remember he came down the field and scored against Louisville. I was more, I was probably the most impressed with, with their running back. He was absolutely dirty the whole game. Raphael Raphael was.

[Brent Rollins]

Awesome. Like he was Kendrick.

[West Blankenship]

Raphael. Kendrick Raphael was breaking tackles left and right. The only thing Cal doesn't do a good job of really is running the football. And he looked like an absolute superst. Like he was. He was the difference in the football game. But SMU waited too late. I love seeing my man Rhett Lashley on the sideline lose his mind though. Like he lost his mind. Got his guys engaged. They just slept. Walk. And that happens when you're in California. That's what happens when an ACC game is across the country and you're playing in California like you see in the NFL all the time when you're going multiple time zones. Like it's a, it's a. It's a big deal. Right? Like it's, it's a. It's a part of it. So. So that's for the.

[Brent Rollins]

Chaos. Here's one question for you. Which would you have said was more likely that Vanderbilt was 10 and 2 like we had discussed in the preseason. My non zero chance that they'd be in the playoff or that they're 10 and two and they don't make the playoff? Yeah, that's.

[West Blankenship]

Amazing. First but ever, first ever regular season 10 win for Vanderbilt. 21 point win on the road at.

[Brent Rollins]

Nealon. They destroyed them. It wasn't for the turnovers. It would have been even.

[West Blankenship]

Worse. Dude, they, they rushed the ball for 314 yards, like almost nine yards of carry. And let me tell you something, man, we're not going to see what we're seeing ever again at Vanderbilt. Like we'll never see this again. And it's a perfect storm. It's Pavia getting an extra year of eligibility. It's Pavia being with Beck for all of those years. What, what they're able to run offensively is absolutely silly. Like the Rolodex. And the experience with each other is so vast that they go from New Mexico to being together to now being at Vandy Vanderbilt for a couple of years. Like the RPOs that they're running and the way, the way he's. The way he sees it and feels it and rides it longer. And then they're running the QB pop pass in the middle of the field where it's a QB draw and throw it. They ran pump fake QB draw today. I've never seen that in my life. Pavia catches the snap, pumps it out wide and it's a setup QB draw. I'm like, that's freaking ridiculous. Like what they're able to do, roll out sprints, options, drop back like the rushing game with. With Pavi and Pavia's durability. Like to be. To be so shortly built and compact that he can take those hits. He can bust tackles, he can do what he's doing. He will never see this again at Vanderbilt University. Like no one can be Pavia again. But getting the extra year, suing it, suing for the extra year, that's how you get it. All you got to do is sue the NCAA and you'll get whatever the heck you want to get. But man, oh man, what a season for Vanderbilt. And out of all those teams that are on the fringe on the outside, if I'm everybody else, I don't want them. Yes, I don't want Vanderbilt because they're. Because their D today also gave up 8 yards in the second half. Harassed Aguilar just locked them down, gave up 3 points like it'd be.

[Brent Rollins]

A nightmare to prepare.

[West Blankenship]

For. Nightmare. Absolute.

[Brent Rollins]

Nightmare. And also I think after today, regular season, depending upon what happens with Notre Dame tonight, because I did see that love's kind.

[West Blankenship]

Of. Maybe love got dinged. Yeah, I can't stand that. That.

[Brent Rollins]

Sucks. But Mendoza saying Pavia love, that's that to Me is your probably four Heisman finalists. He's going to be a.

[West Blankenship]

Finalist. You said you talking outscore just about anyone. No, they.

[Brent Rollins]

Can'T. Yeah, I'll disagree on that one.

[West Blankenship]

Too. Ask Texas Tech about how that worked out when you played a good defense. I think they had 10 points like extremely one dimensional team. Don't let Kansas State defense be the barometer or this week's defense be your barometer for who you're playing. Kansas. Kansas can't stop a nosebleed most weeks. I love the Utah Utes. I love.

[Carl (DeleteMe Spokesperson)]

Whittingham. I don't.

[West Blankenship]

Know. I think this is his last year coaching probably too. I think he'll probably hang it up which he's had a heck of a career.

[Brent Rollins]

Man. I went back and watched just because I was curious. I wanted to see your facial expressions when. When I asked you or when we were talking about who can make the playoffs and I brought up Vandy and I said what if they go 10 and 2 and their only losses are to Alabama at Alabama and at Texas and you're just like. And you know. Hold on, hold.

[West Blankenship]

On. Well expressions and guess what? They're not going to make it. So I was.

[Brent Rollins]

Right. That's amazing. Still amazing when you think about the craziness of this season that that 10 and 2 even. I mean Miami potentially still being left.

[West Blankenship]

Out. So, so, so Miami's 10 and 2.

[Brent Rollins]

Again. Oh, here Wes has got it. Look at those facial. You're.

[West Blankenship]

Just. Yeah, I wasn't having will never happen again and I am jacked up for Vanderbilt fans is freaking awesome to get it. To get a once in a generational player like Pavia. Miami 10 and two back to back seasons. 10 wins for the first time since what.

[Brent Rollins]

Year? I mean are you going back to Jimmy Johnson or is this kind of a never thing that it is like a shocking thing but I know maybe Jimmy Johnson or wait no like 0102 with Ken Dorsey. Yeah, yeah that.

[West Blankenship]

Group. Yeah. I mean they've had a great in that Miami reading all those guys 10 and two again and be left out again. I mean that's golly that's. That could be. That could. That could hurt. That could sting Miami. But how about Malachi Tony just keep doing what he's doing. I mean today Malachi Toney had a throwing touchdown. So he lined up again at quarterback. He lined up at running back. He lined up in the slot. He caught a screen. He caught one over the middle. He caught one deep. He threw a touchdown pass and he had 30 yards rushing and he.

[Brent Rollins]

Had insane one handed.

[West Blankenship]

Catch. I mean it's just, he's just, he's just so much fun to watch. And they, they absolutely slapped around Pitt today. Like belt meet bottom. A sack on the first play set the tone. Carson Beck continued. I think he's at like 12 touchdowns, one interceptions over the last four weeks. Percentages are high. Like, I love that. He warmed up, by the way, without a shirt on, like, or without sleeves on. Came out there, you know, just sleeveless just to be like, this isn't cold. I'm just let letting y' all know this isn't cold. Came back and then played in sleeves. I was.

[Brent Rollins]

Like. And he also, he also had like a black turtleneck, like full head cover kind.

[West Blankenship]

Of. Yeah, them Miami boys don't like.

[Brent Rollins]

That. Hey, but like Crystal Ball said, there's no bad weather, only soft people. I saw that.

[West Blankenship]

Quote. Yeah, I, I saw that quote too. And you know what? Like, that's a dude that ain't never lived up north. Because I'm here to tell you, bro, I went to Ohio. That's some real shiznak, dog. Like that stuff, that stuff will hit you in the mouth. Like you, you can be the, the toughest mindset you want in the world, man. That thing will hit you absolutely.

[Brent Rollins]

Right. Someone who I went to college in northwest Ohio, flat as can be. Like, that class was called the Frozen Tundra. The wind is a whole other level. Like, I can stand cold. I can handle like 30 degrees and what, 10 degree. Whatever. I can handle that. I hate wind. Wind and like that just sucks. It's not good at all whatsoever. Two great days of football.

[West Blankenship]

Though. Great days, great days. And the cool thing is we get to, we get to be here this week and talk about the championship matchups. It's, it's the, the matchups will be good, but I think everybody else and all the surroundings too, there's still so much more to, to dive into and talk about. And don't worry, man, because recruiting is happening and you're gonna sign your class and like in the very near future, which is again, stupid and weird and dumb. But transfer portal, all that stuff's kind of happening at warp speed. But that's the end of the regular season, dudes. Appreciate y' all again, man. Brent, Brent Rollins every week joins me. Wes is always on here. West Blankenship. And then we keep growing. We keep grow. I keep looking at those subscribers, man. We keep growing in numbers. We keep. Y' all keep listening. Yeah, we've turned it into competitive thing. We gotta, we gotta want to get to this number. We want to.

[Brent Rollins]

Get. There's this scoreboard. So you're going to pay attention to said.

[West Blankenship]

Scoreboard. Yes, we're trying to get to 50,000. That would be fantastic. That would be. That would be our first marker of sheer.

[Brent Rollins]

Dub. We got. We need to have a lot of word of mouth during the.

[West Blankenship]

Playoffs. Yeah, we'll need a.

[Brent Rollins]

Lot.

[West Blankenship]

Sure. A lot. I mean, three big. We're trying. Hey, we're trying to make the playoffs. Okay. We got a 9, 0 chance. We're trying to. The 50 is the playoffs. That's what we're trying to get to. So appreciate you dudes for joining us. We will be back here on Monday to talk about rankings and all the stuff and we can see if your team's in, your team's out, who might have some wiggle room, who might not. But appreciate y' all joining us like always.

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