Who Will Finally Break Through This Year + Robert Griffin III | The BFW Show 8.10.26

Summary

Brandon Walker College Football Show — Episode Summary
Episode: "Who Will Finally Break Through This Year + Robert Griffin III"
Date: August 11, 2026
Host: Brandon Walker (Barstool Sports)
Co-Host: Liam Blutman
Special Guest: Robert Griffin III (RG3)

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Episode Overview

This episode kicks off the 2026 college football season with Brandon Walker taking the helm (subbing for regular host Liam Blutman) and delivering his signature raw, unfiltered takes. The show is driven by the theme, “Is this the year...?” — as Brandon and Liam dissect eight major questions facing college football’s power programs this fall. The latter third features an engaging, insightful interview with Heisman winner and ESPN analyst Robert Griffin III (RG3), digging into narratives, player development, and the shifting landscape of the sport.

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Key Discussion Points & Highlights

1. Setting the Stage & State of the Show

• Brandon subs in for host Liam Blutman, joke-laden banter about Liam’s absence ("explosive Bolivian diarrhea").
• Notable growth in audience, aiming for next YouTube subscriber milestone.
• Context for the night: Adopting a sports talk radio staple — "Is this the Year...?" — inspired by another Barstool show.
• Brandon lays down expectations for listener voicemails: “This ain't Tom Fornelli. This ain't Josh Pate. This is Brandon fucking Walker.” (03:20)

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2. "Is This The Year?" — Eight Burning Questions (05:22–25:44)

2.1. SEC Wins the National Title Again? (05:22)

• Walker’s Take: "No, I don't think this is the year the SEC breaks back through."
  • Big Ten has breadth and depth; Georgia and Texas are strong but doesn’t see them surpassing Oregon, Indiana, Ohio State.
• Liam adds: “I'm riding with Georgia, but Mike Bobo is gonna make me a depressed man in January.” (07:00)

2.2. Notre Dame Returns to Glory? (07:31)

• Walker’s Take: “I don't know that I believe in Marcus Freeman’s ability to break through... I don't believe he's the guy to do it."
  • Cites failures in big games and questions about coach’s elite status.

2.3. Someone Other Than Texas Tech Wins the Big 12? (09:35)

• Walker’s Take: "No, this is not the year someone other than Texas Tech wins the Big 12."
  • Texas Tech returns core pieces, sees no challenger with enough firepower.

2.4. Miami Finally Wins the ACC? (10:56)

• Walker’s Take: "If Miami doesn't win the ACC... I cannot see any confluence of events where they don’t win it."
• Caveats Clemson or Louisville could surprise, but Miami is loaded.
• Memorable moment: “Miami has kind of figured out a way to be great without winning the ACC, which is bizarre.” (11:27)

2.5. Lincoln Riley & USC Break Through? (15:04)

• Walker’s Take: "Shame on you for asking. Shame on me for considering it. Shame on everyone for believing it’s possible."
  • USC defense is "paper soft", tough six-game stretch midseason (Oregon, Washington, Penn State, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Indiana), can’t trust the defense.
  • Quote: “Every single fucking year, the defense is paper soft.” (16:10)

2.6. Auburn Beats Georgia or Alabama? (17:50)

• Walker’s Take: “No.”
  • “I'd give them a 4% chance of beating Georgia and a 32% chance of beating Alabama.”
• If Auburn beats Alabama: “Is that the last game Caleb DeBoer ever coaches at Alabama?" (18:58)
  • "If it cost them a playoff spot… that would be it. They don’t fuck around in Alabama.” (19:08)

2.7. A Running Back Wins the Heisman? (20:51)

• Walker’s Take: Cites Ahmad Hardy (Missouri) as the only realistic candidate, conditional on a monster statistical season.
  • Not a strong RB year; "far too many" elite QBs but not a deep RB pool.
  • Rants about SEC fans hyping local RBs without merit. (24:11)

2.8. Indiana (Signetti) Gets Humbled? (24:38)

• Walker’s Take: “No. …They schedule like cowards… but there's no more than two losses on that schedule. They're going to the playoffs again.”
• Criticizes Indiana’s soft non-conference schedule: "If you're going to be a big time program, Indiana, fucking act like it anyway." (25:08)

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3. Listener Voicemails (27:33–32:18)

3.1. Surprise Team of the Year? (28:03)

• Walker: Kentucky Wildcats ("I love what they added on the O-line, love the QB, like the coach"), possibly Houston, Louisville, Virginia.
• Liam: Oklahoma State, Houston, Louisville, with a little UCLA homerism thrown in.

3.2. Ohio State: 8–4 or Undefeated? (29:24)

• “Way more likely to go undefeated than 8–4. ...I can't fucking remember the last time Ohio State went 8–4.” (29:43)

3.3. The Face of College Football? (30:14)

• “Is it wild to say the all time face of college football is the Heisman Trophy?”
• Not a player or coach, but the collection of iconic imagery/logo/brands.

3.4. High School Football Shoutout (31:18)

• Quick, fun banter about the West Point Green Wave’s upcoming game with Ruston.

3.5. Utah Under Morgan Scalley? (31:57)

• “Wide open conference... Utah’s going to be in the top three in that league.”

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4. In-Depth Interview: Robert Griffin III (RG3) (34:11–56:56)

Setting & Context:
RG3 joins from Estonia, kicking off with warm exchanges and inside jokes about previous Barstool appearances.

4.1. Players Poised to "Own the Season" (35:42)

• Dante Moore, Oregon QB: “A lot better than people think... a much better athlete... could change the narrative with talent around him.” (36:00)
• Arch Manning, Texas QB: Praises resilience after adversity — “He actually showed his championship DNA… He’s earned the praise this year.” (37:08)
• Jermaine Bishop, Texas WR: Freshman, "the rave" out of camp; hybrid playmaker, RG3’s sleeper Heisman candidate.

4.2. Quarterback Growth, Overcoming Playoff Mistakes (39:33)

• Walker questions Moore’s ‘big-game’ struggles. RG3: “Quarterbacks grow and develop... [in big games] his legs have to become a bigger part... I think he can rewrite that narrative this year.” (40:10)

4.3. "Rewrite the Narrative" — Advice for Underperforming QBs (South Carolina's Sellers, Baylor’s Lagway) (41:21)

• Transferring, fit, and pressure. “Stop trying to prove things to people. ...Just go win football games.” (43:30)
• “They're not drafting losers, Brandon.” (44:03)

4.4. Transfer Portal, Loyalty, and the New NIL Era (46:23)

• Story: Mack Brown tried to recruit RG3 postgame to Texas in his playing days.
• “Who's to say that if it was this era of college football, they wouldn’t have thrown $10 million my way?” (47:29)
• “If Texas had thrown $10 million to me… I probably would have transferred.” (47:33)

4.5. Which Current Coach Would RG3 Play For? (48:16)

• RG3: "Kurt Signetti" (Indiana) — “I want to be coached hard... they changed my throwing motion, taught me more about who I could be... I think that's what Kurt Signetti does.” (48:32)
• Expresses curiosity about Josh Hoover’s fit with Signetti at Indiana.

4.6. MS State’s Camario Taylor Comparison (50:09)

• RG3: “I don’t disagree. ...Size, ability to extend the play, natural deep ball — looking forward to seeing what he does.” (51:16)

4.7. Heisman Voting/Loudest Stadium (53:25–55:39)

• RG3 jokes about helping Brandon get a Heisman vote.
• Loudest stadium: “UConn. ...Sideline two feet from the field. ...They got some liquor in them, the team’s great—by far, one of the loudest I’ve ever played in.” (54:38)

4.8. Importance of College Fantasy Football (56:22)

• RG3 is the face of Yahoo College Fantasy Football; stresses community, engagement, and love for the sport.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “This ain't Tom Fornelli. This ain't Josh Pate. This is Brandon fucking Walker.” (03:20)
• “Every single fucking year, the [USC] defense is paper soft.” (16:10)
• “If you’re gonna be a big time program, Indiana, fucking act like it anyway.” (25:08)
• “You want to go somewhere where it’s on your back... at Baylor, DJ Lagway’s got a lot on his plate.” — RG3 (41:23)
• “Stop trying to prove things to people and just go win football games.” — RG3 (43:30)
• “They're not drafting losers, Brandon.” — RG3 (44:03)
• “If Texas had thrown $10 million to me… I probably would have transferred.” — RG3 (47:33)
• “I want to be coached hard... I think that's what Kurt Signetti does.” — RG3 (48:32)
• “UConn was by far one of the loudest stadiums I ever played in.” — RG3 (54:38)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• (01:36) — Brandon opens the show; joking about Liam’s absence
• (03:20) — "Is this the year?" segment explanation
• (05:22–25:44) — Eight “Is This The Year?” questions
• (27:33) — Voicemail segment begins
• (34:11) — RG3 interview begins
• (35:42) — RG3: Three players who could "own the season"
• (39:33) — Discussion on Dante Moore’s big-game struggles
• (41:21) — Advice to QBs needing to bounce back
• (46:23) — The transfer portal/NIL era
• (48:32) — RG3: Coach he’d sign for today
• (50:09) — MS State’s Camario Taylor/RG3 comparison
• (54:38) — Loudest stadium RG3 ever played in
• (56:22) — Yahoo College Fantasy Football pitch

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Episode Tone & Style

As always, Brandon Walker delivers the goods with unapologetic, sometimes irreverent college football talk — sharp, candid, layered with humor and swagger. The conversation with RG3 mixes playful banter with real insight, yielding a balance of entertainment and substance for seasoned fans and newcomers alike.

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In sum:
This episode is a fast-paced, entertaining, and occasionally combative roundtable on the central questions facing the 2026 college football landscape. The RG3 interview adds high-level perspective, mixing on-field specifics with bigger-picture themes — perfect for anyone who loves the sport and wants to be ready for the new season.

Transcript

[Brandon Walker]

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[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

All right, it's a Brandon Walker college

[Brandon Walker]

football show hosted by Liam Blutman. I am sitting in for Liam tonight. I'm, of course, Brandon Walker. Liam not here tonight. Liam actually had a case of explosive Bolivian diarrhea. It was unfortunate. I don't know why it was Bolivian, but when he left the office, he said it was screaming out of all three ends, which I don't even know what that meant, but that's what Liam is dealing with. God bless the people of Bolivia and God bless Liam Blutman. So hopefully he gets better soon and I'll host the show until he gets back. What's up, everybody? On the chat I got. Oh, hey, hey, hey.

[Liam Blutman]

Hey.

[Brandon Walker]

What's up?

[Liam Blutman]

Hey. Yeah, I just rushed out the bathroom. It's like World War Three in there. The Bolivians versus the U.S. it's bad,

[Brandon Walker]

really bad, like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Text your dad. He'll get that. All right, so, hello, chat. We got burl C&4R, bourbon and Smitty V2 and hooked on Chronic. That's unfortunate. Welcome to the chat. Welcome to Everybody watching on YouTube. Welcome to everybody listening on the podcast. Tomorrow morning, hopefully. Again, I envision this as a podcast first that we happen to put out on YouTube. So I. I like the fact that you guys are watching. We're up at about 66,000 YouTube subscribers, hoping to get to 100,000 subscribers very soon. We've added 13,000 subscribers since last Monday when we started back. So we got that. Surviving Barstool is Coming up at the

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

top of the hour.

[Brandon Walker]

I will get out of the way for that. We have RG3 coming up on this show. RG3 coming up in about 30 minutes. I got my timing. I got to get out here. It's 6:30. It is 6:03, meaning I got 30 minutes to talk all my bullshit before RG3 gets here. We talk about him. Thomas C. Mellon says shut up and talk ball. Thank you, you fat titty bitch. Welcome, welcome. So we're gonna talk ball and tonight we're gonna talk two topics and then we're gonna do voicemails. And I gotta be honest, voicemails. You're only. You might be on the chopping line a little bit. You might be. You might be on the job and line like. I envision voicemails being good and being funny and being good. Questions. We've gotten a couple of good questions, but mostly we've gotten a bunch of bullshit. A bunch of just stupid ass bullshit. This ain't fucking Tom Fornelli. This ain't Josh Pate. This ain't motherfucking Any old Tom Dick or Harry talking cost football is Brandon fucking Walker. All right, this is me. So bring it. You don't just. You don't fucking come up here and say any old bullshit. You got to come, you got to bring it. And that way I'll get you on the show. Otherwise I got to chop you. All right, here we go. This is what we're going to do. Tonight I was on Wake Up Barstool with Liam Blutman, Meek Phil, by the grace of God. Meek Phil. Meek Phil, Dave Portnoy and T. Bob Hebert. Today they did an NFL topic called is this the year? Is this the year this happens? This year that happens. I thought that is a great fucking question and I am stealing that idea for my college football show. So, Liam Blutman, I have deputized to come up with eight. Is this the years for me to answer? I have not seen these questions. All I know is Liam Blutman, the host of the show, has eight questions he's about to ask me, starting with the phrase, is this the year? Liam, are you ready?

[Liam Blutman]

Yes, I am.

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

Right.

[Liam Blutman]

I'd also like to say thank you to our super chatters, Brian Walker. $50 just came through from Whatevs. So thank you to our super chat.

[Brandon Walker]

Where is that money going?

[Liam Blutman]

I don't know. Doug Watley, I think, takes it all and uses it for an end of the year party.

[Brandon Walker]

Your green light on your microphone is very, very frustrating and it is Getting distracting me. And my green light is not as distracting because it's tilted to the side a little bit.

[Liam Blutman]

Okay, I'm sorry. I'll use the microphone upside down. Brad Walker. Is this the year that the SEC wins the national championship again?

[Brandon Walker]

Is this the year the SEC wins the national championship again? The Big Ten has won three in a row. My immediate answer to that, just thinking off top of my head, is no, I don't think this is the year the SEC breaks back through. And I think, who are the main national title contenders? Last week I came up, I agree with who said it, Joel Klatt, who said there are seven teams that can win it, but I added an eighth. But if I'm thinking logically, I think there are five real deal, elite big time national championship contenders, and I think three of them are in the Big Ten. I think Oregon, Ohio State, Indiana, now the Big Ten. I think Georgia, Texas. Out of the sec, you go to seven. I add Notre Dame, I add Miami. Those are seven bona fide big time national title contenders again. I got two in the sec, three in the Big Ten. I got an Oregon team who's hungry, who's never done it before. I got an Ohio State team and Indiana team who have done it before. So I've got both of those things weighing on me now. I got over here, I got Georgia and Texas. Texas never done it before. Georgia hadn't done it in what, four years now? Five years. That's not a very long time. But they know how to do it. I can add Oklahoma because I think Oklahoma's national title contender. But if you asked me to bet Georgia, Texas or Oregon, Indiana, Ohio State, I believe I'm going to be safe in betting Oregon, Indiana, Ohio State. So my gut reaction is, no, this is not the year the SEC breaks back through and wins the national championship.

[Liam Blutman]

All right, Brian Walker is.

[Brandon Walker]

What are your thoughts on that? Very, very quickly? Give me your 12 second thoughts on that very quickly.

[Liam Blutman]

I think I'm riding with Georgia all year this year, but I know how this ends. Mike Bobo is going to make me a depressed man in January.

[Brandon Walker]

Yeah, I like Georgia. I just. The, the, the wow factor of the athletes isn't what it was in 2022. It's good, but it's just not. They don't pop off the page and pop off the did in 2022.

[Liam Blutman]

Defensively.

[Brandon Walker]

Defensively, Brock Bowers, I don't see. I don't see George Pickens defensively. They got some dudes in the back end especially. But where are the Pass rushers. It's supposed to scare me to death. I don't see.

[Liam Blutman]

I think defensively they're going to scare you to death this year. Offensively, Mike Bobo's got figured out. Brian Walker, number two. Is this the year Notre Dame gets back to the top of the mountain,

[Brandon Walker]

meaning wins the national title? I would say no. I. May, I. May I say. May I say something since there's a microphone here and I spent dozens of dollars on the set. I don't know that I believe in Marcus Freeman's ability to break through faster than say, a Dan Lenning or faster than, say, Steve Sarkeesian. I think he has done a good job of stabilizing that program and keeping them up in the mix. But last year they had a two game season. They lost both games. They gave up 41 points to Marcel Reed at home in order to miss the playoff. They lost to Miami on the road, sure, but that's. They had a two game season and they blew it. And then outside of the year, they did play for a national title. Shout out to them. They have some inexplicable losses in his tenure there.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

And I'm not sure I'm ready to

[Brandon Walker]

say he is one of the elite of the elite of the elite of the elite coaches. Now, I say that knowing full well he's got the talent in the quarterback to make me look stupid this year. So I'll put it out there. I don't believe he's the guy to do it. I also said that about Kirk Sinetti. They're defending national champs. So there you go, your five second take on that.

[Liam Blutman]

Liam, thank you to our most recent super chatter. Also $50. Brian Vogel. That's my take.

[Brandon Walker]

I. We don't need. Listen, may I say something?

[Liam Blutman]

Yeah, go ahead.

[Brandon Walker]

God bless the Super Chatters. I appreciate them. I'm neither in. I'm neither suggesting nor encouraging them to do super chats. They can talk in the chat for free. I don't.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

I don't care.

[Brandon Walker]

I, I don't need to see Super Chats. You can just chat in here for free.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

Sometimes I'll read it, sometimes I won't.

[Brandon Walker]

So if you want to give us your money, go ahead. But I don't want to stop the flow of the show for super chats. That's. That's what I want to do. I'm not selling out for money. I'm not. I'm not McDonald's, for God's sake. Number three, please.

[Liam Blutman]

Someone other than Texas Tech wins the Big 12. Is this the Year.

[Brandon Walker]

Okay, so I know we got quarterback issues in Lubbock and they will say, no, we got the same guy.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

We got a guy.

[Brandon Walker]

We got a guy. Yeah. If you had a guy, you wouldn't have absolutely tried to move mountains to get another guy. You wouldn't have absolutely stared down the seat of LA and said, no, we're

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

going to play our guy.

[Brandon Walker]

And then you backed off. Here's what I think about the Big 12. I think there's 16 teams. I think 15 of them think they're going to be really good this year. Whether they're right or they're wrong. Fifteen of them think they're going to be pretty good. I think Texas Tech is the best

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

throughout the entire roster.

[Brandon Walker]

BYU is probably second. But I don't know that I saw anything out of byu. And both times they got a chance at Texas Tech last year to make me believe they can beat them. I don't think Oklahoma State added enough in the interim to beat them. I don't think Arizona has enough to beat them. I like Houston a lot. I don't think they have enough to beat Texas Tech when it counts. So, no, this is not the year someone other than Texas Tech WINS the Big 12. They go back to back and win the Big 12 once again. That's what I say. That's what I think. Tech has won one whole big big 12 championship. Yeah, but it was the last one. And that team is kind of the team that's going to be going at it again. Number four, Liam.

[Liam Blutman]

Does Miami finally win the acc?

[Brandon Walker]

If Miami doesn't win the acc. I'm almost struggling to put together an if in this scenario because I cannot see any confluence of events that ends up in anything but Miami winning the acc. Now, maybe this is one of those stupid years where Clemson makes us think they're not very good and they come out of nowhere and they're just great. Maybe this is one of those years where Louisville, with the easy schedule gets every break and they win it. And yeah, Miami was by far and away the best team in the ACC last year. It wasn't even close and they didn't win the conference. So Miami has kind of figured out a way to be great without winning the acc, which is bizarre. But yeah, they. Yes, they win it. There's no way, Liam, if they don't win it, who wins it? I.

[Liam Blutman]

That's why I was going to ask you. The only answer in my opinion is right, no, I'm not an SMU guy. Like, I am an SMU guy, but I'm not an SMU believer. I don't believe in Kevin James like people believe in Kevin James.

[Brandon Walker]

Here's the problem to, to, to win the ACC over Miami, you're going to have to beat Miami in the ACC championship game. I don't see, I don't see that there's much on the schedule that's going to keep them out of that game. It's not like last year when Duke didn't have to beat him. I don't think it's going to be. Maybe a miracle happens and you got Virginia Duke again in the ACC champion, maybe you got Louisville SMU rematching in the championship game, but I don't see a world where two ACC teams beat Miami and they missed the title game again. I, I, They're. They're too good, they're. They're too loaded, they're too everything to not win this version of the acc.

[Liam Blutman]

That, that sentence was eerily similar to what we said about Clemson last year. Yeah, no, genuinely, just that. Does Miami shoot themselves in the foot question or not? That's all it is.

[Brandon Walker]

I thought Clemson was going to absolutely boat race the ACC last year. I thought they were going to absolutely smoke them. I thought this was the best Clemson team in a while and then they immediately fall in their face. But like, dabo has been showing signs of rust for a while and crystal ball isn't showing that. That's, that's what I think. Anyway, I got a lot of ads to do before we get any further. Oh, oh, did you hear that little shaky voice? Mondays might be a challenge, but they're not. A challenge for getting a hard dick is how I start this ad. This episode is sponsored by BlueChew. Guys, what a woman women want and need. They want stability. They need reliability. Be her rock with Bluechew, they're sponsoring this podcast and sponsoring your bedroom performance. That's right. With Bluechew, you're not just having sex anymore. You're putting on a show. Bluechew Gold is better sex in a tablet. They combine four ingredients into one powerful solution. Two ingredients get you hard physically and to support arousal and desire in the brain. It works fast and lasts. Guys, have a complete experience in the bedroom with Bluechew Gold. There's a reason Bluechew is the number one brand for better sex. Experience it yourself. At Bluechew.com we got a special deal for our listeners right now. When you buy two months of BlueChew Gold, you get the third free with the promo code Walker, Walker T or just Walker Nope, that's not Walker. T. That's just the beginning of the next sentence. Walker is the promo code. That's promo code Walker. You'll also receive 10% off. An additional 10% off, free overnight shipping on your first order. Visit Bluetooth Calm for more details. It's important safety information. We thank Bluechew for sponsoring the pod at box 22 says be her rock. Did y' all see Wade box?

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[Brandon Walker]

Have y' all seen the Wade Boggs that's going around the. The Internet right now? I know he's not a college football guy. Did you see him? Liam? Liam.

[Liam Blutman]

Yeah. That. That guy could play for my football team tomorrow.

[Brandon Walker]

Yeah, but he got it wrong.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

He's.

[Brandon Walker]

He was supposed to use the steroids while he was playing baseball.

[Liam Blutman]

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[Brandon Walker]

You don't wait till 25 years after to. To get juiced up. Guy looks like you bet third in the Giants lineup right now. Look at, look at Wade Boggs. Wade Boggs was a slap hitter. Wade Boggs hit 350 and hit 200 singles. Jesus Christ. Wade Boggs. Settle down, buddy.

[Luke (Producer or Show Staff)]

All right?

[Brandon Walker]

Is this the year number five go

[Liam Blutman]

is this year that Lincoln Riley and USC breakthrough?

[Brandon Walker]

My gut reaction is shame on you for asking. Shame on me for considering it. Shame on everybody for believing it is possible. At what point do we all look each other in the eye and say it probably ain't happening? The reports we're getting this year are just the same as every report we ever get. The offense is loaded. Heisman Trophy contender at quarterback. Sure, we heard that with Miller Moss a couple of years ago. Now we're hearing of Jaden Mava. And we know my office. Good. But every single year it's. Man, if he had this defense last year, boy, they've got dudes on defense now, man. Have you seen the defense USC has? And every single fucking year, every single year, we show up to play actual games. And the defense is paper soft. It is thin. The quarterback is good, but he can't keep up in 45, 35 games every single week. I believe Lincoln Riley is a good offensive coach. I believe Jaden Ma IV is probably a top five quarterback in this country. I will not believe that the USC defense is ready to turn them into a 10 win playoff team. I just can't do it.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

Are you there?

[Brandon Walker]

Can you do it?

[Liam Blutman]

I. I don't think we're making a big enough deal about the six game stretch that USC plays in the middle and the Me and Potatoes of the season.

[Brandon Walker]

Go. Who is it?

[Liam Blutman]

They're hosting Oregon. They're hosting Washington. They're going at Penn State. They're going at Wisconsin. They're hosting Ohio State. They're playing at Indiana. That's six straight games.

[Brandon Walker]

Brian Walker, very charitable to put at Wisconsin in there. If I'm just.

[Liam Blutman]

Is it that right before you host Ohio State on Halloween weekend, you know a trap game exists? Don't lie.

[Brandon Walker]

And there it is right there on screen for nobody to see. It's in. What is this, a schedule for ants?

[Luke (Producer or Show Staff)]

What.

[Brandon Walker]

What is this? There we go. Why do we expect kids to read good if they can't fit inside the damn building? All right, what you just said. They got Washington at USC October 3rd, at Wisconsin October 24th. I think I missed one already up there. At Indiana, they got uc. Oh, I'm going. I need to go side to side, don't I? Washington at home, then they got Penn State on the road. Then they got Wisconsin on the road and they got Ohio State at home. Then they got Indiana on the road and then Maryland at home. Yeah, it's a. It's a tough schedule. That's why.

[Liam Blutman]

That's a brutal stretch.

[Brandon Walker]

You think their defense is going on the road to Indiana and fucking with Josh Hoover? I don't. I don't think that. Remember when they were good last year, we thought, oh, here they are. Then they go on the road to Champagne and they end up. And Luke Altmeyer just rips them.

[Liam Blutman]

I remember very vividly.

[Brandon Walker]

That's what I remember, too. I'm glad you remember it.

[Liam Blutman]

Thank you. We have great memories that go back a year.

[Brandon Walker]

Give me. What is this the year, number five?

[Liam Blutman]

Is this the. I don't know, Is this the year that Auburn beats Georgia or Alabama?

[Brandon Walker]

Boy, oh, boy, what a question. Alex Golish is here, Byron Brown is here. But what's important is who is not here, and that's Hugh Freeze's stupid ass. Maybe pound for pound, the worst coach in the SEC over the last five years. It is. We didn't give enough credit to Hugh Freeze's incompetence. The fact that he showed up at Auburn, fixed the defense through recruiting, and never could score more than four points a game. He was supposed to be an offensive genius. He couldn't do it. But could they beat Georgia or Alabama? I believe that Alabama games in Tuscaloosa. So I would. I would lean towards. No, I don't think he's got the roster good enough to be Georgia yet. He does have the roster. Maybe where it could be Bama but not in Tuscaloosa. So I'm going to say no. I would give them a 10. No, I'd give them a 4% chance of beating Georgia and a 32% chance of beating Alabama.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

That's where I.

[Brandon Walker]

That's where I would be. What, what do you think?

[Liam Blutman]

I want to put you on the spot right now. If Auburn does be Alabama, is that the last game Caleb DeBoer ever coaches at Alabama?

[Brandon Walker]

Yes, nice.

[Liam Blutman]

Agree.

[Brandon Walker]

Unless they're 11 and oh and it doesn't hurt them in the grand scheme of things. But if it were to cost them a playoff spot or if it were even worse, it takes them to nine three to eight and four and they lose to Auburn at home or the first year coach and Alex Golish, it would be very, very, very hard. They don't fuck around in Alabama. They don't fuck around with 8 and 4, they don't fuck around with 93 and they certainly don't fuck around with 9 and 3, 8 and 4 losing to Auburn. So yeah, I think that that would be it. We got about 15 more minutes of me talking and then we're gonna turn it over to my interview with RG3. So I gotta tell you all about some things right now. Thank you for liking the stream. Coco Cocopels I appreciate it. This stream is also brought to you by Rocket Money Rocket Money can track. This stream is brought to you by Rocket Money. Rocket Money can track subscriptions has the ability to cancel unwanted ones within the app with a few taps, giving users an easy way to stop paying for things they don't use. There's automatic transaction categorization across accounts, plus customizable categories and tags to reveal spending patterns. You can set budgets and goals, get personalized insights and regular reports, and receive real time alerts for large transactions, upcoming bills, refunds, and low balances. The app even consolidates checking, savings, loans and investments into a single dashboard to give users a clear view of their financial picture. Automated savings grow towards goals with adjustable amounts and frequency Set it and forget it Approach Rocket Money is a personal finance app that helps find and cancel unwanted subscription, monitors your spending, and helps lower your bills so you can grow your savings. Let Rocket Money help you reach your financial goals faster. [e-mail] Brandon that's RocketMoney.com Brandon Number six or seven please.

[Liam Blutman]

Is this year Ryan Back wins the

[Brandon Walker]

Heisman Now I like this question. This is a sexy question. I don't know who came up with this question but good. Good for Them. Thanks. The last time a running back won the Heisman, if I am correct, it is 2015. Derek Henry. Am I missing one? Ashton Genti a couple of years ago got very, very close. Last year, of course, was Fernando Mendoza. It's an all quarterback award with Devonte Smith kind of being the outlier there in 2021. 2020. Excuse me. 2020. 2021 timeout. 2021.

[Boar's Head Sponsor]

Yeah.

[Brandon Walker]

Bryce Young. One in 2020. Whatever. Doesn't matter. I'm getting bogged down. Can a running back win it this year? I think there are three candidates and I'm going to tell you, I think Ahmad Hardy's the only one who could win it. If Ahmad Hardy rushes for 1700 yards this year, Missouri wins nine games and he has a story of getting shot in the offseason and being great. He is going to be a hard, hard, hard player to beat in Heisman. Kewan Lacey and Mark Fletcher are the other two top three running backs in this country. Both of them have somebody in their way. With Mark Fletcher, he's got Darian Mensah and Malachi Tony in his way. If they're dominant, I think those guys are going to have the flashier plays, the bigger moments than Mark Fletcher. Kewan Lacey has Trinidad Chambliss in his way. He also doesn't have the coaching he has last year. So if Ole miss does go 11 and one and has a Heisman contender, it's probably Trinidad Chambas, not Kiwon Lacey. That's why Ahmad Hardy. Missouri's going as he goes. Therefore he could be the running back to win the Heisman. Who am I missing? Who, who is. Who is out there? Maybe the guy, Louisville. Who, who's. Who's the running back out there that could be a Heisman threat?

[Liam Blutman]

I mean, Isaac Brown, I think is going to have the issue if he's just going to miss time like he did last year. I don't know, like legitimately think about it. I don't know if there is another guy. I think you could, I guess, say Ahmad Hardy's running back partner, Jamal Roberts. If Hardy doesn't play well, if he goes nuclear. But I don't know if that guy exists right now.

[Brandon Walker]

Maybe, just maybe if Texas is like 12 and oh.

[Liam Blutman]

But no, because they're both.

[Brandon Walker]

Yeah. And then. And then like the Bo Jackson Ohio State has.

[Liam Blutman]

Say he has no way.

[Brandon Walker]

Jeremiah Smith. Yeah. Yeah. So I don't know. This isn't a great running backs year and it is a great quarterbacks year. So what. What was that? What Was that.

[Liam Blutman]

It's a great year for a running back to break out, pop off and make a name for himself.

[Brandon Walker]

Yes, yes, but it is. It is. There are far too many. There are far too many. Can I just speak to the idiot ass Florida fans that are in the chat? Run the ball. Jaden ball. Drayton. Hey, over here. My blue jean shorts. Shaden ball, guys. Is it not enough for you SEC motherfuckers to have a good player? And you can say he's a good player. That guy's not a Heisman contender. That guy rushed for 600 less yards than, than Ahmad Hardy last year. I think 400 less than Kiwan Lacy. He is not in their, in their stratosphere. He is a good running back. They are elite running backs. So this whole Jaden ball over here, over here, first of all, you're not good enough. Secondly, he's not that good. He's good. He's good. He's not Ahmad Hardy. He's just not.

[Liam Blutman]

There's way too many Cam Cook comments in the chat too, and I'm a Cam Cook guy. But if you think the West Virginia running back who transferred from TCU and Jacksonville stay. Is winning the Heisman, the big 20, 26, it's time to really start paying attention to college football.

[Brandon Walker]

How many of those, how many more you got?

[Liam Blutman]

We got one more of them left.

[Brandon Walker]

Give me one more.

[Liam Blutman]

Is this the year Signetti in Indiana? Get humbled.

[Brandon Walker]

Mm. Liam Lukey. What's your brother's name? Luki, bring up Indiana schedule for me. And we gotta. We gotta make this quick. My gut says. My gut says no, obviously they're. They schedule like cowards. They're national champs and they schedule nobody out of conference because they're. They schedule like pussies. But inside the conference. I know they play Ohio State, but they play my home. I think they can beat them. I don't think they have Oregon this year. Let me just look at this schedule right here. So obviously they start off with the power powerhouses of North Texas, Howard and Western Kentucky. Fucking embarrassing. If you're going to be a big time program, Indiana fucking act like it anyway. Northwestern, Rutgers, Nebraska, Ohio State at Michigan, Minnesota, USC at home at Washington. Or will they get humbled? No, they will not. Because there's no more than two losses on that schedule. They're going to the playoff again. That's what I think. What do you think?

[Liam Blutman]

Yeah, I agree.

[Brandon Walker]

Yeah. I mean, there's not much to say there.

[Liam Blutman]

Nope.

[Brandon Walker]

They're loaded on defense. They're loaded with the coaches forgiven 48. You don't schedule a year out, Brandon. Can y' all stop offering these bullshit excuses for coaches and pussies? Can you stop that? Can you stop that shit? If they want to schedule a fucking game, they'd schedule a fucking game. Fucking idiots. And even if it's not a year out, that's fine for this year. Look, in the future, they don't have any plans to play anybody. They schedule like cowards. They do. I'm not saying they play like cowards. I'm saying when it comes to going outside the conference and proving it, they don't want to. They just don't want to. They're scared of it. I don't know why. They're great. Anyway, Reese's is delicious. Let me pull up my product here. I love a good old fashioned Reese's peanut butter cup. It's the best one. I know a lot of people like the outrageous, A lot of people like the animal crackers. A lot of people like all the Reese's products, and we certainly have plenty of it there at Barstool Sports. But give me the good old fashioned peanut butter cup. I can stop at a gas station on a road trip, bam. Peanut butter cup, Movie theater, bam. Peanut butter cup. I love it, I love it. I love it. Reese's is the official candy partner of Barstool Sports. Go get Reese's wherever you shop. All right, once more into the breach, dear friends. We go. You want to do voicemails? Well, look, I'm gonna make one fast point here, and then we're gonna try to get out of here in time for RG3. I got about five minutes. No, I'm gonna save that point for next time. Let's do voicemails right now. Luke, I'm gonna give you a chance. If these suck, we might chop voicemails forever. How many you got? We got 5, 3, 1, 2, 685-1889. Play. Voicemail number one, please.

[Luke (Producer or Show Staff)]

Brandon Walker. It's your boy Mark in Philly, and we are absolutely pumped to have the premiere college football show back on the air. I'll start my first question of my many calls in the future off with this. Who is the surprise team of this year? That week 10, week 11, we look up, they're ranked, I don't know, 15 through 20, and people are shocked. And why is it not the Oklahoma State Cowboys?

[Brandon Walker]

It's the Oklahoma State Cow. It's not the Oklahoma State Cowboys because they just got to replace too much. I got to come too far from the Back of the pack. I think it might be the Kentucky Wildcats. I think it might be the Kentucky Wildcats. I like the schedules okay for an SEC team. I love what they added on the offensive line. I love the quarterback. I like the coach. You know, I also like Mississippi State and I wish, I wish I was a Mississippi State fan because we did very far. Come on, he is really hungry. I would go maybe Kentucky. I like Houston a lot but I think people are on to Houston. I like Louisville a lot. I think people are on to Louisville. I like Virginia. People act like they don't remember Virginia winning 11 games last year. Who you got for surprise team there? Blimy.

[Liam Blutman]

I like Oklahoma State. I like Houston. I like Louisville. I think it's really hard to call Louisville a surprise team. Yeah, it's hard. It's hard. I mean you kind of mentioned Michigan State. It's kind of hard not to mention UCLA and what we're building. And Sammy Omasego is. Yeah, Sammy Omasego, leader of the defense, should be playing in the F. Brown Walker.

[Brandon Walker]

Such a homer, dude.

[Liam Blutman]

Brown Walker for the first time in about 415 years.

[Brandon Walker]

Such a homer.

[Liam Blutman]

Not 1512 years. UCLA has a football team I'm excited about.

[Brandon Walker]

Voicemail number two, please. Ridiculous.

[Luke (Producer or Show Staff)]

Brandon, this is Greg and Indy, first time caller. Just wanted to know is it more likely Ohio State goes 8 and 4 or undefeated? I got listed.

[Brandon Walker]

Very easy question. It is very. Is way more likely to go undefeated than 8 and 4. Why? Because I can't fucking remember the last time Ohio State went 8 and 4.

[Luke (Producer or Show Staff)]

I.

[Brandon Walker]

What? I know the schedule is tougher. I know they got at Texas, I know they got Indiana. Like it's a tough schedule, especially for them. It's a tough schedule but Julian saying Jeremiah Smith, the weapons they have on offensively on offense and then they're not going 8 and 4. They're not going 12 and oh either. But that's astronomically more likely than 8 and 4. That's, that's. I appreciate the question. I think it was a well asked question. It's also a ridiculous question. Voicemail number three.

[Luke (Producer or Show Staff)]

Hey Brandon, Big fan.

[Brandon Walker]

Thank you.

[Luke (Producer or Show Staff)]

Curious, who do you think is the all time face of college football? I think has to be Saban. But if I were to choose a player that I think of when I think of college football, probably say Tim Tebow. Just curious your thoughts. Thanks.

[Brandon Walker]

Is it wild to say the all time face of college football is the Heisman Trophy? Is that a ridiculous thing to say? I know that's not a player. I know it's not a coach. But when I think Heisman, when I think college football, I just think that trophy. I just think that. And I know that nobody actually remembers the man. They only remember the trophy. That's the immediate thing that came to my mind. I don't think there's one player that sits on top of the sport as far as all of history goes. And I don't think there's one coach that sits on top. And I would say Saban would be less than like Bear Bryant. Anyway, so that's what I think. I think it's more a collection of helmets and logos, like Michigan's helmet, Penn State's helmet, Alabama's, you know, stuff like that. I think it's more a case of images and logos as opposed to players and coaches. Voicemail number three.

[Luke (Producer or Show Staff)]

Four.

[Brandon Walker]

I don't know.

[Luke (Producer or Show Staff)]

Brandon, glad you're doing the show.

[Brandon Walker]

Thanks.

[Luke (Producer or Show Staff)]

Got a question, more about high school football though for you, sir. Tell me what your plans are for October 1st when the West Point Green Wave decide to go over to Louisiana and play the Rustin Bearcats. I'll hang up and listen.

[Brandon Walker]

I would say listen to the bloodbath on the radio when the West Point Greenway beat the shit out of the Ruston Bearcats. Whoever the fuck the Ruston Bearcats are. You're Talking about a 14 time state champion in West Point. The best program in the history of Mississippi. Are we replacing all 11 starters? Sure, but that doesn't matter where West Point point City. Get one more voicemail, then I'll turn it over to RG3.

[Luke (Producer or Show Staff)]

Go. Hey, Brandon, this is Cody from Salt Lake City. First time, long time. Just wanted to get your thoughts. Utah's got a first time head coach in Morgan Scally. Doesn't seem like there's a ton of expectations throughout the media. Just wanted your thoughts on what to expect from Utah football this year. Thank you.

[Brandon Walker]

It's a wide open conference. They got one of the best quarterbacks. If you have one of the best quarterbacks and one of the best cultures and I know the last guy is gone, but I think the culture is still there. You got quarterback plus culture plus open conference. Utah is going to be in the top three in that league. That's what I think. I don't care what the media says. All right. Lastly, body armor. This episode is brought to you by Body Armor Flash iv. I love to use these in the morning when I'm going golf and I drink two of them. I don't have a headache problem. I get my electrolytes In Flash IV is packed with electrolytes delivering faster, longer lasting hydration without any artificial dyes, flavors or sweeteners. Whether you're training, traveling or just feeling the heat, work hard and hydrate hard with body armor. Flash IV, grab it at 7:11. Alright. I talked to a Heisman Trophy winner last week. Now he's gonna be on the show right now. It's one of the best. He's been on The Yak twice, RG3, you've seen him everywhere. You know who RG3 is? Robert Griffin the third. He joined me from his family vacation in estonia. So about 25 minutes of him and then we're going right into Surviving Barstool. Thank you for watching this part of it. We're gonna go right to RG3 podcast listeners. Please make sure you download. I'll do all the stuff like subscribe. YouTube, please subscribe. I'm gonna step aside right now. We're gonna talk to RG3. Play it Luki.

[Luke (Producer or Show Staff)]

All right.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

I just got back from Texas A and M training camp next week, of course I'll be at training camps across the SEC and the Big 12. I'm going to be all across this country making sure all the guys are getting right and that's what we're doing this time of year. All the college football guys and all the, we're all out here grinding, man. We're getting ready for the season and we. One of the, one of the main grinders I know is out there, of course it's, it's former Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III. And joining us right now is RG3. He's the face of the new Yahoo Sports campaign, Back to School celebrating the launch of Yahoo. College Fantasy Football. I'll get into that more later, but RG3, welcome. Where, where are you right now? Are you, are you in the Big 12? Are you in the AAC? Where are you at in the world right now?

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

Oh man, listen, I am in Estonia right now. My wife is Estonian. We come over here every summer and it's our last trip before the season starts. So we're grinding, we're grinding over here.

[Brandon Walker]

Yeah.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

And when you say it's a little trip, you'll be there what, six or seven weeks, you'll be back by week five of the college football season, right?

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

No, it's about a two week trip.

[Brandon Walker]

Yeah.

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

But I want to say congratulations to you though, really on the new football show. I'm excited for you, man.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

Thank you very much. I appreciate that. Now, RG3 has been on the Yak a couple times on barstool.

[Brandon Walker]

And he's always sat next to me,

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

and every single time he's on, we have the most ridiculous conversations. And I just remember looking over. I remember looking over at RG3 and thinking, you're better than this, man.

[Brandon Walker]

You're.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

You don't need to be here for this shit. And that's. That's what I remember about RG3. Is that how you remember your Yak appearances?

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

No, I would say that you guys are fun to be around, and you can never take yourself too seriously. So that is one thing that I feel like I. I think I do decent job of, and having fun with you guys is always a good time.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

Well, let's talk some football, because you are, you know, Heisman Trophy winning. You've been around the game. You know exactly what you're talking about. I want to ask individually, as we go into the season, who are some guys you're looking at? Who are some individual players that you're looking at because you own the season that you won the Heisman Trophy. You know, you own that season.

[Liam Blutman]

Who.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

Who do you think could own this season of college football?

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

Oh, I think, you know, I'll give you. I'll give you three guys. All right. One, I'll say Dante Moore.

[Brandon Walker]

Sure.

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

And the reason I say that is, you know, they've got a lot of returning starters coming back. Offensively, they're going to be extremely healthy at receiver, which they were not last year. And Dante Moore, to me, is a guy that is a lot better than people think he is. He's a much better athlete than people give him credit for. I remember calling a game for Oregon late in the year against Minnesota, and Dante Moore had run faster that season than their entire football team, except for their fastest wide receiver. He had run like 22 miles per hour. And I don't think he's looked at in that way. And I think he's got a chance to change that narrative this year with the supporting cast that he has. But also, I think everyone one's expecting them to be in the national championship game or at least be vying for it, you know, late in the season. Number two, I'll give you the obvious one, Arch Manning. I think everybody tried to crown him last year, Brandon, before he'd ever played. And I understood it. He's got a Manning, you know, name on his back. But I actually thought last year he showed his championship DNA, and I know, like, he hasn't won any championships. I kind of got in Trouble for saying that. Not really in trouble. Just like Internet gangsters got upset that I said that about Caitlin Clark, that she has championship DNA. But he actually, he, like most guys, would have folded with what he went through last year. Crowned undercut. They start three and two and then he. They win seven of the last eight. I think he had 20 touchdowns and two interceptions in the last eight games of the year. And I think he's earned some of the praise this year. And the last one is a guy that Grant. I don't even know if this guy's going to get on the field this year, to be honest with you. His name is Jermaine Bishop, wide receiver at Texas.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

Okay.

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

This guy, listen, they got Ryan Wingo. I know they got Cam Coleman. They got a slew of guys. Was it Mosley that are playing in front of him? He's a five star freshman, played both ways from Willis High School in Texas. It's literally right down the street from where I live in Texas. This guy had 1940 receiving yards, 424 rushing yards. He threw three touchdowns. He's a punt returner and a kick returner. And he's been the rave of the town in spring ball and in fall camp so far for the Texas Longhorns. He is my sleeper. And it's probably because I don't know how much they're going to get him the ball, but Texas fans are going to love this guy. And if he plays the way that he, that he's shown that he can, he will be a Heisman candidate at some point in his college football career.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

Okay, well, we just found out Jermaine Bishop is RG3's cousin. So,

[Brandon Walker]

so, so thank you.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

Thank you for shouting out your cousin.

[Brandon Walker]

No, no, no, no.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

I like that. I like that off the beaten path one, because everybody's talking about, you know, Dante Moore. Everybody's talking about Arch. Give me a little Jermaine Bishop every now and then. Give me somebody who's kind of, you know, buried in a depth chart that might break through at some point. I. You actually talked about a couple of guys that I wanted to talk about more.

[Brandon Walker]

Arch.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

You kind of, you kind of covered Arch. We don't have to talk about Arch, but I got some thoughts on Dante Moore.

[Brandon Walker]

I want to throw them at you

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

and I want to see how you react to my thoughts. Okay? I think Dante Moore is a guy who, when, when they have the talent advantage last year and when they were the better team, he looked very good and he looked great.

[Brandon Walker]

But as soon as that defense on

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

the other side was really good. Like against Penn State, against Iowa, against Indiana, his level of play dropped really considerably. Now, I don't have that big of a problem with it because quarterbacks mature and get better throughout the years. So as long as he fixes that this year, fine. But I just can't shake that playoff game against Indiana.

[Brandon Walker]

His first pass is a pick six.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

Is that a, is that a reasonable concern or should I just shut up about it?

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

It's a reasonable concern. I called multiple games for Dante Moore and Oregon last year and we had those conversations. I think what you said at the beginning of. Quarterbacks grow and develop over time. Look at Dante Moore when he was at ucla.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

Sure.

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

Like that guy wouldn't have even been to the College Football Playoff, right. He goes to Oregon, he develops for a year now he plays. And what I think the difference for him in those big time games when the talent is, you know, 1A, 1A, his legs have to become a bigger part of his game. You talk about that Penn State game. Well, how did they come out on top in that? Because of his legs, his scrambling ability. So I think for him, when he gets in those situations, he has to just play football. And you'll hear me say that a bunch. Sometimes as quarterbacks, we try to make the perfect play, make the perfect pass, show them we can throw from the pocket. But if you're blessed with a unique ability, you have to use that in those moments because then it makes it true. 11 on 11 football. So I do think it's a reasonable concern. And I think he can rewrite that narrative this year. And I think he will. I really do.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

I'm glad you said the phrase rewriting narrative, rewriting narratives, because I want to, I want to ask about a couple of guys that need to do that. Last year, we come into the off season and everything is about Lenore Sellers at South Carolina and everything's about DJ Lagway at Florida. And these are guys that now, one has moved on, Lagway has moved on from Florida, and then Sellers is still there, South Carolina. But these are guys that everybody had the highest hype for. And for whatever reason, their teams and their individual performances didn't rise to the level we thought they might. What would you say to a guy that needs to bounce back like that? What's the blueprint for bouncing back and

[Brandon Walker]

are they capable of it?

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

Yeah, one, I'll say they are both capable of bouncing back. I'll start with dj. You know, he's at Baylor. It's my alma mater. And the Baylor Bears are gonna, they're gonna swim or sink based off how DJ Lagway plays. And when I had my conversations with him and he was contemplating different places, you know, Florida State, Kentucky, all these other places, you know, my advice to him was, you want to go somewhere where it is on your back, you know, you want to go somewhere where they're going to, you know, they're going to go as you go and you can say, oh, you could do that anywhere. But at Baylor, who has struggled, right. DJ Lagway's got a lot on his plate right now. Right. He's got David Random Job is on the line this year. He's got his, his career and his potential of being a first round pick if not. And I think that's where you want to be. He's in an offense with, with what's our guy's name there? Damn. I'm blanking on the offensive coordinator's name

[Brandon Walker]

right now, but yeah, you knew your cousin's name, though.

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

There you go. Nah, Shut up is the Perfect offense for D.J. it's what he ran in high school. They're going to throw the ball around. He might get 40, 45 attempts per game.

[Brandon Walker]

Yeah.

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

And one thing about DJ that disappeared at Florida was his, was his ability to run. And I think they missed that and I think he'll have that back this year. He's healthy, healthier than he's ever been. He's at his, the school that his dad played at, Right. He's got all that on his plate. When you look at Lenor Sellers, I think the two best things that these guys did was DJ transferred back home and Lenor stayed. Lenor was going to be, they're going to say that he was going to be the next Anthony Richardson if he went to the draft. And because Anthony Richardson didn't pan out, I want, I don't want to say that it's not over for him yet, but because it didn't pan out the way they wanted it to early on, it was going to hurt him if he went into the draft. He's a physical freak. You know, he's got the height, weight, the speed, the arm strength. I just think he is another guy that if it requires him to run for 350 yards, he has to do it. That, that. I don't know how much I can say that to you, Brandon. Stop trying to prove things to people and just go win football games. Can. Newton didn't throw for 400 yards every time he was out there. He just went to go win football games and won a national championship. Go get it done. Don't worry about anything else. And I think that's where Lenore has to change his mindset, to bounce back and have a great year.

[Brandon Walker]

Yeah, I love that.

[Boar's Head Sponsor]

I love.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

I love that idea because so often we. We get concerned about the future and we get concerned about, well, I got to show the pros this or. And it's not the player saying it, it's people telling the player, you better show them that you can throw the out route. You better show them you can throw this. Well, how about you better make sure you go beat Kentucky. Like that's the number one thing that they're actually looking for. And then they'll fill in the gaps later.

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

They're not. They're not drafting losers, Brandon. You know they're not. They don't want losers. Vernado Mendoza probably wasn't the most gifted athlete, probably didn't have the strongest arm, but he went 16 and won a national championship. That's why his number one pick.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

You know how I know they don't draft losers? I never got drafted. What does that tell you? What does that tell you? All right, I got a couple questions here.

[Brandon Walker]

Hey. Hey.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

Where's your Heisman trophy?

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

Heisman trophy was with my parents for 13 years. Now it is at my house.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

Okay.

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

All right. So it's in the. It's in the office on display for the podcast.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

For the podcast. Okay. I was going to say. I was just going to say I'm building a podcast studio at my house. If you needed some storage, I would put it on display behind on my podcast set.

[Brandon Walker]

But if you.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

Sounds like you already got a spot for it. That's. That's fine.

[Brandon Walker]

That's a little selfish.

[Liam Blutman]

That's fine.

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

I'll make this bet for you, Brandon. Mississippi State wins the national championship. I'll let you have the Heisman for a year.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

In what sport? Okay. Damn it, damn it, damn it. I was about to get you on a Technique, technicality.

[Brandon Walker]

Okay, we're gonna try.

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

That was good.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

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[Luke (Producer or Show Staff)]

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[Brandon Walker]

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[Brandon Walker]

Fantasy.com college all right, there you go. Now, now, now they'll have to pay you. Okay, so, so question, we're in a.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

You just mentioned Lagway. You know, he's one of the guys that's transferring.

[Brandon Walker]

Darian Mensah, transferring of course to Miami.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

There's transfer Josh Hoover from TCU to Indiana. That's the world we live in. That's the world we live in now. Everybody is getting paid. Everybody's free to go anywhere they want to go. And I like that. Take this era back 20 years. Would you have left Baylor, you think?

[Brandon Walker]

Would you have considered leaving Baylor?

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

I can't say no. First and foremost, everything panned out the way it was supposed to pan out. Very thankful for that. I've told the story before, but my freshman year at Baylor, we played against Texas. Going to halftime, it's 20 to 20. This is the Texas team that was like number one in the nation. Colt McCoy, quarterback, and we're in that time, lolo. Baylor kind of giving them a run for their money now. They ended up winning 42 to 20. We didn't score in the second half, but after the game, Mack Brown approached me at midfield and he told me, hey, we really messed up with recruiting you and if you want to transfer to Texas, we'll take you right now. So he, he, he pitched that to me at the end of the game. You know, I kind of just, you know, laughed it off, stated Baylor and we did what we did. But who's to say that if that was to happen in this era of college football that they wouldn't have thrown 10 million my way and said, hey, you should, you should come over to Texas. And I think that is the primary thing that all these young athletes are struggling with because they're tossing around big amounts of money and I wasn't a well to do kid, you know, as a poor kid growing up. So yeah, if Texas had thrown 10 million to me back then in the day, yeah, I probably would have transferred.

[Brandon Walker]

Yeah.

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

But, and that's, and that's just the, just the God honest truth. I'm thankful that I have my career that we had at Baylor. We able to do everything that we did. But it's a different, it's a different era and I don't I don't hold it against the young men who do end up transferring, because that's just the name of the game right now.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

Yeah. And then people will be like, yeah, kids aren't loyal anymore. They're just looking for the next dollar.

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[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

You know who else is looking for the next dollar? Every single person in America. That's how it works. I'll tell you what, Texas. You want to offer me 10 million right now, I'll transfer my ass out of the studio right now, and I'll come down there to Austin. Here's a. Here's a fun question. I tell you that you can start your college career over again tomorrow.

[Brandon Walker]

Which college, current college coach do you think you would fit best with?

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

Ooh, that's a great question. Holy cow.

[Brandon Walker]

That's a great fucking question, dude.

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

That's a great question.

[Brandon Walker]

Thank you.

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

Yeah, I'm gonna. I'm gonna go with Kurt Signetti. And the reason I say this is I want to be coached hard, right? When I was in college, coach Art Browse coached me hard. He used to chew me out in front of the team, literally just to prove a point. And it made me better. Right. They changed my throwing motion when I was in college. They changed the way that I processed the game. Taught me more about what I could be and what they believed I could be. And I think that's what Kurt Signetti does. Who would have told you that last year Indiana would have won the national championship with a quarterback from Cal that no one really wanted when he was coming out of high school in Fernando Mendoza. And he gets to Indiana, and somehow, somewhere, Kirk Signetti puts together a system that allows him to become a Heisman Trophy winner and the first pick in the draft. That, to me, is what every quarterback should want. The issue with Kirsten Nettie is that he always takes transfers. So if I was a high schooler, maybe if I was the five star, you know, most dominant player in the country, maybe he would take me and start me. But cursing Nettie does typically take older guys that have experience. And that's why I'm so fascinated with what's going to happen with Josh Hoover, a guy who's thrown the ball to the other team a lot. I would say he kind of reminds me of Rex Grossman. Rex was going to keep both teams in the game. Josh has played throughout his college career. But I think limiting his throws, they're not going to throw the ball 35 times a game. And the kid is talented. He can throw it all over the yard. So I'M looking forward to seeing how he, how he develops under Signetti, but that would be my pick right now.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

All right, a couple more questions here. I know you're on vacation. I appreciate your time. So I got, I, I gotta be selfish here. I don't know if you saw it, but at Mississippi State there's a quarterback, his name is Camario Taylor from Knoxby county is 15 minutes south of where I was, where I grew up. Jeff Lebby is his coach. Jeff Lebby was at SEC media days and they're, they're like, coach, tell us about Camario Taylor. And he says, well, let me tell you about Camario Taylor. He reminds me of RG3. What are your thoughts about that?

[Brandon Walker]

And have.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

I don't know if you've seen him play or if you've met him or anything, but we got a dude down there in Starkville, man.

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[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

Yes, Kamaru Taylor, I know of him. I did see it. And listen, if Jeff Levy says that the young man reminds him of me, you gotta believe him. When he said it, I was like, let me go back and watch some more tape. So actually that day that he said it, I went back and watched more of Kamario's tape and I don't disagree. You talk about the size, the ability to extend the play, natural ability to throw the deep ball. That was one thing that we really hammered in our last year at Baylor was just being able to throw the deep ball at an efficient rate, more efficient than anyone else in the country. So I'm actually looking forward to seeing what he does. But what I need you to do, Brandon, is you can't premature celebrate all right, at games because last year. Don't, don't get up now. Don't get up. I saw it happen and I was like, man, you just, you got to keep it calm. Keep it calm. And when Kamari's out there balling, don't go running down the sideline, you know, get, you know, basically guaranteed you got the victory. And I promise you guys have a great year.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

Let, let me ask you a question. Am I not supposed to get Excited when my team is scoring points? Am I not supposed to get excited when. When we're beating Texas by 17 points in the fourth quarter? And the reason I ran down the sidelines is we had a 70 yard catch and run for a touchdown. I was at the line of scrimmage, they throw the little ball in the flat and he takes off and I'm like, where's he going? Let me go see where he's going. I had to go see. So am I not supposed to get excited? RG3 Tell me that you are.

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

You are supposed to get excited. But you. But it's like when you take it to the next level and then you start posting it online and it's like, we got this in the bag. That's when you, that's when you get those, what they call the freezing cold takes. Trust me, I've been there too. Right? I've, I've, I've celebrated prematurely and it kind of bites you in the butt. But I would say you guys have a team and you have a quarterback that could take you guys places that you haven't been in quite some time. So. I actually do believe in Camaro and I'm, I'm actually, I love your fandom. I think you're a great ambassador for the university and I know they love

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

having you there, man, I appreciate that. Last couple of questions here. You need to help me. I need your help. I don't, I don't have a Heisman vote and I want one. Can you, can you talk to Mr. Heisman? Can you, can you talk to Mr. Heisman and see if I can get, if I can get a vote? I would like to have a vote.

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

I can talk to the Heisman committee and see if we can get. If we can get, you know, Brandon Walker a vote for the Heisman. There's a lot of people out there that have a vote for the Heisman that shouldn't have voted for the Heisman.

[Brandon Walker]

Agreed.

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

But so, yeah, I mean, we get,

[Brandon Walker]

we

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

have that conversation. We can definitely have that conversation.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

I'd be the first guy to ever submit his vote in August. I just vote Camario Taylor right now. I mean, like, why'd you vote already?

[Brandon Walker]

I don't know, man. I was just beating the.

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

Well, listen, the number one rule of Heisman voters is you can't give away your vote. You can't do that. So that's strike one. You've already got one strike of potentially getting a vote. Don't tell people who you vote for before the closing of the votes last.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

Last question would be an easy one. It's just a little evergreen content here. But what was the loudest stadium you ever played in in college football?

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

Oh, that is great. It's kind of shocking to a lot of people, but the lattice stadium I ever played in, and I think it might be because new ears, you know, like, you ever put on a pair of, like, Bose headphones? Yes. And I got mine. The music just sounds better. It's crisper. Right. You know what I mean? But, like, then when you get other ones, it's, you know, it's just the same old thing, but your ears adjust. So when I first got to college, I played at UConn, and UConn was a top 15 team at the time. It was the. The sideline was, like, two feet from the dang field. And that, to me, was the loudest stadium I've ever played in. I'm actually on record having said that years ago. And people like, what do you mean? You played at Texas. You played at Texas A and M. You. You. You've played at. At Texas Tech. You've played in Jerry's world and all these places. But when I. Let me tell you, when that sideline is that close and they got some liquor in them and their team was great. UConn was by far one of the lot of stadiums I ever played in.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

I totally forgot. Dude, I forgot. You were on record saying that I used to have a producer on this show called Jack Mack, who's a Yukon guy, and he talked about you saying that all the time, and I forgot. I'm so stupid. Now he's just going to see it again. And this is ridiculous. Anyway, RG3, former Heisman winner for. You know, I don't have to introduce RG3. He's the best. He's the. He's the man. And he's in charge of. He's not in charge of. He's the face of Yahoo. Sports fantasy football. College fantasy football this year. So check that out. Check him out. And please get back safe, because I know you're going to be in Estonia

[Brandon Walker]

for the next six weeks.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

You're going to be in spas, and you're going to be, you know, in bath houses. So we are doing a football season here pretty soon, man. So if you want to come back,

[Robert Griffin III (RG3)]

I'm definitely going to be back, and I want to see you playing Yahoo. College fantasy football. You know, to me, you know, college football is my fantasy. You know, we like to have a lot of good times, but at the end of the day, college football is bigger than ever is. That's why you have a Brandon or college football show right now. And Yahoo's trying to not. Not take advantage of it, but just offer that to the people who want to do it in the biggest way and play with their favorite players. I think it's a great bonding and it builds a great community. So I want to see you sign up. Maybe me and you could compete in a couple leagues. We'll see what happens.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

Done, done, done and done.

[Brandon Walker]

We will do it.

[Co-host or Producer (possibly Luke or another show staff)]

So RG3, thank you. Get back to your vacation. And that is that. Thank you guys for watching.