Ole Miss-Georgia INSTANT REACTION | CFP Quarterfinals Recap | CFP Semifinals Look-Ahead

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See Ball Get Ball with David Pollack

Episode: Ole Miss-Georgia INSTANT REACTION | CFP Quarterfinals Recap | CFP Semifinals Look-Ahead

Date: January 2, 2026
Host: David Pollack (Brent), with Co-host/Analyst

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Episode Overview

This episode delivers an immediate, passionate breakdown of the wild College Football Playoff (CFP) quarterfinals, with a primary focus on the dramatic Ole Miss-Georgia showdown, as well as in-depth reaction to Alabama-Indiana and Oregon-Texas Tech. David Pollack and his co-host offer their signature blunt analysis, dissect the crucial in-game moments, and set up the storylines and matchups ahead for the semifinals. The tone is energetic, deeply knowledgeable, and loaded with football nuance—including X’s and O’s, program trajectory, and what defines elite coaching and quarterback play at this stage of the season.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Ole Miss vs Georgia: CFP Quarterfinal Epic

[00:48–20:58]

Game Tempo & Emotion

• Brent (Pollack) opens by calling the matchup a "roller coaster" and "absolutely stupid, nuts, insane," noting the shift from a high-octane first meeting to a second game full of defensive grit, upsets, and late-game drama.
• Early on, both teams traded punts and field goals, but the pace, physicality, and stakes quickly escalated.

"Holy freaking cow. What a roller coaster. Georgia Ole Miss round two. The first one was nuts ... This one started with some punts and some field goals ... But man, Ole Miss, what an unbelievable job of hanging in the football game." (Brent, [00:48])

Ole Miss Resilience & Coaching

• Major praise for Ole Miss DC-turned-head coach Pete Golding: held the team together post-Lane Kiffin, delivered a masterful defensive game plan.
• Ole Miss kept balance with just enough run game (Lacy) and created adversity for Georgia through tipped passes, deflections, and interior pressure.
• Teams and fans should be "jacked up" for the way Golding managed clock and situational football.

"Pete Golding, hottie Toddy, you should be jacked up because he looks like a coach that's ready for this. And he talked about he didn't want the job, he didn't want to be the head coach. But stepping in, pushing the right buttons, motivating the guys." (Brent, [15:18])

Trinidad Chambliss: Ascendance

• Chambliss (Ole Miss QB) called “the best player on the field” and compared to an NBA Jam player “on fire”—makes crucial plays, avoids sacks, and delivers a historic performance in clutch moments, including a 13-completion streak in the second half.
• His journey: last year’s D2 championship QB, now leading Ole Miss to the CFP Final Four after starting the season as a backup.

"The dude was the best player on the field ... last year he was playing for a national championship as well. But it was Division 2. Never ... an afterthought of being the, the starting quarterback for Ole Miss. And now Ole Miss is going to the Final Four because of that dude's unbelievable playmaking." (Brent, [01:58])

Critical Game Management

• Discussion of clock management, timeouts, and fourth-down decisions late—including Kirby Smart’s controversial moves and a crucial Georgia pass play that left too much time for Ole Miss.
• Brent and co-host both argue Georgia should have kept the clock running and the ball on the ground with no timeouts left for Ole Miss.

"At worst you run the clock down. You can't lose the game at work. You're going to overtime." (Brent, [08:14])

Standout Players & Adjustments

• Praise for Harrison Wallace (Ole Miss WR, 9 catches, 156 yards, TD) and Georgia’s Gunner Stockton, though Georgia ultimately struggled to adapt defensively in the second half.
• Ole Miss’ interior DL (Eccles & Harris) dominated and changed the game.

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2. Alabama vs Indiana: A Program Statement

[21:02–32:40]

Indiana’s Physical Dominance

• Indiana is described as “the most well coached team in the country”; made Alabama look “foolish,” consistently keeping them off-schedule and dominating in the trenches.
• Bama, by contrast, appeared “soft” and completely lost their physically imposing identity.

"They made Alabama look foolish. They made it look foolish today." (Brent, [24:16])

• Indiana’s run game and schemes described as “death by a thousand paper cuts,” with playmakers like Becker and Cooper exceling.

Bama's Offensive Struggles

• Historic futility running the football (23 yards vs. Indiana, lowest since before 1980); repeated failures in short yardage summarized by the hosts: "Fourth down, in short. It's a gimmick. It's a trick for Alabama. That's what it is."
• The new backup QB showed promise, but the game was already out of hand.

Program & Coaching Turnarounds

• Indiana coach Kirk Signetti’s meteoric rise: took College Football’s “losingest program,” built a winner with largely JMU transfers, not a blue-chip roster.
• Both Indiana's coordinators deserve massive head coaching buzz.

"It's the most impressive thing I've ever seen in college football." (Brent, [30:09])

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3. Oregon vs Texas Tech: Defense Wins

[36:33–46:16]

Defensive Showcase

• Oregon’s defense gets overlooked nationally but made a statement, led by freshman Brandon Finney Jr. (3 takeaways).
• Texas Tech’s defense also held up well despite being overworked due to the offense’s futility.

"It was almost like Oregon's defense was like, all right, y' all talked about A. And y' all talked about Texas Tech the whole time. Like, just don't forget we're over here. And they were pretty good." (Brent, [41:29])

Critique of Texas Tech’s Gameplan

• Both hosts frustrated by Tech's tempo play-calling, which gassed their own defense and failed to adjust against Oregon’s toughness.
• Jokes about "running the Bourbon Bowl offense"—just kneel and let your defense rest.

Oregon's Playcalling Aggressiveness

• Dan Lanning’s boldness on fourth down: Some calls were “reckless”, some “brilliant”—required reading the game flow, not just relying on analytics.

Key Moments

• A pivotal defensive score by Oregon (Pollack-esque INT return) shifted all momentum, breaking Tech’s last chance.

"That was the straw that broke the camel's back ... mathematically eliminated ... because of their lack of offense." (Brent, [42:28])

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4. Looking Ahead: CFP Semifinals & Tournament Takeaways

[46:16–54:38]

Miami-Ole Miss Semifinal

• Contrasting styles: Ole Miss as "Mayweather" (elusive, tempo, perimeter passing) vs. Miami as "Mike Tyson" (power running, body blows).
• Trent Chambliss’ escapability vs. Miami’s aggressive defense a key matchup.

"But spitting the ball in the perimeter like that. And then Mike Tyson steps in the ring for Miami ... swinging with uppercuts ... Two totally different types of styles, both very, very successful." (Brent, [49:22])

Indiana-Oregon Rematch

• "Hard to beat a good team twice"—Oregon aims for revenge after Big Ten title loss to Indiana.
• Emphasis on coaching adjustments and understanding opponent tendencies in a high-stakes rematch.

Playoff Parity & Quarterback Talent

• For two years of the 12-team playoff, eight different semifinalists—hosts agree "maybe this is what they wanted."
• Both believe the final four features the “best quarterbacks in the tournament,” though debate ensues about who's best.

Program Trajectories

• Texas Tech, despite losing, has a bright future and is here to stay.
• Alabama's physical drop-off and the need for program soul-searching is not just a "blip."

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Trinidad Chambliss:

  "The dude was the best player on the field ... 13 for 13 at one stretch in the second half ... the story is amazing ... now Ole Miss is going to the Final Four because of that dude's unbelievable playmaking." (Brent, [01:58])

• On Indiana:

  "Indiana, they're the most well coached team in the country. Like, everything you see has purpose. Every offensive play has purpose." (Brent, [24:16])

• On Bama’s Struggles:

  "Bama hadn't had a rushing season this bad since before 1980." (Brent, [26:49])

• On Coaching Impact in Indiana:

  "That's a coach that's taught them what it looks like every single day ... that's why those players talk like the coaches." (Brent, [30:47])

• On Ole Miss’ Defensive Line:

  "Those two big boys on the inside, 52 and 51 ... man, if you didn’t watch them in this game, they can wreck." (Brent, [15:56])

• On Oregon’s Defensive Statement:

  "It was almost like Oregon's defense was like, alright, y’ all talked about A. And y’ all talked about Texas Tech the whole time. Like, just don't forget we're over here." (Brent, [41:29])

• On Miami vs Ole Miss:

  "Ole Miss wants to do body blows and they're Floyd Money Mayweather ... Miami ... Mike Tyson steps in the ring ... uppercuts and trying to hammer you." (Brent, [49:14])

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Important Segment Timestamps

• Ole Miss-Georgia Game Start & Breakdown: [00:48–10:05]
• Chambliss Player Spotlight: [01:58], [03:00], [52:16]
• Clock Management & Decision-Making: [07:30–08:29]
• Critical Fourth Down Trickeration: [17:08–18:45]
• Indiana vs Alabama Recap: [21:02–32:40]
• Signetti & Indiana Coaching Discussion: [30:09–32:01]
• Oregon vs Texas Tech Defensive Dominance: [36:33–46:16]
• Looking Ahead: Semifinal Matchups: [46:16–54:38]

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Flow, Energy & Tone

• The hosts are highly animated, weaving technical football analysis with personal anecdotes and banter.
• Takes are unfiltered, sometimes self-deprecating ("you're an idiot"), and always focused on what makes or breaks winning programs.
• Repeated emphasis on coaching, culture, and quarterback play as the differentiators in this season’s unique, parity-filled playoff environment.

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Takeaways

• Ole Miss, Indiana, Oregon, and Miami have muscled past blue bloods through elite coaching, QB play, and game management.
• Resilience, second-chance stories (see: Chambliss), and strategic in-game moves proved definitive in the quarterfinal round.
• The semifinals are shaped as both stylistic clashes and deeply personal coaching chess matches—setting up a compelling conclusion to one of the most unpredictable College Football Playoff tournaments yet.

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For fans seeking a comprehensive, inside-out look at the College Football Playoff’s wildest round yet—and a preview of what’s next—this episode exemplifies why See Ball Get Ball with David Pollack is essential CFB listening.

Transcript

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[Brent]

And how about that Pollock interception in the end zone.

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[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

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[Brent]

American, seven time Emmy award winner. Holy freaking cow. What, What a roller coaster. Georgia Ole Miss round two. The first one was nuts. It was crazy. It was back and forth a ton of offense. This one started with some punts and some field goals. So you're like, dang, this is going to be different. But man, Ole Miss, what an unbelievable job of hanging in the football game. Hanging in the football game. Georgia made some plays. Georgia's offense was extremely out of rhythm. They struggled. Gunner Stockton played a lot of backyard ball, scrambled around like crazy. Kind of. Kind of. It was kind of. And then Chambliss, you know, does the same exact thing. But Ole Miss, his defense gives up a. They fumble. Ole Miss, his offense fumbles. Georgia scoops it up. Looks like it could be getting out of hand. And Ole Miss and Golding. How about Pete Golding, man, like his first unbelievable opportunity as a head coach, you know, round one, obviously he was supposed to win. Round two, you go against Kirby Smart, the best coach in the business, and you're supposed to lose. But the defense played unbelievable. Great plan for Georgia. Physically did a great job stopping the run on the inside and then unbelievable job getting hands up, getting tips, getting deflections. Hottie Toddy playing with some juice, handling the adversity. They got enough of the run game with with Lacy going to to keep a little bit of balance for this offense. But in the end, Trinidad Shambliss, man, like this dude, we've talked about him all year long and, and how freaking good he is. First of all, first half, balls out of his hands, never takes sacks, never gets negative plays. Like this dude is the ultimate point guard. He's the ultimate dish guy. And and he didn't scramble a lot, didn't run a lot in the first half. The offense didn't find its groove. But how about the second half when you needed some plays? It was chambless with cornerbacks chasing him, you know, spinning, pirouetting three, four, five different times to make unbelievable plays. Then he, then he needs plays on a two point conversion. He makes plays like he goes 13 for. 13 at one stretch in the second half for, for Shambliss, like the dude was the best player on the field. Like, again, the story is amazing. We've talked about him a lot throughout the season. But don't forget this time last year he was playing for a national championship as well. But it was Division 2. Never. It was an afterthought of being the, the starting quarterback for Ole Miss. And now Ole Miss is going to the Final Four because of that dude's unbelievable playmaking. Like hottie Toddy in the chat. I see you. Yeah, you, you should be excited. You should be jacked up. Lane Kiffin left this team. Pete Golding held them together. The offense, the playmaking, the, the, the unbelievable fourth downs. Like the back and forth, the, the craziness. Like Brent, this was absolutely stupid, nuts, insane. I, I don't, I don't even know where to. We, we can start talking about fake punts, we can start talking about fourth downs at midfield. Like, there's so much that went into this. The clock management at the end for Ole Miss was fabulous. Like, if you're talking about Pete Golding, it doesn't matter if Georgia scores on that third down. That's absolutely the right call. Like on fourth down. On third down, you want to take that before third down, you want to take that time out on second down for Ole Miss. It's your last one. Sure you'd like to have one. And then guess what for, for after that second down, now it's a third down. And now you've saved a minute on the clock. And because of that minute on the clock, Georgia throws on third down. Wouldn't have thrown, by the way. I'd have kept the ball. I'd have done exactly what Greg McElroy said. I'd have kept the ball in second down, in Gunner's hand. In third down, I would have kept the ball in Gunner's hand. Like, there's no doubt. That's, that's exactly what I would have done. Georgia goes for the pass, leaves too much clock, and then switch on the other side too. I think Georgia got a little bit greedy late too because it's third down and five again. This is a tie game. You're going to overtime. It's 34, 34. Georgia brings the house and they throw a deep pass. And Chambla strikes again, hits him over the top, makes the big play to set him up in field goal range. And you got to get the kicker some credit for Ole Miss. Like Georgia's kicker who's all time great, the best they've ever had. He missed one from 55. Dude for Ole Miss was three for three and all of them deep at least 45 or more and one with the biggest, I mean biggest game, biggest clinch, biggest thing on the line for Ole Miss football. And he absolutely drills it. Colton Horseman, we see you on the chat. The super chat man. Bad call on that fourth down. He said. I'm sure he's talking about Kirby's. Kirby's calling fourth down to go for it where Freeman didn't know what was going on at left tackle. What a day. Like what a day of absolute football. The. The first two games were not as. Not as fun but they had some twist in their own right. But this Georgia one, Brent, the way this thing. Oh the way this thing ended. Just kind of hard to breathe then it was so up and down and so like heartthrobby and back and forth like we needed a good game because the. The first two obviously were not near as entertaining. They were still good games. They were football. It was awesome competitive games. But how about those down the stretch gate, that game right there, down the stretch making plays, roller coaster of up and down, all that stuff.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

Amazing. Just back and forth like you said back and forth game. And especially after what we've seen and even I mean Miami, Ohio State like that was kind of like that as well. But in the end like the best player like I think the summing it up, the best player on the field won the game. And this it felt very 2019 like with LSU or. And sort of that time frame 2018, 2019, 2020 where you had to have offense, you had to have that elite playmaker at QB when these other games had just been defensive struggles for the most part and dominating in one ways. But you had the elite playmaker at QB in this game. And Greg also said it best that it was like he was NBA Jam and he hit three in a row and he was on fire. Like that was a perfect way that to. Because he just made plays that he really shouldn't have made and Georgia is going to look at themselves and be like good Gosh, how did we just. We were controlling this game at that point. Once the scoop and score happens, you're up 21 to 12 and then Ole Miss goes on a 22 to 3 run. Their interior, their defensive line, I think completely changed Georgia's offense and the structure and the play calling. But the other part that you just that you mentioned that I think I understand it but I wouldn't have done it is you have to run the ball in third down, third and goal right there with them having no timeouts.

[Brent]

At worst you run the clock down. You can't lose the game at work. You're going to overtime.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

Exactly. You like you. And then the third and five call to go cover one and you know, bring guys like that.

[Brent]

Those were just, that was aggressive scratchers like you're going for the, you're going to try to get them to. You're trying to get a sack, get the ball out so you can get the ball back and be aggressive. But that cost you big time. Like big time reward there is too high. Well, so, so both those opportunities you're going to play to win. Now listen, he did on the reverse to Landon Roll Dan from North Oconee High School right down the road, throws a seed on the run, reverse fake punt. But no, I mean, I thought Kirby coached to go win and if you make those plays, it's great, but if you don't, you have a chance to lose. And man, I, I would have kept the ball. I, I would have kept the ball in Gunner Stockton's hands. I, I just, I would have done it. I, I would have ran downhill. I get the plus one run advantage. The Frazier injury was a big deal, man, because that dude has been running so hard downhill and, and making things happen. But man, there's, there, there's so many plays. There's so many.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

So I actually in my notes, I started keeping track early in the game, key plays and it's, it just. The list got too long. It was a ginormous list. But like Harrison Wallace, talk about a guy that, you know, the last time he played in the College Football Playoff last year they didn't. He didn't catch a pass because Penn State didn't throw it to receivers in the semis. And he goes for nine with 156 and touchdown and really. And was the best receiver on the field the majority of the night. I can't get.

[Brent]

You know what's crazy? You know what's crazy to me? Georgia's played this style all year long and they've they've won games and they've done what they've needed to do but Georgia got down and had to play up tempo. Georgia had to spread it around. Georgia had to throw the football against an Ole Miss secondary that's not elite. This secondary is not elite like by any stretch if you're going to make plays it's against this secondary that you can make and they did. They got down 10 that Georgia got down 10 with nine minutes left and they go on a two minute drive. Bang bang bang right down the field like unbelievable. And then you come back out and you kind of get back into the settle in what you were doing as opposed to playing pitchy pitchy woo woo chucking that thing around, spreading them out with multiple receivers they like. I I think that I think and maybe that's what Georgia gets to next year with Gunner Stockton. But it needed to do it again like you you needed to let him let it rip because in the fourth quarter they showed the numbers on the game like his, his, his completion percentage was like 88% against ranked opponents and really found a way to make plays. And how about Branch making plays and big time moments always like Kobe Young coming back was was big time. But but here's the biggest key to this game. To me Brent Georgia's defense the last five games has been elite. They'd been getting to the quarterback, been playing really really great. They were nowhere to be fined. They were nowhere to be found rushing the quarterback like the games, the twists, the stunts, they were not coming free. Ole Miss knew what they were doing a great job in protection, protecting the football. And you know what's exhausting is when you play a guy like trim it.

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[Brent]

And it's not. It's not the scramble for 32 minutes. It's the ball's out and it's. And it's five yards, the ball's out and it's six yards. The ball's out again. The ball's out again. He scrambles around, flips it to Lacy, then he does those pirouettes and those other really cool, really fun, amazing things where he's got a cornerback chasing him who should be able to catch him but still can't catch him because he just continues to make plays and run away from people and then throw it on the run and you're like, are you kidding me? Like, are you kidding me? Like a couple of those. Throw the one over Ellis Robinson, like on the run to his right and he drops it in the bucket when Robinson was undercutting it. But God, just how about the irony of Lane Kiffin being gone and Ole Miss now doing this.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

Like, I mean we talked about when it happened that, hey, I know he go win it with this team.

[Brent]

And I know he got it. I know he got a million dollars, I think or whatever. Another big, another half a million dollars for, for this win because, because of the contract. But I mean, Pete Golding, hottie Toddy, you should be jacked up because he looks like a coach that's, that's ready for this. And he talked about he didn't want the job, he didn't want to be the head coach. But stepping in, pushing the right buttons, motivating the guys. Defense took three or four. I love, I love Ole Miss's plan on defense. The majority of Georgia stuff came off script, especially in the first half that they. Ole Miss didn't even rush their defensive tackles a lot of times and just mirrored Stockton and took away the middle of the field because the ball comes out so low from his hand and he throws it on the line so many times. But you saw it, man, like those two big boys on the inside, 52 and 51, man, if you didn't watch them in this game, like they can wreck the Eccles and Harris, man, they were making awesome plays.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

I was trying to look at the number of batted passes, but it's. I think it's at least like four from those two guys. Yes, it was, it was very much. And also the end game adjustments because okay, Georgia comes out and it's throwing in terms of the first couple drives, it's just throw, throw, throw, or it's RPO where Gunner is choosing to throw and then it's okay, let's settle down and run the ball. And they ran it right down their throat for, for a little bit. And then for two quarters they couldn't run the ball. The interior 50. You know, Eccles and Harris I think really completely changed the game and dominated the interior of Georgia's offensive lines. Forced a lot of edge type stuff. Forced them to be sort of uncomfortable and do things in the running game they didn't necessarily want to do. And that's when the offense got hot, is when defense got three, you know, some three and outs, things like that.

[Brent]

Yeah, all sorts of things. Well, and then you, you got the, you got the fake punt that worked and then you have the fourth down trickeration that you try and, and it doesn't matter. First of all, did you see the guy down the right sideline, Brett Humphrey being wide open on that fourth down. Like when you talk about one, the sack, you, you the sack fumble that ended up two plays later, Ole Miss scores and goes up 10. So this is a really good football game. It's a three point football game. Georgia's decides to. To go for it on fourth down. Listen, I. You run your. You have your. You forced it Ole Miss in a timeout. You run your. You run your D. Your punt team out there. You run your offense out there. Here's the thing. Freeling didn't get the memo. Like he immediately blocked down at left tackle. Something. Something happened with that ball. Shouldn't have been snapped or that was my thought.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

Did he snap it and he wasn't supposed to. That was one thing I wondered that.

[Brent]

Everybody just rats because the ball either way it was. It was bad communication and bad execution. And if you look to the right, Humphrey is running down the sideline wide the flip open. But. But here's what happens a lot of times and trust me, some defense like what happens is you. You hug all the small stuff because you're ready for that. Ole Miss was so disoriented on that. Like if Georgia would have been organized they had them. They had a chance to be successful. But that and then the end game with offense, the end game with the defense and the blitz like it was a lot of missed opportunities. A lot of missed opportunities for Georgia. When you.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

You think about the. How we've seen this game once already. So rematch and we're going to see another rematch in the semis with Indiana and Oregon. And it's like okay, one team kind of lifts up. Like we talk like with Trinidad. He had the worst passing grade of his season against Georgia in that first game. Completely changed that tonight. That might have been the best one he had all season. You know you get some tick down from the other part defense all these ways and it. You know they figured out ways to have success and adjust and adjust in game. Lacey running the ball early and this I will say this is one thing I didn't think would be that big of a deal was Gabe Harris injury. It was a big deal because it was. And it's not so much about the next guy that starts in his place. It's how they rotate so much that the next like the second drive I think that Ole Miss had and it's 96. That's in Hanny freshman. He's getting worked like so those are little things and you know targeting call.

[Brent]

Was a big one too. When you got.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

That's a huge call.

[Brent]

Listen, there's. There's a. We could talk about Bobo too. This offensive line has never been the same. The inter of the offensive line is. Is. Is totally different with. With not being. They're not as good as they were. But there's other. There's other games to get to. But the. The biggest takeaway, man is. Is Ole Miss making plays? Trinidad Chambliss. Trinidad Chambliss was the best player on the field. Who was not supposed to even be at the starting spot, was not supposed to see the field. And if Ole Miss would have stayed healthy this year at quarterback, he would have never seen the field. Austin Simmons probably would have been the guy. But this has been a magical season that continues for Ole Miss. They avenge their loss now when you go to play them, and we'll talk about that in a little bit because Miami, and that is an interesting matchup. I think it's a super interesting matchup. But made plays when it counted. Their field goal kicker came up clutch. They weathered the storm. They weathered a defensive touchdown against one of the best teams in the country. Man Pete Golding. Hail of a job. H A I L Hail of a job. Taking care of business. That wasn't the only game today, but that was by far the best one. That was by far the one, Brett. That got me going up and down and excited.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

It was maybe the best one by just a little bit. I couldn't. I mean, just a little bit.

[Brent]

Yeah, just a little bit. Because the one before that will now get into Alabama. Alabama fans, I'm sorry, we're going to have to get into it. Seven national championships for Alabama since Indiana's won a bowl game. Seven Natties third winningest program in history of college football. Second most losses in the history of college football. That's what we're talking about going in this football game. And boy, did we catch some flack. Boy, did we get attacked on social media from Alabama fans talking about Indiana was clearly the more complete, more physical team, the clearly the better team coming to this ball game. Out of all the games to pick coming in Brett, this was the easiest for me to pick. This was not a hard pick. Like, this was not one that I struggled with to pick. Like the physicality, the toughness, the answers to the problems like Indiana has been way, way consistent. They. They didn't have anything they had to prove to you yet daily injury was a part of the game that we, we had to think about for sure. But when it comes to execution and who they were and what they were, we knew exactly what they were. And it was, it was a great start for Alabama and that was about it. That went right. They got two sacks on the first three plays and it was after that, you Might as well turn it off, Alabama.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

So when the board did all that stuff just to actually go for it and run like a jet sweep. I think it was a jet sweep.

[Brent]

Yeah, because that's what they. It was a. It was a. No, no, it was a wildcat, like, jet pass. Touch pass. It was a touch pass.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

Did you write, I mean, in your notes, did you maybe write a note, game over, question mark.

[Brent]

Yeah. Because you knew it was 10 to nothing right after that and it was ball game over because.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

And not so much about the actual result, not getting it and then giving up a touchdown shortly thereafter. But to me, if that's what you're doing in that game early, it just felt like you're just in panic mode from the start and you. You aren't confident in your team and your team's probably not confident in themselves. And that was like game.

[Brent]

Well, to me, the bigger decision and the bigger thing that it's not, it's not. It just really frustrates me, especially a quarterback like Simpson who's played all year now, man, we can't slide on third down. Third down, fourth down, touchdown. I've got to get it. I don't have the opportunity to slide, like, until I get the first down. I'm not sliding. Dive, dive, head first. It's the simplest way to do it. I dive past the yard marker, I look while I'm running, dive past, gathered himself. That happened before the fourth down. And Brent, we've talked about this all year long. Have we not? Fourth down, in short. It's a gimmick. It's a trick for Alabama. That's what it is. They. They can't line up and run at you. You know who can? Indiana can. Yeah, Indiana can line up and hit you right in the mouth. And they did it over and over and over again. So then Ty Simpson compounds it, has another scramble, stays up and gets hit and fumbles the football. But like, everything about it, man, Indiana, they're the most well coached team in the country.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

Yes.

[Brent]

Like, everything you see has purpose. Every offensive, every offensive play has purpose. It's death by a thousand paper cuts is what it is, man. It's literally run downhill, run downhill, pull it, throw it. As much as. As much as we've talked about Cooper and Surratt, Becker's a ball. That dude's a bad man. Like, that dude is a bad man. Like, he's a matchup problem at 64 with the contested catches, but he runs away from people consistently. A healthy Cooper, like this idiot over here. Talked about Indiana and maybe not having speed against Ohio State. You're an idiot. You're an absolute freaking idiot. Like, Indiana's got speed. They got playmakers, they got the quarterback. And here's the thing, the most important part you need to know, they have the answers. Alabama comes out two sacks on the first three plays. Interior pressure, okay? Next possession, you know what Indiana does? Great job. Roll the pocket, roll it, throw it to Surratt. Quick screens on the outside. You want to bring inside pressure. We'll spit the ball in the perimeter right now. Quarterback. Run game like Indiana is death by a thousand cuts. The run game gets downhill right now. But the 15 plays, 84 yard drive to go up three to nothing. And it was just. It was surgical. Like, absolutely surgical. Bama could do absolutely nothing to mess up the timing to get them off schedule. Indiana stayed on schedule the whole time. Second and medium, third and short. Like, it was just absolute easiness. And they made Alabama look foolish. They made it look foolish today.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

The throw to Becker and then the catch by him where he literally covered himself in mud right off the field with all the rain that they had out there, that. That got him going. Once that. Once that happened, it was. It was all downhill from there. And with Alabama, I think one of the scariest things in football is if you use this word, are you soft? Because they look soft.

[Brent]

Yep, that's why.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

And that's why that's hard to, like, fathom.

[Brent]

That's why I couldn't even remotely consider picking Alabama in this game. Like, look, they. We talked about Georgia last year in the run game and how it was. So they hadn't rushed it that bad since I was in college. Bama hadn't had a rushing season this bad since before 1980.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

Yeah.

[Brent]

Like, this is. How about this? Georgia game, SEC championship game, minus 3 yards, Oklahoma game, 28 yards, Indiana, 23 yards. Like, you're not going to be one dimensional. And I didn't think they had to throw. I didn't think they had to run for 200 to win, but you dang sure got to run for 80. Like, you got to get some kind of balance to your game. How about this, though? Like, did you think when the other kid came in, he showed some good poise, like Mack when he came in? Like, I thought he hung in the pocket really well. I thought the flip of the wrist and the way that ball came out, I was like, good Lord, that thing came out.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

Like I told you. Like, I saw him on pregame before the SEC championship game. And he makes Ty Simpson look like a little kid standing beside him.

[Brent]

He's 6, 6.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

Because he's 662-42-35. He's a big time kid. But yeah, it was at that point. It was. It was over with. It was.

[Brent]

But.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

But there's no area where Indiana didn't completely and utterly dominate game. Yeah, zero area.

[Brent]

No area. Coaching players all the way on down physical. They had no answers defensively. So they tried to blitz. Eight blitzes, eight tosses for Mendoza, eight for eight for 161 yards, three touchdowns. Mendoza had more touchdowns than incompletions. Like it was absolutely destruction. One of the. One of the best program that we've seen in modern history is. Got a lot of soul searching to do, a lot of looking in the mirror to do to figure out what they want to be next year. Because again it ain't dudes on that offensive line that are. That are a bunch of little guys that can't move people around. They got to find some guys with some nasty. They got to figure. They got to figure some things out, man. And it's all three losses. Hey, three losses this year, Brent. They were all in three of the losses. Think about Florida State game beat down.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

Yes.

[Brent]

Like beat down. Let's go to another game. Let's go to the Georgia game. Beat down, slapped around. Let's go to the Indiana game slapped around. It wasn't like these were competitive games, man. These are three good teams. You played. You played some other good teams too, but playing like FSU didn't finish that great. But you got beat the. You got beat to crap. That's gotta. That's probably got to frustrate you more than anything. And listen, Alabama's got a rich history that they've got an awesome. They. They've had awesome infrastructure, awesome players for a long time. But they got some thinking, they got some figuring out to do. Like because this is offense obviously going the complete wrong direction they wanted it to go.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

It's a Indiana like it's. You cannot even. I don't even know how to comprehend or compare what he's done. I mean we said this after the Ohio State game now but even this now this game to do what he's done in two years. Signetti, that is unbelievable. And because it's not like he's. He went to. It's not like he went to, you know, Iowa or Illinois or you know, some other Big Ten school that actually had some level of success at some point. He went to the. Losing his program in College football.

[Brent]

Well, and it's not like he came from a Division 1 program to take all of his guys like they did. It's not like he came from a Power 4 team that was pretty good or pretty decent and brought those guys. He brought a bunch of JMU guys like, so it just shows you, man, in this world where you're like, oh, this is going to create more space between the haves and the have nots. Nil. No, it hasn't. Like, you got Ole Miss in the Final Four, you got Indiana in the Final Four. It's while, while you've been figuring this system out, a couple teams figured it out faster than the other ones. Like, now sustainability will be very interesting to figure out and see. But also, like, again, you listen to those guys. I listen to the Indiana interviews afterwards and you listen to those guys talking, you're like, yeah, that's different. Like, that's a coach that's taught them what it looks like every single day, that brings it every single day, that holds them accountable every single day. And that's why those players talk like the coaches. That, that's what they do. They're going to be, they're going to, they're going to sound like robots of the coach. Whatever the coach emphasizes, they will emphasize. And obviously at Indiana, Kirk Signetti is doing something right. God dang, he's doing something right. It's the most impressive thing I've ever seen in college football.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

As Brett points out in the chat, he wins. Google him. Also, I saw a note that he triggered a good faith market review of his contract that requires him to be up to no less than the third highest among active head coaches. And I thought, you know, the point, the coaching point with Indiana, I thought about something their two coordinators should be getting. Like, if this were the NFL, their two coordinators would be two of the hottest names in the NFL for head coaching spots.

[Brent]

Yeah.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

But it's just not how it works in college.

[Brent]

I can't believe their DC is still there.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

That's like that guy, he's unreal good.

[Brent]

Haynes, unreal good to do. To do what he's doing. There's not a lot of guys on there that are going to, going to be drafted high in the NFL, but they play together, their defensive line plays. They do, they have, I don't know how they do it, but they have the, like, there's a lot of people that run stunts in college football, but they don't work like, it doesn't work like Indiana does. Indiana does a great job they just have an unbelievable knack for. However they run their games and take gaps like they're better than everybody else at it.

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[Brent]

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[Brent]

They just are. And their zone coverage, their eyeballs and the zone coverage are elite. Like they are so good. Passing things off and safety's triggering, man. Like they, they, these guys, they trigger on the football better than everybody. And it's not like one person. Like they all trigger. They're all breaking on the football. Like a lot of times you see like instinctual guys that are ahead of everybody else. They're all on the, on the, on the ball. It's just, it's unbelievable. It's, it's crazy to think about it, man. It's crazy to think about what Indiana is doing.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

But one last note on Alabama that I saw Dennis Dodd, that does stuff for cbs, tweeted it's the worst postseason loss in their school's history. Previous worst was lost by 32 to Nebraska in the 71 Orange Bowl. That's not good.

[Brent]

It wasn't good. Disappointing season. It's a four loss season, right? Four loss season is not acceptable. And that team, the toughness and physicality from that team from a couple years ago to where it's at now, it's a problem. It's a problem. You know who's not liking toughness? Toughness. Dan Laning. The Ducks not laughing. Toughness. The Ducks not liking toughness. This started the day off with the, the trend. So now this, this made it, this, this was the first game of the day, the 12 o' clock window. So this made it six and. Oh, and six for teams that had buys. Zero and six teams that had buys in the College Football Playoff. All of them cancel. All of them losing in the first quarter, all of them losing at halftime. Slow starts to come out and you're thinking, what the heck? Indiana is going to have no shot. Georgia is going to have no shot. Georgia obviously lost as well. So this, but this defense, man. Brett, I, I want to do this first. Let's not, let's not act like Texas Tech's defense wasn't good and they got blown out because their defense, that defense was as advertised. Like they kept them in the game. Bailey Height, Hunter, Rodriguez, we can keep going down the list. They made life so hard on Oregon. But the difference is. And the reason Oregon's great and the reason Oregon's a matchup problem is because if you take the runaway, they can pass the football like they're balanced. They're not. They're the best running team. They've been the best running teams in the country. But again, if you take that away, their QB can attack the middle of the field, they can go tempo, they can get it. Their tight end combination of Johnson and Sadiq, it's, it's Bowers and Washington esque, right. Like it's, it's a little lesser version probably of it because of the size. But like you're talking about guys that can do things that can stretch you. The running back combination, getting them the balls out of the backfield like but, but, but, but Texas Tech did an unbelievable job. They kept getting, you know, set up with bad field position. They, they kept getting. Their offense kept them on the field. It was 21 minutes in the first half. The time of possession was just dominating. It was one sided. They had negative 3 yards in the first quarter. Texas Techs offense everything they could to make this game a blowout. And text defense and company kept answering the bell. You know, five trips inside their own territory. That six points in the first half, it was six to nothing. And you're going to Tech just give me something man. Like give me something on the other side.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

Like so I was actually getting like verbally like we the boys and I were watching the game. I was getting like verbally mad at Texas Tech's offensive coordinator. I think it was left witch, right?

[Brent]

Yeah.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

I'm like, how do you not realize what's going on here?

[Brent]

That your only job is to keep your defense and like to keep your defense as fresh as possible.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

You know what I thought about? I thought about the Bourbon bowl with Bobby Boucher. Like when, when Red Bull you says.

[Brent]

You just pulled a Bourbon Bowl. Wow, okay, we're doing that. I like that when he's like, hey.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

I'm just going to knee because the other team's offense is so bad and that way Bobby Boucher is not on the field. Like I was like Texas Tech, all you do is run three times, run three times, run clock.

[Brent]

Because obviously your quarterback run on first down, throw on second and third. It started to piss me off too. That started to take me off. But you know what it also looked like first, first off, let's point out, let's point out a couple things. Texas Tech's offensive line hasn't been good all year. They don't push people around. Their running backs are really good. They've got a few receivers in a tight end that are solid. Their quarterback's solid. But it's not, this is not an elite offense. This is why Brent, I can't. The more I listen to people this week, I was like, how are you saying this is going to be a shootout? Like I was blown Away that there was several people that are like, this is a shootout. This is a shootout game. Like, what? I'm like, the Red Raiders can't score in the red zone. Like, and how are you going to score on their defense? Consistently? Like, I'm not seeing that. But not. It's one thing to have an offense that doesn't have success. It's another thing to their running tempo. Against your defense, your running tempo, listen, that's what you do. I get it. But. But you're also making donations. You're turning it over to them. Like, you turn it over.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

Done a lot more. Like.

[Brent]

I mean, it was. It was a clinic of bad offense. Texas Tech did unbelievable job this offseason, you know, securing the defensive line and taking care of what they needed to. But you only have so much funds probably to go around. Well, I don't know.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

I don't know. He might say all in, but.

[Brent]

But I'm just saying, like, the offensive line needed it. The quarterback, obviously, Morton's a great kid. I love the dude, but he's. He struggled like crazy. But the star of the show, Oregon, it was almost like Oregon's defense was like, all right, y' all talked about A. And y' all talked about Texas Tech the whole time. Like, just don't forget we're over here. And they were pretty good. And Brandon Finney Jr. Like, I mean, goodness gracious, true freshman. There's a reason that Dan Lanning inserted him week one. Like, it's. It's not a surprise. Started every snap this season. He had three takeaways, two ints, a fumble recovery, several tackles. That made me go. That's what I'm talking about. I love one of my cornerbacks going to come up and do that. But then it was Tui and it was Unga Lay and it was Bear Alexander, it was Washington, it was Thea Min.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

Like, oh, that defense with the Pollock esque play. Yeah, he didn't score, though. Like, yours was a touchdown.

[Brent]

Palmer. Palmer. Palmer threw it out there on the broadcast, though. I appreciate my boy saying that. Reminded me of. Of Pollock's. Pollock's pick. But it was good job by Jesse. It was a great. That was. Honestly, that was the play. Like, that was the play. That was the straw that broke the camel's back because it's six to nothing and. And then, you know, he hits Morton's hand as it's coming out and Ungala Lay takes it, returns it inside the five. Oregon punches in. It's 13 and nothing. And it felt like they Were mathematically eliminated, right? Oh, yeah. Like, because of what? Because of their lack of offense.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

Two other things from this game. One is that Will Hammond injury. For me, I was in the back of my mind, lumen large. Like, okay, this would have been a game where that kid plays and you just become a. Be an athlete and. Yes, exactly. So I think that was one. And I'll be interested to see do they go portal QB or they actually try to let him play.

[Brent]

They're going to go portal qb. That's pretty obvious. It's very well. Going for a portal. Yes. It's going to be a hefty one. Yeah. And source might be the guy because his, his girlfriend happened to be going to Texas Tech now to play volleyball, I think.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

But the other thing is Lanning's aggressiveness. We'll call it on fourth down.

[Brent]

Okay, so. So if y' all don't know this, Brent Rollins works for Pro Football Focus and on three charts, all of this stuff, like, has been. Is all about this life. He's a statistical genius, nerd, whatever you want to call him. Usually you're. You're hailing.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

I like genius better than nerd.

[Brent]

I mean, okay, I'll go. We'll stick with genius savant. How about that? A number savant. So I thought a couple of them were a little bit reckless and then I agreed with a couple of them. So. So where did you go with this?

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

To me, it's all about game flow within this. And there's. There's an element.

[Brent]

It's about the metrics. I thought it's about the metrics. It's not about game flow.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

I just think you got to read these things more. So, like there's an element of. Yes. You make the decision so many times. Like there's. And you're talking about slight percentages in that you're adding to win percentages if you get. Or do some other thing. But when you look at how this is going, how the game is going, like, how does a team beat you? The only way Texas Tech was winning that game in any way, shape or form was you giving it to them. They weren't going to take it from you. And that was.

[Brent]

There was a few. They were. They were never going to do any damage. Like, it was. It was very apparent they could. And that's why I thought he ran the fake punt, which was a beautiful call. Like, that was a great. Actually I actually said right before. I'm like, this would be a perfect time to fake it. You know why? Because they had Tried against the Texas Tech defense and, and failed miserably. But I'm like, all right, now you brought the special teams on. Now you ain't got those, those four horsemen up there trying to kick my ace every single play. Now I think you got a chance to actually be successful. And they run the, the rugby, rugby style. That was beautiful, by the way. That was a beautiful little, little shield.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

And then flex, second best, fake punt of the night or the day.

[Brent]

Second best, by the way.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

Did you notice Landon in the game when that happened?

[Brent]

Roldan? Yeah, yeah, I mean, I noticed after he got the football, but I saw him on the left side and he stepped forward real quick.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

But so I, we're sitting there watching and I'm like, Landon's in the gunner. He's not normally the gunner. And I noticed him instantly. And then Carson said, yeah, he didn't have gloves on.

[Brent]

So he played quarterback all growing up.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

Yes, as a kid and at North.

[Brent]

Oconee right down the road, he could, he could spin the bean a little bit too. He made plays when, when we had to, when we had to put him there. We can't.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

But we have a final four now. Or I guess I shouldn't say that, that's a basketball thing. But the semifinals are set.

[Brent]

You can say that.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

Oregon, Indiana, who play what, nine, eight days from now.

[Brent]

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[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

Well, my first thought was, I think we had actually talked about this maybe last night, how Trinidad's kind of got that Kevin Jennings esque, I can avoid and just tire out your pass rushers kind of thing. I think that's possible.

[Brent]

But he also, but he also beats it so fast. Like, that's the, that, that, that's the thing. It's those elite pass rushers versus a guy that can make you miss in an elevator. Like, that dude can make you miss in a small space, but he's also going to exhaust you because you're going to win and he's going to get rid of the ball, you're going to win, he's going to check it down. And so how does that hold up? And then, and then Ole Miss to me, can they do it again? Can they, can they stop the ground game of Miami when Fletcher and company want to pound away and make plays? So that. That'll be a good. Stylistically, they couldn't be more different. I mean, they really couldn't be more different of teams that's just that literally, like Ole Miss wants to run to keep you off balance. Like Miami wants to run to. To blow out your kidney to like make you buckle on one side and start protecting and then hit you in the other kidney. Like they just. What did. Cristobal said this. So this is not me cursing. Crystal Ball said ass equals more mass. That's what he said, I think, on game day. Like, right. Just they've got so many guys that are so huge that, that want to do body blows. So. So Ole Miss wants to do body blows and they're Floyd Money Mayweather, right. Like they want to stay on the outside and they want to go fast and they want to wear you out with tempo. But spitting the ball in the perimeter like that. And then Mike Tyson steps in the ring for Miami and Mike Tyson's like coming forward right at you, just swinging with uppercuts and trying to hammer you and trying to hit you. So two totally different types of styles, both very, very successful. Both can beat you, both can wear you out just in two different ways.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

Yeah, I think anybody who's, in terms of us who preview the game and talk about the game, going to go back and watch the SMU game because, you know, that's just in terms of styles, I think that's one that's there. But Indiana and Oregon is the ninth actually in Atlanta here.

[Brent]

Down part two, baby.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

So we get another rematch of a really good game the first time. And there's two things that I thought about just sort of the playoff now that we've three things actually. One. So two years of the 12 team playoff. We have four new teams in the, in the last four, among the last four, each year or so. Two years we've had eight teams. Right. Am I sure I'm not incorrect there? Because last year was what, Penn State, Notre Dame, Texas and Ohio State. So they aren't here this time. So all four new squads. So I think that's kind of maybe what they wanted. Like that's what you wanted in a way. But two, Indiana, like what did we talk about in the preseason? And I remember bringing this up and talking about in the preseason, will we see an undefeated team again ever, like with this expanded playoff and the way, the way the port was, all that sort of stuff. Well, Indiana wins two more games. They are undefeated. They will be 16. And the last thing, I think the four best quarterbacks in the tournament are in the final four.

[Brent]

I disagree. But I mean we could, we could.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

We could mince tonight. Had to like the game that we just played. Had to eliminate one of one of them. But like in terms of the size of the bracket, I think, I mean.

[Brent]

Saying maybe I would take Julian saying over, over the other guys, but that's, that's just me. But, but Dante Moore, Trinidad to me is Trinidad to me. Golly.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

I mean Trinidad's a, he's a first round pick. If he's 6, I would 6, 3.

[Brent]

I would take Trinidad over Dante Moore and Carson Beck, but I would not take him over Fernando, Fernando Mendoza. No way, no how. Not taking him over the big Fella. That and Fernando Mendoza is not perfect by any stretch, but his personality and who he is and what he is is exactly why they are where they're at. Like having a guy like that, that's unselfish, that's always giving teammates the praise and the shine and holding people accountable and the way he works like it's unbelievable, but like it's in the chat. Look at, look at my boy. Street straight. Street Shambles is a scrambling, a scramble passer. No, he's not.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

I don't.

[Brent]

Shambles is a point guard. Chambers is a point guard that can do that, that can also scramble. So he's Steph Curry within structure. Like he's Steph Curry that runs off of screens all the times. They can make plays, but he's going to get the ball out and he's going to make. He's going to get it out like it's, it's coming out like he's going to. He's going to make quick decisions and death by a thousand cuts as well to you, but he's also. But when he needs to, he'll make those scramble plays. When he needs to in the red zone, he'll make those runs. So anyways, we got to get back to Oregon, Indiana because Part two. Hard to beat a good team twice. Oregon trying to do exactly what Ohio State did a year ago. Ohio State 1 or Oregon won the Big Ten. They had a rematch. Ohio State took care of. Took care of business against Oregon. Beat that ace like, whomped that ace. Hard to beat him twice. What did they learn? They've seen it. They've done it. They've tasted it. They understand what they're going against. There's no catching anybody off guard like it. This is a great rematch, man. Like. And the winner of this one's probably going to be the favorite to win it all in the. In the championship game. So the. We've already. 10.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

We've already seen Alabama get Oklahoma after losing and then Ole Miss just got Georgia.

[Brent]

Georgia. Yep.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

Third time's the charm. And Indiana actually takes care of business or this Oregon get revenge.

[Brent]

We got all week to talk about it.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

Yes, we do.

[Brent]

We got all week to talk about it. What a, what a. What a fun week, man. Thank you all y'.

[Co-host (possibly analyst or commentator)]

All.

[Brent]

Smash that like, button, please continue to do all those things like write or rate, subscribe, all that stuff. That is. I don't really know what they all mean, but I know they're important to us and we appreciate y' all continue to join us and continue to do that. But we're gonna be right back at it, man. Right back at it. This week we're down to the final Four. Down to the final Four. Couple seasons ended, you know. This week, Ohio State crushing Georgia, two teams that a lot of people said we're going to be the two teams to win it. Now they're out. They, they're gone. Texas Tech, historic season. Historic season. Man, what, what a great season for Texas Tech. They just, they fell short. But Texas Tech, like, they haven't stacked recruiting classes like these other guys they're starting. These other guys have stacked, stacked classes like Texas Tech's building and they're going nowhere like in this world right now. They're, they're here to stay, man. Like they ain't going to now where they're going to be back with a vengeance quickly. But man, we're down to Miami, Ole Miss and then Oregon, Indiana. So we'll break that down seven ways this Sunday, get some cool guests and we appreciate you all hanging with us. Pace.

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[Brent]

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