Aaron Torres & Jason Martin React to Ohio State Falling to Oregon, Talk Alabama's Struggles, Preview NFL Week 6 & More!

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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You know this is Fox Sports Radio. We are live
twenty four to seven and we're live, and we are
quite literally the first people to react to a stunning
ending to a top five game. As Desager told you,
it has just gone final within the last five minutes.

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Oregon thirty to Ohio State thirty one. The story here,
Late in the game, Oregon drives the length of the field.
Ohio State had kicked the field goal to go up
thirty one twenty nine. Oregon drives the length of the field.
They're basically on the goal line. Dan Lanning elects to

(01:11):
kick the field goal to go up one rather than
obviously a touchdown would have put them in position where
Ohio State had to score a touchdown. Bring it up,
because they do kick the field goal to go up
thirty two to thirty one. Ohio State gets the ball
back they're driving. There is an Oregon penalty with about
it was a play started running in about eight nine seconds,

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but they're six seconds left, J Mart, I will just
set it up. Will Howard, the Ohio State quarterback. You know,
we'll listen and monitor for postgame sound. But I think
he was trying to decide do I throw short, try
to pick up a few yards, do I have enough time?
Or do I just throw it deep for a hail Mary.
He kind of got caught in the middle, decides to

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run slides as time expires. Oregon, the third ranked Ducks,
win it home over the second ranked buck Guys.

Speaker 3 (02:03):
Oregon with the victory.

Speaker 4 (02:06):
This has been such a fun day, fun to just
sit and watch games. I don't know where you are
in the country right now, and we're just glad to
have you as part of the audience and welcome in.
And we're going to talk a lot of football on
this show, obviously. But I barely made it in time
because I was a room away trying to watch what

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was going on. Before I got back in here, put
the microphones on and got ready to roll here and
so I had to walk away between third and fourth down.
Oh no, yeah, because I mean I had to be
here on time, and so I didn't even get to
see it in real time. And then I get here
and I see the celebration, everything happening on the field

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because when I had to shut it off to walk there,
and I literally turned this thing on as de Seger
was starting. That's how close this was. Because I wanted
to try and see the end. I was are we
going to get there? No, we're not. Third and twenty five,
and the flag comes out at the end of that play,
and that's when I had to walk away. So I
had to come back to it and see the end
of it here. And based on what you said, I agree.

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I don't know if Howard was trying to get some
extra yards and was kind of just not really fully
fully cognizant of the clock, or if this was another
situation where Ryan Day was bad in the last thirty
seconds in terms of situation, but just a great game,
like two really good football teams. Nobody's unbeatable. I think

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we know that and we can talk about it, but
this this is the win that Dan Lanning had not
had so far at Oregon. This is the one even
though it was razor close in Ohio State could have
easily kicked the field goal, and then maybe we are
second guests and going for the field goal. If you're Oregon,
they get to win, they get it in on their

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home field. It's a huge win. This is the one
that before the season, this is the reason I picked
Oregon to win the Big Ten because I thought they
would win this football game and that that would spiral
them up. They're really good. Both those football teams are
really good, and it was just a pleasure to watch.
And you add to that not to we're not gonna
move in terms of talking about it. You had an
overtime game in Knoxville in a rivalry game. You got

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another pretty close football game between two top fifteen teams
with LSU and Ole Miss. All that's happening simultaneous. Oh,
by the way, you got Shoodehear Sanders playing against the
rank team tonight and Travis Hunter playing against the rank
team tonight. So it's just like all of this is
happening simultaneously and we have to go on air with it.
But I think you're right. I just think that Howard

(04:43):
tried to make more out of it than the clock
could make possible, and maybe that cost them the opportunity.

Speaker 2 (04:50):
By the way, not to mention Penn State a forever,
you know, punching bag for tours and Martin overcoming a
fourteen point halftime deficit winning and overtime Obama South Carolina,
which feels like it was about ten years ago. Just
an in, not even an insane finish, just an insane game.

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And we'll have Ryan followed, by the way, from Tide
one hundred point nine, one of our affiliates down in
Tuscalosa on later in the show, to talk about that
in kind of the entire slated state of the SEC.
So it is a jam pack night. We say it
every Saturday. We're stealing money being on in this timeframe.
We're never gonna ask the bosses not to write us
a check, but we're stealing money in situations like this,

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by the way, in all serious is do hope that
you and Arnie had a blast last weekend off of
what was the craziest Saturday as it was, I can't
even imagine. And maybe we'll get into a little bit
about what you and Arnie talked about last week as
Alabama lost to vany As you know, Tennessee was stunned
by Arkansas.

Speaker 3 (05:48):
But it's just crazy.

Speaker 2 (05:49):
I mean, let's stay with the Oregon Ohio State and
you know, listen, I guess my immediate takeaway, you know,
this kind of I guess the gift in the curse
of this twelve team college football playoff, because you know,
you're right. I think a few things that I was
thinking about this during the game is that I thought
both coaches kind of needed a signature win, you know,

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coming in this one. Dan Lanning really had no real
super notable wins of note in his short time. He's
only been there two and a half years at this point.
It's not like it's year ten for him. And then
Ryan Day. Listen, you know, you and I have been
a little critical of him, and so both these guys
kind of needed that signature win. Ryan Day as a
bunch of wins, but but really not a ton of note,

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especially in the last year or so. But I also
think the opposite is true as we start to break
this down, is that I thought it was.

Speaker 3 (06:40):
A really well played game.

Speaker 2 (06:42):
You know, I don't think this is one where we
have to come on and immediately bash Ohio State or
criticize Ohio State or whatever. Yeah, I was gonna say,
you know, listen, Will Howard again, will monitor for postgame sound.
I'm sure Ryan Day will say something, maybe potentially Will
Howard as well. But I don't think this is some
game that there's this crazy immediate takeaway that one team

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is a failure because they lost. So that's kind of
what I'm thinking right now is it was going to
be a signature win, specifically if Oregon could pull it out.
But this isn't the kind of loss that we have
to come on and immediately question Ohio State because they
lost by a point in Eugene.

Speaker 3 (07:22):
Jmart Yeah.

Speaker 4 (07:23):
So I just happened to go and check and see
what people were saying after this on some forums that
were actually watching the game, and a lot of them
are comparing it to what happened with Dak Prescott a
couple of years and years ago in the playoffs where
he went for a slide with about I think the
play started with twelve seconds left, maybe was fourteen seconds left.

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It was Cowboys forty nine ers twenty three seventeen. He
goes and he slides and he tries to get up
to spike the football and they run out of time.
Now an official kind of hit him, bump him trying
to get to the spot to start to play, and
Dak continually said back in twenty twenty two that you know,
he got it off in time, he spiked the football
in time. They end up losing that game. That's where

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everybody is comparing this to. I had to go back
and watch it because I actually didn't remember that until
I saw it, and I'm like, oh yeah, oh yeah,
that's right. I remember that. Like they just didn't have
enough time and Dak was trying to get a few
extra yards instead of sliding two three seconds earlier. And
that may be similar to what happened here. But I
think your other point is right, Like you don't have

(08:26):
to dog out Ohio State for this football game. They're
really good, no question about that. We knew what they
were from a roster standpoint, but they're really good. And
Will Howard played an excellent game. Tillan Gabriel played an
excellent game. His completion percentage took a bit of a hit,
but at least he was willing to throw the football
away as opposed to throwing it into trouble. And as such,
even with the height issues that he possesses, his percentage

(08:51):
and his awareness continue to be exactly what you would
want in a game like that. But these two teams
were going to see in January, and I'm glad for
that because I think they're both good enough to be there.
It does change everything when you look at this and
you say winner and loser we're gonna be seeing again.

(09:12):
It's not. It's not the be all end all that
it once was. Doesn't mean it doesn't matter, and seeding
and maybe a buye or something like that certainly matters,
but it does not become the death nell. Perhaps that
sometimes it can be when there's only four slots and
a lot of commonality between those.

Speaker 3 (09:33):
Let me ask you a question.

Speaker 2 (09:34):
I think I know the answer to this, but I
don't remember where you stood on the expanded twelve team playoff.
I wasn't necessarily in favor of it because I think,
and I think, we'll see this by the end of
the year. You look at the SEC, it could be
a jumble mess outside of Texas. But I wasn't necessarily
somebody that felt like we needed to expand the playoff.
I understand why it was done, but now that we're here,

(09:54):
I guess I do kind of like it. And I
don't think it's perfect. And listen, I think that the
powers that be are gonna try to expand it or
change it or do whatever, because that's what people do
when there's this much money at stake.

Speaker 3 (10:05):
But I think this is the kind of night where like.

Speaker 2 (10:08):
In the moment, yes, maybe a year ago, we would
have come on and we would have talked about can
Ohio State come back from this or what does it mean?

Speaker 3 (10:15):
But I do like that.

Speaker 2 (10:16):
Hey, listen, if Ohio State does what it's supposed to do,
they'll probably get Oregon again in the past in the
Big twelve, Big Ten Championship game. Excuse me, And this
doesn't have to matter. And oh, by the way, how
about this. If if Ohio State and Oregon, let's say
both teams went out, Oregon goes to the Big Ten
Championship game, Ohio State goes to the Big Ten Championship game.

(10:38):
Back in the day, it might have been, well, if
Ohio State beats Oregon, maybe they're out at the end
of the year. And so I guess now that we're
here in a situation like this, I kind of like
that it isn't the be all end all.

Speaker 3 (10:51):
It doesn't feel like less of a game. I don't know,
it's weird.

Speaker 2 (10:54):
I don't feel like there's less at stake, even though
in theory one loss doesn't mean as much as it
used to. I kind of like that two good teams
can just play and it doesn't have to be a
be all end all thing, especially here in early October
now would be one thing if it was November eighteenth
instead of October twelfth or whatever today is, and we're
getting towards the end of the year. But I kind

(11:15):
of like that, Okay, Ohio State, just regroup. Everything's gonna
be okay without there being those like stakes that could
have season long implications.

Speaker 4 (11:23):
Yeah, I mean, I like the idea that you see
it and you can say, hey, man, I want to
see that again, and I get a chance to see
that again at least at least if things hold and
you assume or you have to expect that they probably would,
even though those crazy crazier things can happen. But there
is a there is a there's a line where you

(11:44):
do have diminishing returns and the games don't seem to
matter as much. We found that in college basketball there
is a number of teams, but I don't think twelve
is that number twelve. You still you've still got what
you need. Like think about the think about the NFL.
Like play the Packers, for example, and it's a close
football game and San Francisco wins it, and one of

(12:08):
those teams then doesn't get in. I don't like it.
I like the idea that both of them get in
if both of them are good enough to get in.
And I think that this year you're looking at a
lot of teams that could get hot and do something
special in January. That may not always be true, but
I think with the nil and the lack of depth,
that a lot of these teams just can't stockpile the

(12:29):
way that they used to. You do have a little
bit more parody, You do have talent that's spread around
just a little bit more, just enough to where I
think it gives the six, seven, eight nine a little
bit more of a chance. You still have the advantage
if you're a top seed and you you know, win
your conference that way you get that buy and all that,

(12:50):
and maybe you just get chalk and that's the way
it goes. But this does not strike me as a
year where Chalk is going to win. It strikes me
as a year where all these games are going to
be incredibly compelling once we get to that twelve team.
And I have not enjoyed this college football season so
far any less than last season or the season before.

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And I think that's the big thing is even when
I look at Alabama Georgia watched that game and then
we still have the conversation afterwards, or even when you
watch Notre Dame in Northern Illinois and then you see
Notre Dame since that point in time, all of those things, Like,
I've still enjoyed watching all of those things happen. They've
still been giant stories. But I'm cool with the idea

(13:32):
that I still get to see those football teams again
in games that matter in January.

Speaker 2 (13:36):
Yeah, And I think you know, and I know I
was not in last week, and I know you and
already crushed it. But that was kind of one of
my takeaways from last week when Vanderbilt beat Alabama. By
the way Vanderbilt is about to beat Kentucky.

Speaker 4 (13:48):
They're good. They're good. They're good football team. I just
are like, they should have beaten Georgia State. They got
beat on the last play of the game. They should
have beaten Yeah. I mean there's two games that they
should have won that they found a way to lose
at the very end. But they go grab Diego Pavia
out of New Mexico State, who had two wins at

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New Mexico State where he was a twenty one point
or bigger underdog, and now he's done it three times.
No one else has ever done that in history at
college football. This is just a scenario where Clark Lee
and Barton Simmons and those guys at Vanderbilt just did
an excellent job. And I mean they're a legitimately good
football team. Like that's not going to be an easy

(14:30):
w for anybody in the SEC.

Speaker 5 (14:32):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (14:32):
And I was gonna say, I think they're the perfect
example of what you said is when they won last week,
when Arkansas beat Tennessee, I think there was this notion of, oh,
we're set up for the craziest season that's ever happened.
And you know, for people that aren't diehard college football fans,
kind of two thousand and seven is the year that
everybody points to that was the year that LSU won
a national championship with two losses. They were the only

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one to ever do that in the BCS era. But
I bring it up, Jmark, because I just think the
point that you made about the portal specific guys just
don't want to sit for three, four five years, and
whether it is Alabama who will come back and talk about,
whether it is oh maybe not Ohio State because they
looked awesome tonight, but whether it is Georgia who has
not necessarily looked great. I just think this is what

(15:15):
college football is going to be. And I do think
and I again was a critic of the twelve team playoff,
but I think it kind of came at the perfect point.
We now have basically two super conferences with the Big
ten in the SEC. It'd be crazy to imagine a
world where only one team was getting in from each
of those leagues, you know, in this new era, but two.

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I just think that this is where college football is.
I think this is where it's going to continue to be.
And I just think it's going to be harder to
be like amazing over a twelve thirteen, fourteen game stretch
without taking a loss or two. Tell you what, We'll
come back and react to some more games. I should
keep everybody updated on some top twenty five teams that.

Speaker 3 (15:53):
Are in action.

Speaker 2 (15:55):
All Miss trying to continue, trying to hold on for
a win at LSU. They're up twenty sixteen, about six
minutes to go in that one. Old Miss, a top
ten team, LSU ranked thirteenth in the country. Old Miss
has not won at LSU since two thousand and eight,
so that would be a big one. As Jamart referenced earlier,
the Colorado Buffalo's playing the Kansas State Wildcats seven to

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seven midway through the second quarter in that one, and
Iowa State taking a knee. Iowa State is one of
just two undefeated teams in the Big Twelve, along with BYU,
which won earlier today, so those two teams are atop
the Big Twelve standings. By the way, Colorado was actually
undefeated in Big Twelve play as well, not undefeated overall.

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The point I'm trying to make Iowa State it's gonna
hold on to beat West Virginia. Vanderbilt just beat Kentucky
at Kentucky, LSU trailing Old Miss late in the third quarter,
and Colorado and Kansas State in the second quarter. Fox
Sports Radio erators Jason Martin broadcasting live from the Tyreck
dot com studios, will come back and as reference, we'll

(17:00):
get to a busy, wild, insane Saturday in college football.
N Yes, that includes the Alabama Crimson Tide holding on
for dear life and looks like last week might not
have been a fluke when they lost to Vandy.

Speaker 3 (17:14):
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Speaker 2 (17:30):
Welcome back, everybody, Fox Sports Radio, Eric Torres Jason Martin
broadcasting live from the Tirak dot com studios de Sega.
We'll get you caught up pretty soon here, but keeping
you updated right now. We are at the two minute
timeout in the LSU O Miss game. Ole Miss up

(17:50):
twenty three to sixteen, but LSU does have the ball
at about midfield. Colorado Kansas State tied at seven midway
through the second quarter. Jmart want to go back to
a game that feels like it happened thirty seven years ago.
I don't know if it's this year I don't know
what it is, Jmart, but I feel like these these

(18:11):
noon Eastern games, it's just by the time we get
on air at eleven Pacific, eleven Eastern just feels like
it was a different year. Yeah, but you know, this
really set the tone for the day. Alabama, of course,
coming off that loss to Vandy. And by the way,
right before the break, we were just talking about the
parody in college football. You know, it feels like just
about anybody in these power conferences can beat anybody else

(18:33):
on any given night. But Alabama coming off that lost
to Vandy, you think, Okay, they're gonna bounce back, You're
gonna get their best effort. They held on for dear life.
I'll be quick here, but final score was twenty seven
to twenty five. Alabama does beat South Carolina. They were
up twenty seven to nineteen at the four minute mark.

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South Carolina scores a touchdown that was originally called not
a touchdown on the field overturned, they don't get the
two point conversion. They then kicked the ball on sides,
recover the ball on sides, and potentially had a chance
to win. Their quarterback throws it deep, throws it interception
late when he probably kind of frankly to could have

(19:16):
done a Will Howard and take it a little bit
more time and try to get a little bit closer.
But Alabama survives by the skin of their t twenty
seven five.

Speaker 3 (19:24):
But you look at this game.

Speaker 2 (19:26):
Bottom line is that in this game they were out gained.
The South Carolina defense, especially that defensive front, really got
after Alabama. Listen, I'm not ready to throw a towel
in on the Kalindaboor era. But this Alabama team, which
two weeks ago you and I were on air for
that Georgia game and we're talking about, is this potentially

(19:48):
the best team in college football. They got a lot
of flaws and I don't know that they're gonna be that.
They're all gonna be fixed here here, you know, here soon.
By the way, I just want to mentioned really quick,
Travis Hunter for Colorado is walking to the tunnel right now.

Speaker 3 (20:04):
We'll get you an update there.

Speaker 2 (20:05):
He is walking, so it's not a lower body injury,
but we'll see what happened there holding his helmet. I
suspect it might be a concussion. We'll keep you posted,
but let's get back to Alabama. J Mart twenty seven
to twenty five. That team has flaws, though j Mart
has flaws.

Speaker 4 (20:20):
Yeah, they got a lot of problems. The offensive line
at times has been shaky. The defense has been very shaky.
They've given up a lot of first downs. They've been
unable to get off the field on third down. That
was the biggest problem against Vanderbilt last week. And what
was amazing about the Vanderbilt game was Vanderbilt actually looked
like the better team on the field last week. Now
I'm not suggesting they had more talent. I'm suggesting that

(20:42):
they played to win, and they were playing aggressively. They
weren't being conservative with the ball, and Pavia kept making
place but Alabama failed. What was amazing was how just
the inability of Alabama to stop Vanderbilt's run game in
the fourth quarter, particularly on third downs where you knew

(21:03):
they were going to continue to try to run the clock,
and Vaderbilt just ran it down their throat. And you're
not supposed to be able to do that against Alabama,
but they did it consistently. Then you look at South
Carolina today. South Carolina made a couple of mistakes early
and I thought to myself, up, well, if you're gonna
beat Alabama, those are the things you can't do. Everything's
got to go right for you, especially in Brian Denny,
if you're actually gonna win that game. But they still

(21:25):
had an opportunity there. You know, they had sellers that
I think he tried to do a little bit too
much a few times, and he can be a little
bit erratic, but their defense got after mill Row. Ryan
Williams actually didn't have a Ryan Williams type game, and
they easily could have won that game. So you look

(21:46):
at this, if you're Carolyn de Borr, wipe the sweat
from your brow after this, because I'm sure the last
week has not been great, and I'm sure just that
the tenor and and some of the things. Hopefully he's
not been anywhere near media, because I'm sure that did
not go particularly well. As a matter of fact, I
know it did not go particularly well. But if they

(22:10):
lose this game, oh my goodness, and you actually think
about it. Tennessee almost loses to Florida at home and
South Carolina almost beats Alabama at home, and those two
teams are playing next week. So Alabama and Tennessee both
sort of teetering a little bit after us feeling pretty
solid about them earlier in the year. Next week they

(22:31):
play each other, and there's a lot there. One of
those teams is going to take another loss, and that
could be the one that keeps you out. I don't
know for sure, because there's still a lot of football
left to be played. But on the Alabama side, there
are cracks in that foundation in numerous spots on the field,
and it's kind of incredible to me. Now, how exactly

(22:54):
did Georgia not score on them in the first half
of that game? Like I don't understand. I understand Carson
Beck played excellent in the third and fourth quarter, but
how do you not move the football after what I
saw Vanderbilt and South Carolina do against them? You know,
over the past two games, you could have said last
week was sort of the come down game if you

(23:14):
wanted to. But Vanderbilt's pretty good and South Carolina I
think is better than people thought. But again, that's not
a game that Alabama should have been, you know, tightened
up against and potentially in a position to lose in
front of their home fans. There are issues, There are
problems right now with that team that does not look
like a team that could win at all, right now

(23:35):
at all?

Speaker 2 (23:35):
Yeah, I was gonna say, let me counter to what
you just said. You said, you know, how did such
and such happen? But like, to me, I think that
the bigger, the bigger issue. You said, how did Georgia
not score in the first half? How did Georgia give
up that many points? Because yeah, that's that's the part
that stands out to me. Is and again, I know
part of this is because I was not on air

(23:57):
last week, so I obviously didn't react to the Vanderbilt game.
But that's been kind of my takeaway. And I'll be honest.
You know, you mentioned the Vandy game. You know, I
was actually supposed to be traveling last week. It ended
up getting canceled because of the hurricane whatever, blah blah
blah blah blah. But I bring it up because I
was actually at home. I had already called out, so

(24:17):
that was why Arnie ended up coming in for me.
But I just bring it up because I was I
was watching all the games from home, but that was
one that it was just like you kind of just
always felt like Alabama was gonna make their run. They
never did. But I bring it up because I'm a
long way for me to get to this point, which
is that I think that going coming out of last week,

(24:38):
the big conversation was the defense getting off the field
all of that. But the counter is that was kind
of my big takeaway watching last week and watching today
is that if you watch the game, and I know
you did, but like basically you mentioned Ryan Williams, you
take Ryan Williams out of the game right now, Alabama,
and you could watch in the second half, in the

(24:58):
fourth quarter, you kind of turned into Jalen Milroe is
like the older cousin in the backyard football game that's
just bigger and faster than everybody else that we're just
gonna kind of give him the ball, give him the ball,
give him the ball. And I know he threw a
touchdown pass late, but their offense really kind of boiled
down to we're just gonna give the ball to Jalen
Milroe and hope that he can make plays.

Speaker 3 (25:20):
So that's that. By the way, we just had a.

Speaker 2 (25:24):
Broken tackle about a fifty five yard play in the
LSU O Miss game. Ole Miss was up twenty three
to sixteen, and it looks like LSU may have just scored.

Speaker 3 (25:39):
Is there a penalty?

Speaker 2 (25:40):
Yeah, they close. Yeah, they're running back to midfield. But
maybe I'm missing something here, but yeah, Garrett mnus Meyer
from well beyond the fifty to Mason Taylor, Jason Taylor's son.
It looks like they try to tackle him. Was I
don't know, pushed out of bounds? I don't really We
got to see what's going on. Oh, it looks like
elbow was potentially down at midfield. So this is so,

(26:05):
this is interesting. So they have crossed the fifty under
two minutes to go, but it looked like it was
a touchdown, but the elbow was down. It doesn't really
seem like anybody's really arguing about it, So I guess
I guess it is what it is. But old miss
up twenty three to sixteen on LSU one oh seven left.
Tell you what, Jmart will come back. We'll react to

(26:26):
the end of this game, and we'll react to the
rest of a busy, busy day in college football. But
Desager's got the headphones on, he's ready to go. Let's
toss it over the news desk first time this evening
to saga, what's going on the man?

Speaker 5 (26:37):
Hello, gentlemen, it looked like a good call with the
LSU receiver's elbow down. Didn't stop the home fans from booing.
But yes, LSU is driven past midfield under a minute
to go, and at home, the LSU Tigers are for
the moment trailing ninth ranked Old Miss twenty three to sixteen.
Also in progress. We've got late first half eighteenth rank

(26:57):
Kansas State lead tied seven to seven Colorado. But at
the moment k State is driving there in the red zone.
Not number seventeen Boise State in action in the late
game at Hawaii. It's three nothing for the Broncos in
the first quarter and early fourth quarter. At the Rose Bowl.
Minnesota now leads at UCLA fourteen to ten. Minnesota with
two touchdowns third quarter to take the lead after getting

(27:19):
shut out in the first half. If UCLA loses this,
there'll be one and five on the season, oh to
four in the Big Ten. Let's just say it out loud,
it really doesn't matter what conference they're in. UCLA is
just not good this year. As for the earlier games,
Number one Texas in Dallas beat Oklahoma thirty four to three.
At third ranked Oregon, the Ducks kicked a short field

(27:40):
goal with under two minutes to go to beat number
two Ohio State thirty two to thirty one. Fourth ranked
Penn State is still undefeated after the comeback overtime win
at USC thirty three thirty fifth ranked Georgia over Mississippi
State forty one thirty one Mississippi State one and five
Now seventh ranked Alabama survived at home twenty seven to
twenty five against South Carolina. Tonight at number eight Tennessee

(28:03):
valls in overtime edge Florida twenty three to seventeen. Wins
for Clemson and Iowa State wins for Notre Dame and BYU.
Missouri got to.

Speaker 3 (28:12):
Win as well.

Speaker 5 (28:13):
Number twenty two Pittsburgh is six and oh after edging
col seventeen to fifteen. California missed two two point conversions
today and at number twenty three Illinois, Theini in overtime
got a sack on a two point try at the
end to edge Purdue fifty to forty nine. Perdue is
one and five, but after this game, guess what. Purdue
host Oregon on Friday nights on Fox TV. The Detroit

(28:36):
Lions gave running back David Montgomery a two year extension
Bill's running back James Cook was able to practice on
a limited basis after the tow injury. He is questionable
for Monday, but Washington running back Brian Robinson is out
with a knee injury, Giants running back Devin Singletary is
out with a groin injury, and the American League Division
Series is over. Game five of the best of five

(28:56):
at Cleveland goes to the Guardians, eliminating Detroit seven three,
beating what will be the cy Young winner, Trek Scoobel,
who allowed five runs in the bottom of the fifth,
including a grand slam to Lane Thomas.

Speaker 3 (29:08):
Back to you, Thank you very much, Steve Seger.

Speaker 2 (29:11):
This is Fox Sports Radio, Fox Sports Saturday Era towards
Jason Martin broadcasting live from the tirerack dot Com studios.
Tell you what LSU Old miss is coming down to
the wire Colorado Kansas State is getting interesting in that
game at the Rose Bowl is getting interesting as well.
Why don't we come back, jmart and we will react

(29:31):
to the rest of a crazy, crazy, crazy Saturday in
college football. Again, LSU trailing by a touchdown with about
thirty seconds left in about twenty five thirty yards away.
We'll come back, react to the end of a crazy
game here, and react to more of a crazy saturday
across college football. This is Fox Sports Radio.

Speaker 1 (29:55):

Speaker 2 (29:58):
Welcome back, everybody, Fox Sports Radio. Erra Torres, J smartin
broadcasting live from the tire rack dot Com studios.

Speaker 3 (30:08):
Jmart.

Speaker 2 (30:09):
Like this freaking day, man wild, this freaking day. LSU
o Miss Ole Miss was up twenty three sixteen under
a minute ago. Garrett Nussmeyer down to third and ten.
LSU was out of timeout, so basically down to two plays.
Garrett Nusmeyer throws a touchdown pass. There are three seconds

(30:34):
left to potentially force overtime. So for those scoring at home,
Number nine Ole Miss appears to be headed to overtime
earlier today, Number four Penn State one, and overtime number
whatever they are Tennessee.

Speaker 3 (30:47):
They are number eight one in overtime.

Speaker 2 (30:51):
By the way, Bama one by two, Oregon one by one.

Speaker 3 (30:55):
Like what is this Saturday of college football? Jmart? You
want proof that parody is here?

Speaker 2 (31:01):
How about that three top ten teams appear to be
headed to overtime. Two have already won in overtime. The
number seven team in America won by two at home.
The number three team in America won by one. What
a day of college football, my man?

Speaker 4 (31:17):
Yeah? Crazy? I mean this thing. You got two overtime
games with SEC teams that we've had just in the
evening session, and a game that didn't go to overtime
between number two and number three was the better of
all three of those games. So you had two overtime games,
but I'd take the other one over that, and that
one came down to basically the final seconds as well.

(31:39):
So yeah, this is nuts, it's crazy. And you had
the two point win for Alabama earlier, you had the
USC Penn State craziness in the second half and that
game going to overtime as well. It's been wild. And
then you throw on top of that a little bit
of Game five baseball earlier in the day as well.
We are in the throes of it, my man, Like,

(31:59):
this is this is when this job is really really
fun and difficult, because my eyes are completely on nine
versus thirteen. Then I know there's this Colorado Kansas State
game going on simultaneously. You got another ranked team playing
tonight as well with Boise States, So there's like all
sorts of craziness going on. Plus we have to host

(32:20):
a radio show and have opinions on all of this
in real time. It's the best problem to have, even
though the problem with this show is when I get
off the air at one AM my time, I don't
get to sleep until like three because I'm so jacked
up from all of what we've been watching. Like during

(32:40):
the off season, sometimes I can, you know, I can
get off the air, I can get home, I get
in bed, and I can be asleep pretty quickly. That
doesn't happen on these nights. Like these nights i'm jacked up.
I might just stay up and wait for the London
game and just be raided.

Speaker 3 (32:52):
Roll real quick. Did you stay up for Miami col
last week?

Speaker 4 (32:56):
Yeah? I watched the entire I watched the ending of that.
That was insane. I mean that was that was absolutely ridiculous.
That game was over seventeen times we set it on
the air, and then it just as it kept on
getting closer, you just realized what was about to happen,
and then it indeed did.

Speaker 5 (33:12):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (33:12):
Yeah, we got pretty close to divorce in the tourists
household last weekend because no, no, no, no, no, you know,
cause I had to be at the airport very early
to fly back east, and you know, my lovely wife
was willing to drive me, but that game kept going.
I was like, I'm not turning off this game. By
the way, we have gone to halftime in Boulder, Kansas

(33:33):
State up fourteen to seven, and in Baton Rouge, old
Missus lining up for what appears to be a hail Mary.

Speaker 3 (33:40):
So we can't do play by play here on air.

Speaker 2 (33:42):
But Jackson Dart is sacked, which means we are headed
to overtime in Baton Rouge. But yeah, no, no divorce
in the Toaurres household. But I just refused to turn
off that col game and.

Speaker 3 (33:53):
Wife was not happy.

Speaker 2 (33:54):
I said, this is the time we'd be going to
bed anyway, Like what's the big deal here, because we
you know, at two thirty Eastern time, we get off
at about two. By the time I get home, it's
about two thirty. So that was my That was my
sales pitch. She didn't seem to be too impressed, especially
when we had to get up at about five am
to go to the airport. But Cal did cal Miami
was a thriller and again finished as you got off air,

(34:16):
we do officially have overtime in Baton Rouge Top fifteen
matchup Ole Miss against LSU headed to overtime, and again
Colorado trailing fourteen to seven against Kansas State in Boulder.
Should mention, by the way, at the Rose Bowl, Minnesota
trailing UCLA seventeen to fourteen. Fun quick story for you,

(34:38):
j Mart. Then we'll get to some other stuff from
the day. I was out to dinner about three weeks ago.
I live very close to the Rose Bowl, and I
was wearing a Fox Sports shirt and the bartender said
to me, he said, oh, you work you work at Sports.
It's like, yeah, said there it was. I don't know
if it was the Alumni Association or what, but the

(34:58):
bar that I was at Minute Soda rented out the
entire bar for the day in anticipation of this game.
So I think they have a nice crowd at the
Rose Bowl tonight. But yeah, he said, oh yeah, somebody
from Minnesota just called. They rented out the entire bar
for the game against UCLA on October twelfth. So Big
Ten fans are flooding the Rose Bowl in the coliseum.

(35:19):
And speaking of which, that's a good transition. I wasn't
even trying to make it that way. Penn State USC,
let's talk about that one really quick. Penn State does
get the victory in double overtime or in overtime, excuse me, I'll.

Speaker 3 (35:31):
Say this, J Martin.

Speaker 2 (35:31):
I do want to talk about the Lincoln Riley perspective
of things, but I want to give Penn State half
a second of credit here, man, because they have been
a constant whipping boy for us on this show. That
was a team that trailed twenty to six at halftime
on the road, and you know, they battled and they
found a way to win. You know, USC had the

(35:54):
ball late in the fourth quarter, driving with a chance
to potentially get in the field goal range, and Penn
State finds a way to get the win. They forced
the turnover, they they you know, there's some questionable calls
in overtime, but they kick the field goal to get
the win. I know, probably the more interesting side is USC,
and we can certainly get into that, but probably should
give Penn State credit for the fourteen point comeback on

(36:16):
the road at USC.

Speaker 4 (36:18):
Easily a game they could have lost, easily a game
maybe they should have lost. And it's the kind of
game that you pay a James Franklin to win, or
you get tired of James Franklin at some point. He's
been there for a long time. These are the games
that he consistently doesn't win. He goes out to the
West Coast and he wins on the road in overtime.

(36:39):
His team trails big time entering the second half, Drew
Aller decides that he and his tight end are just
gonna go one on once, crazy, two on eleven and
just beat down USC's defense. Tyler Warren, who will be
seeing him on Sundays seventeen, grabs two hundred and twenty

(36:59):
four yards. Surprisingly only one touchdown, but he had more
yards receiving than Miller Moss had passing in the entire
football game. I just saw it. He had two twenty
four and Moss threw for two twenty in the game.
Penn State look Alers played pretty well all year, but
this is the one where even though he had three

(37:21):
picks in the game, he still ends up making the
plays that he has to. He and Warren just had
a great connection all day and apparently USC just couldn't
figure out what to do with Tyler Warren. And this
is a big win. I mean, there are number four
Penn State that this is the game that you expect
James Franklin to lose if you watched James Franklin. But
this is the this is the game that you expect.

(37:43):
If you're a Penn State alumni, you you expect him
to win or you want to find another coach. So
it's a big moment for James Franklin for them to
stay undefeated. And you made this point to me as
we were talking earlier in the day. If you look
at the rest of Penn State's schedule, this was one
that if you got past this hurdle, which they now have,

(38:05):
you could and maybe should finish this season with quite
a record.

Speaker 2 (38:11):
Yeah, Penn State right now sitting at six and oh
they do have to go they host Ohio State, excuse me,
three weeks from now. Penn State actually is a bye
next week. Then they have at Wisconsin Ohio State. But
on the rest of Penn State schedule, they have obviously
played they played usc today, they played Illinois when Illinois
was ranked. But no Michigan, no Oregon, no Iowa, who's

(38:33):
sitting at four and two in pretty decent, No Nebraska,
who's five and one. So and by the way, Indiana,
who's six and oh? All of a sudden, not having
them on the schedule means something, so listen, you know again,
Penn State fans should enjoy the game.

Speaker 3 (38:48):
We're almost at the point now.

Speaker 2 (38:49):
If Penn State doesn't make the playoff this year, and
barring some catastrophic injuries that nobody's rooting for, it has
to be considered a disappointment because they are sitting at
six and oh with no Michigan, no Oregon, no Iowa,
no Indiana, who's six and zero and no who am
I missing one? I forget whatever, No Oregon, no Michigan,

(39:10):
no Iowa. The rest of the schedule, the remaining schedule
for Penn State at Wisconsin, they do have the big
one against Ohio State, Washington at home, at Purdue, at Minnesota,
Maryland at home. That is a schedule they should not
be worse than at worse ten and two, which should
get them into the College Football Playoff really quickly. We
do gotta talk to USC here. We're coming up on it.
We just have a minute or so left. But Lincoln

(39:33):
Riley loses another one, Lincoln ray maybe we might have
to take this over to the other side of the break,
jmart because we're not gonna have time to get to
this but Lincoln Riley Now in the last calendar year,
USC is five and eight overall, one in four on
the road, one and six against ranked teams. We're just
not gonna have enough time in this hour, but we

(39:53):
got two more hours left to break everything down. We'll
get you the end of LSU, will Miss, We'll talk
some NFL as well. This is Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 2 (40:06):
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(40:26):
the way tire buying should be. We were ready to
get off of college football, get to the NFL, but
this sport just keeps giving. That is because after our
great friend de Seger, let you know that Old Miss
had kicked a field goal to take a lead.

Speaker 3 (40:45):
In overtime at LSU.

Speaker 2 (40:49):
A pass from Garrett Nussmeyer to Kyron Lacy for a touchdown,
gives LSU a twenty nine to twenty six walk off win.
LSU joining Tennessee and joining Penn State as top fifteen
teams that win in overtime. This sport, Jason, this freaking sport.

(41:12):
We have another walk off overtime win.

Speaker 4 (41:16):
Unbelievable, crazy and big win for Brian Kelly and a
tough one for Ole Miss here. Now they've got a
couple of losses. This one could have gone either way.
But when you kick the field goal when you're Old Miss,
you're just asking for it. Because both these two teams
have been able to score on the other one, and

(41:38):
I don't know that either one of them had a
defense that you felt particularly good about. So that was
the advantage ls you had, is they once they were
able to hold to the field goal, it felt like
everything was there for them to win the game, and
they managed to do it. But it's pandemonium. You have
two overtime games in the night session. Just in the
sec alone, You've got Oregon, Ohio State a thriller coming

(42:01):
down to the last second. You got all of these
things happening on the same day. We haven't even you know,
mentioned here at least to start this hour what happened
earlier in the day as well. So just a great
day of college football. Maybe not as much chaos as
we had last week, certainly because that was an all timer,
but a lot of just dramatic, incredibly watchable, bonkers, bananas

(42:29):
kind of college football. This is what we love well.

Speaker 2 (42:32):
And I'll tell you what, speaking of bananas, speaking of
certainly watchable, let's go ahead, and let's go ahead and
talk about I want to go back to the top
of the show. We came on literally seconds after Oregon
beat Ohio State. Final score in that one thirty two

(42:54):
to thirty one. Now we're gonna get to a few
elements of it, but the final play of that game,
Oregon up by one Ohio State at the Oregon thirty eight,
so they're basically not quite in field goal range. There's
six seconds left on the clock, and they have to
figure out what they're gonna do. Are they gonna try

(43:14):
to do a quick short pass to try to set
up a pseudo makeable field goal or are they gonna
throw a deep bring it up? Because Will Howard, the
Ohio State quarterback, drops back. It looks like he's trying
to make the quick pass to the boundary to the
you know, to the outside, to get to get a
receiver out of bounds that's not there.

Speaker 3 (43:33):
Then it looks like.

Speaker 2 (43:34):
He's ready to throw deep, doesn't have anything, decides to
take off slides as time expires, and that is how
the game ends. So as we came on air, we
were trying to figure out, Okay, what the heck happened?
What does it mean? Was Will Howard confused? Whatever, we
do have some sound from Ryan Day. Here is Ryan
Day talking about the final play of the game.

Speaker 4 (43:56):
He was fighting all the way to the end.

Speaker 7 (43:57):
We were trying to get you know, three guys into
the boundary on the last play to get that ball completed,
and somebody flashed in his face and he scrambled, and
you know, he'll be hard on himself, but he was
competing all the way to the end, made some big
time throws to give us a chance to be in
field goal rains.

Speaker 3 (44:12):
So that was Ryan Day.

Speaker 2 (44:13):
So basically, j Mart, it does confirm exactly what we
thought they did. Again, six seconds left, they tried to
get the ball. They tried to get the ball to
the outside to pick up a couple of yards to
make it a.

Speaker 3 (44:26):
More manageable field goal. They do not get it.

Speaker 2 (44:29):
But what's interesting, j Mart is earlier in that drive. Okay,
so Ohio State had second and ten from the Oregon
twenty eight. Will Howard drops back, throws it a completion
to the star freshman Jeremiah Smith, a little bit of
a push and it was called an offensive pass interference

(44:52):
and that was what actually pushed things back, which set
up a situation where Ohio State had to decide are
we gonna throw deep?

Speaker 3 (44:59):
Are we gonna do what? Ever?

Speaker 2 (45:00):
Ryan Day was asked about that after the game jmart
and he did not hold back on how he felt,
you know, on.

Speaker 7 (45:07):
The one player there, you know, DB's grabbing on Jeremiah.
Jeremiah is fighting there, and they called the flag there
and that that cost us and it shouldn't come down
to one play. And you said that before, and you know,
we want to leave no doubt and I felt like
we should have done that tonight. We did not, and
so then you know, you put in the you know,
the hands of of of a call and you don't

(45:27):
get it, and that that's on us. You know, it
should never come down to that situation.

Speaker 3 (45:31):
So you can find the video on social media.

Speaker 2 (45:34):
Unfortunately we are in audio medium. It's a pretty questionable call, Jason,
it's a pretty questionable call. Jeremiah Smith kind of gives
a little bit of a push off. It's tough because
you know, I don't know what the letter of the laws.
I could sit here and lie and pretend that I'm

(45:55):
you know, Mike Pereira and I know all.

Speaker 3 (45:57):
The rules in and out.

Speaker 2 (45:59):
A little bit of a push off, but obviously at
that point they were already in field goal range. You know,
we're talking about a situation where there's about twenty five
or so seconds left, twenty two seconds to be exact,
when that play is made, and so it does push
him back, and so I don't know. I mean, I

(46:20):
don't know if you've got a chance to see it
live or if you've at least seen a replay. Ryan
Day seems to indicate that he was not very happy
with that call. Obviously, there's a lot of Ohio State
fans on social media that are not very happy with
that call.

Speaker 3 (46:33):
Have you seen it and if so, did you have
a problem with it?

Speaker 4 (46:37):
That was the that was the big third down play,
right Let's see here, was that the third and twenty five. Play.

Speaker 2 (46:44):
No, it was second and it was second and ten.
But it's set up third and twenty five.

Speaker 4 (46:51):
Okay, so yeah, yeah, yeah, it was down the left side,
right correct, Yeah, yeah, okay, that's that's when I had
to leave one room to walk into the other one
to star hosting the radio show. So I saw the
flag come out, didn't get to see the replay of it.
Based on everything there, it's tough, I will say again,
and Day, to his credit, kind of said this while

(47:12):
also sort of making sure we knew that he kind
of blamed the call. He's basically saying, if you put
it in the hands of the officials, you've you've done wrong.
Like you you can't do that. I Mean, a bigger
issue for me is just you need to tell your
transfer quarterback that if there's not somebody open within a

(47:33):
couple of seconds, throw the football away. Like unless he
thought he was actually gonna make it all the way
into the end zone, that was the end of the game. Like,
I don't I don't know that you can completely absolve
him of that.

Speaker 7 (47:46):
Now.

Speaker 4 (47:46):
It's not Ryan Days. It's a good thing for Ryan
Day not to go out there and say that that's
our job. We can say that. But watching that again,
as I've gone back and watched it a few more
times during during our commercial breaks here early in the show,
that was just a knuckleheaded just it was. It was
an absence of brain in that moment for Will Howard

(48:07):
in the worst possible timing. He had played a really
nice game, although he did get sacked earlier in that drive.
That was just one where there was just a collapse
and he couldn't get out of the way. And then
he slipped a few times after that on the turf.
But that play right there, like there was no chance there.
There was no way you were going to do anything
else unless you thought you were going to score on

(48:29):
that play on the ground. Like running the football, you
have to know to throw the ball away. And I
don't know who to blame for that. I don't know
if somebody told him, hey, if it's not there within
two seconds, or if it's not there within your you know,
one thousand and one, one thousand and two, one thousand
and three, get it out of your hand, we need
one more play. Something to that effect. I don't know.
In terms of the call. Ohio State fans can are

(48:49):
going to be very upset about it. It can be
added to the Buckeye lore of what happened to Chris
Olave against Clemson a few years ago, and all of
those things. Eventually, calls tend to even out. This one
may have gone against Ohio State when it shouldn't have.
But again, I just got I can't get past the
last play. I'm gonna go back and try to find

(49:11):
this one so I have a little bit better of
an indicator of how I feel about it. It is
tough to make an OPI call at that point in
the game, like that must have that either has to
have been blatant or that's one maybe where you just
have to kind of choke on the whistle so I.

Speaker 3 (49:26):
Can only see it from one angle.

Speaker 2 (49:30):
It's tough. It's tough because it's like, okay, let me
let me put it this way. Is I think it
was OPI. I don't think it would have been the
most egregious thing if it wasn't called. You know, it's
like it's like when a you know, it's like an
in an NCAA tournament game in college basketball, when like

(49:53):
there's a call that's the right call, but you wish
it didn't come down to it, but it did come
down to it.

Speaker 3 (50:00):
And you know, I will say, you know a couple
of things.

Speaker 2 (50:02):
One like Ryan Day said, you don't want to let
it come down to one play, and then two, I
mean they did still have opportunities after that, you know,
Will Howard did did complete a pass after that to
you know, short pass and then again you know it
there was the final play in which in which obviously

(50:24):
Will Howard threw the ball deep and uh or you know,
let me even beat her. Okay, I think it was OPI.
You wish you didn't come down to.

Speaker 4 (50:32):
I'm seeing it now on a replay.

Speaker 3 (50:33):
Let me see what's your opinion on it is? Is it?

Speaker 2 (50:37):
It looks like op I to me, Like I said,
it's probably the right call. I don't think it would
have been the most egregious no call. Uh do you
have a thought on it now.

Speaker 3 (50:48):
That you're seeing it.

Speaker 4 (50:49):
Yeah, it looks like OPI. And I think the biggest
I think the reason why it's hard not to call
it is because he used both hands. Because he used
both hands and because of the distance that was created
by the shove. The reason the pass was able to
be caught is because he threw that he pushed the
defender three yards forward and then was able to kind

(51:11):
of turn back around and make himself available to the football.
So I think if you try that with one hand
and you only push them a yard and a half off,
it doesn't get called. I agree with you. I don't
think that Oregon's losing their mind over it, but I
do think Oregon fans would have an argument if it
wasn't called. Like I do not think that Ohio State
got hosed by that call. I think that's a I

(51:33):
think you can be bitter about it and upset that
that play happened, but I actually don't think Ryan Day
has a case here. Watching it, it seems like the
right call was made. If it was basketball, I might
suggest the Oregon guy took a flop, but it's football,
and there was a lot of physicality there and at
full speed. I can believe that Jeremiah Smith forced the
guy three four yards backwards.

Speaker 2 (51:53):
I agree, And it does chase the fact that on
the final play, you know there were two good options,
and Will Howard show's knee either of them, And I'll
tell you what we do have. Will Howard sound, let's
go ahead and see what Will Howard had to say
about the final play.

Speaker 8 (52:07):
I don't know, man, it's it's it sucks, you know,
a play like that like that, It's just you don't
want to lose a game like that. And I don't
know what we could have done better. I could have
gotten down earlier, give us a chance, would have been
a longer kick, but you know, we got to look
go back and look at it.

Speaker 2 (52:23):
And so that was Will Howard, you know, understandably frustrated,
but you know, to go back to the Jeremiah Smith
combination of it again for people just joining us. Oregon
did win thirty two to thirty one. The penalty pushed
pushed Ohio State back. J Martin I kind of agree.
Probably the right call wouldn't have been the most egregious

(52:46):
non call, but it was the right call pushes Ohio
State back. They have one final play there. Basically, as
Ryan Day said, they're trying to set up a short
pass to make a more manageable field goal. Instead Will Howard,
none of that's available. Will Howard looks deep. That's not available.
He tries to run. Unfortunately, as he runs, he slides in,

(53:09):
time expires. That is how Ohio State loses. By the way,
the Big Ten after dark just keeps delivering because Minnesota
has just taken a lead with twenty seven seconds left
against UCLA, Minnesota up twenty seventeen, extra point pending in
the last Big Ten game of the night. But yeah,
J Mart to put a bow on the Ohio State

(53:29):
Will Howard situation. I'm with you one the OPI I
have no problem.

Speaker 4 (53:34):
With the call.

Speaker 2 (53:35):
And then two to the point that we're making Will
Howard listen. You know it's the heat of the moment.
I get it, it's you know, he made a mistake.
I'm not here to crush the kid. But like I said,
he had two legitimate options, throw it quick and short
to try to set up a more makeable field goal,
throw it deep on the hail Mary.

Speaker 3 (53:54):
He chose neither.

Speaker 2 (53:55):
He runs, can't get out of bound slides, and the
game expired that way.

Speaker 4 (53:59):
J Mart's yeah, I think that's right. I mean, I
just the Howard place is kind of crazy again. I
just I'm baffled the other thing. And I did see
this as well. After that PI call, Ryan Day did
not call time out. And there are some that are suggesting,
and they may be right, that he needed to kind
of reel to in, bring everybody back, tell him the situation,

(54:23):
make sure everybody was set up. And Ryan Day's been
criticized for what's happened late in football games in the past,
so add this one to the list.

Speaker 2 (54:33):
Ohio State falls to Oregon in just an unbelievable day
of college football. Tell you what we will bring out
one of my favorite guests to talk about one of
the most thrilling games that feels like it was played
about four years ago.

Speaker 3 (54:47):
That is Ryan Fowler.

Speaker 2 (54:48):
He's a host on our Tuscaloosa affiliate, Tied one hundred
point nine. He is going to join us next to
break down Alabama and just really, frankly, a crazy day
across the SEC. This is Fox Sports Radio eritor Jason
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(55:11):
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Speaker 3 (55:28):
This is Fox Sports Radio. Welcome back, everybody.

Speaker 2 (55:32):
Fox Sports Radio er tours Jason Martin, broadcasting live from
Thetireraq dot com studios. In just a moment, our good buddy,
Ryan Fowler of TIED one hundred point nine, our affiliate
down in Tuscaloosa, will join us. We'll get to Ryan
in just one moment. Before we do, though, let's toss
it over to the news desk to Seger. What is trending?

Speaker 3 (55:56):
My man?

Speaker 5 (55:56):
We're down to two games still going in college football
on this late, say, Saturday night, as Minnesota has just
won on a late touchdown at UCLA twenty one to seventeen.
Bruins oh to four in conference and one and five overall.
Colorado does not have Travis Hunter on the field to
start the second half, left first half with a shoulder injury,

(56:16):
and currently it's looking like Kansas State has just scored
pending review pending that's in the extra point case. State
could be going up twenty one to seven at Colorado
about mid third quarter of that one right now and
number seventeen. Boise State leads at Hawaii thirteen nothing with
under six minutes to go. In the second quarter, superstar
running back of the Broncos Ashton genty with a fifty

(56:39):
four yard touchdown, so he has fourteen carries one hundred
nine yards in the first half at Hawaii. North Carolina
is oh and three in the ACC after losing it
home to Georgia Tech forty one thirty four. NC State
oh and three in the ACC losing it home to
Syracuse twenty four seventeen, and Louisville won at Virginia today
twenty four to twenty. Talked about the Ohio State quarterback

(57:01):
Will Howard. His team ranked number two, lost by a
point at number three Oregon tonight thirty two to thirty one.
Oregon kicked a short field goal with under two minutes
to go. Ohio State had the ball last. Deciding to
scramble up the middle was Howard. In the final seconds.
He got over ten yards on the game, but took
entirely too long, and by the time he slid and

(57:23):
tried to call a time out, the clock had expired.
Did he think he got down to the ground in time.

Speaker 8 (57:28):
I thought I did, obviously didn't. I'm worried about trying
to get enough yards to make the field goal and
get us in the field goal range.

Speaker 6 (57:36):
You know.

Speaker 8 (57:36):
But we gotta gotta go back and look at it
and figure out what we did wrong there. And you know,
I gotta I gotta get down, I guess, and it's
all good. We gotta gotta learn from it.

Speaker 5 (57:45):
I don't know if it's all good, but I realized
that it's an expression. But okay, quarterback Will Howard, I
mean total touch.

Speaker 3 (57:51):
It's one of those.

Speaker 7 (57:52):
You know.

Speaker 2 (57:53):
Listen, the good news is in this twelve team playoff era,
you didn't cost yourself a season. Yeah, but that's not listen,
I don't this sounds very mean spirited. That's not on anyone.
But you d like you didn't get down in time.
That's not as a it's not an up for debate.
Was it pass interference? Was it not like your knee
was not down? Now you're the quarterback, you have the.

Speaker 5 (58:13):
Ball, you made that decision, you ran down the middle,
and there are only six seconds left for the entire play.

Speaker 4 (58:18):
So that's that.

Speaker 5 (58:20):
Oregon wins by one. Penn State came back to win
in overtime at USC Tennessee came back to win in
overtime against Florida LSU, with its only lead at the
game scored in overtime to beat Old Miss Illinois in
overtime beat Purdue fifty to forty. Nine wins in the
top ten for Texas, for Georgia for Clemson as well.

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Clemson's five and one in the Al Division Series Game
five of the best of five today, the game was
moved up to one pm Eastern Time due to impending
rain in Cleveland. The Guardians eliminated Detroit seven to three,
Lane Thomas a Grand Slam and an RBI single. The
ALCS will have the Yankees hosting games one and two
on Monday and Tuesday nights. The Mets are in La

(59:02):
to open the NLCS Sunday night on Fox TV, with
Game two in Los Angeles on Monday afternoon.

Speaker 3 (59:08):
Back to you, Thank you very much, Steve Sager.

Speaker 2 (59:10):
This is Fox Sports Radio, Fox Sports Saturday into Sunday
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rarely bring on guests, but when we do, we make
sure to only bring on the best in this guy.

Speaker 3 (59:28):
He is the best. You can hear him every day.

Speaker 2 (59:31):
Two to six Eastern time on our two to sixth
Central I guess it would be three to seven Eastern
on our Tuscaloosa affiliate on Fox Sports Radio, TIED one
hundred point nine. His name is Ryan Fowler. You can
follow him on Twitter at Ryan C.

Speaker 1 (59:45):
Fowler.

Speaker 4 (59:46):
Ryan. What's up man?

Speaker 6 (59:47):
How you doing? Uh? Chaos? Chaos, chaos.

Speaker 9 (59:51):
But before we get started, can we have a moment
of silence for all the professional handicappers out there? I mean,
because their job is a lot harder than mine. I mean,
I know you're LI five and one or twenty seven
and two all the season, but most of those professional
handicappers are not where you are at going into weight
number seven. I could promise you well.

Speaker 3 (01:00:10):
Not kind would I'm doing well, Ryan, But I will
say it wasn't insaney. Let me even ask you.

Speaker 2 (01:00:15):
We'll get to the Bama game in a second. How
nice is it to no matter how ugly the win is,
you get the win. And now you look at the
rest of this sport. I mean, Tennessee almost loses Old
misloses their second game it's hard to see a scenario
where they can play themselves into that playoff conversation. Now
with two losses, how nice is it just to get

(01:00:36):
that win at eleventh Central and sit back and watch
everybody else and all the carnage around the sport.

Speaker 9 (01:00:41):
Well, you know, it definitely was a win, but it's
you walked out of Saban Field at Brian Pitty Stadium,
it really didn't feel like a win. I mean, you're
a twenty one and a half point favorite. You should
be able to take care of business. Alabama had another
sloppy game. But I've been trying to coach my listers
up that this is the new you college football. This

(01:01:02):
is what we you know, have created with you know,
bringing everybody down and bringing some of the lower teams up,
and this is where we have it. I mean, so
it was easier to set back and watch a little
college football and it was just a confirmation, right. I mean,
we're week six, we have a decent sample size, and
it's it's just a mess. I mean, when you look

(01:01:23):
at the world and you know five and one, you know,
any typical year, to me, this Alabama would would not
be a playoff team. But because of the expansion because
the chaos, you know, they have a pathway there as
rough as they played, and it was really you know,
I mean, I know you didn't really ask me this,
but it just it feels like a cycle from the

(01:01:45):
halftime against Georgia, half the third and fourth quarter Vanderbilt,
and then today sloppy sloppy. So it was you know,
it gave you a little bit of a relief to
watch the rest of college football. But I think your
eyes don't lie. I mean, this settlement team needs a
lot of work.

Speaker 4 (01:02:04):
So you said you've been coaching your listeners, Ryan, and
I think your point is exactly right. We kind of
talked about it earlier in the show, and we talked
about it pretty much all year round. The biggest difference
now is these teams are not deep anywhere near like
they used to be, because dudes are not going to
sit on the sideline and wait their turn when they
can go get paid and go somewhere else. And so

(01:02:24):
you have seen a little bit more parody created some
teams have come up, and as a result, the Juggernauts
have lost maybe a little bit of their edge. But
as you've been coaching up your listeners. What was their response,
because when you replace Nick Saban, you know it's going
to be hard anyway.

Speaker 3 (01:02:41):
But you come off of.

Speaker 4 (01:02:42):
Losing to Vanderbilt just a couple of weeks after Saban
had that great quote about how everywhere it's tough to
play in the SEC except Vanderbilt because you have more
fans in the seats than they do. What was the
response about Kawin debor from your audience this past week.

Speaker 9 (01:02:57):
Well, I mean they come into it with an expect
and they always reminds you with Saban would have done
it one way and that I say, well, Saban told
you he couldn't do it anymore because based on the
comments of him, as long as I can maintain the standard,
I'm going to keep coaching. Well, he tapped in right,
I mean he threw the talent and said so even

(01:03:18):
Nick Saban started to drift, okay, And so everybody takes
this Nick Saban mentality and applies it to a new
coaching staff. Listen, I believe in this coaching staff. You
listen to him talk, I just think there's an adjustment.
We calibrating your eyes. But listen, I'm going to tell
you I love Alabama fans. I make a living covering

(01:03:39):
this university four hours a day, five days a week,
fifty two weeks out of the year. But I promise you,
if Alabama was playing Jesus in the Twelve Disciples, they
would take Alabama. I'm just telling you. I mean, so
I've got an impossible task to try to convince them
that this is the new college football because they have
this standard of national champions or bust, and that's just

(01:04:01):
not realistic right now. It's just you're not going to
see these dominating runs. I mean, look at Georgia. I
mean they struggled to Vegas Mississippi State, and you live
in this region. That was a thirty three and a
half point spread, and you look at the dogs who
nobody I'm talking about Misissippi State from start. Vegas gave
him a chance to compete. But that roster is one

(01:04:24):
of the best in college football. And if Kirby talked
about this is about a month and a half ago
of depth issues and I went, ooh, he's really saying this.
He's saying depth, we have depth concerns. And I'm going,
what is college football playoffs going to look like? I mean,
we're six weeks and injuries are starting to mount up.
And I love college football, but I don't know what

(01:04:46):
the playoffs are going to look like because it is
going to be chaos. They're going to be teams limping
in the playoffs because you don't have that NFL. You
have an NFL system, but you don't have the NFL
system where you can go to the practice squad. We
got sixteen players over here and you can go pick
up you know, a guy that's sitting on his couch
and he could be quarterback for a couple of weeks.

(01:05:06):
You don't have about luxury. I don't know what the
playoffs because I think we're at the peak right now
in college football. When we get to the playoffs, I
can't look at you and say that we're going to
get the best version of college football because I just
don't know. I think. I mean, I know it's the
first year, we don't have a sample saw, but I'm
thinking we're setting ourself up for something in the playoffs

(01:05:28):
that's not going to be pretty. It's going to be
a survival context.

Speaker 3 (01:05:33):
Ryan Fowler joining US tied one hundred point nine.

Speaker 2 (01:05:35):
You can hear him on our Tuscaloosa affiliate three to
seven Eastern two to six local time. There, Ryan, let
me ask you, you know, after so obviously, look, there's
the on the field product, there's you know, all the
points that we're giving up over that six quarter span.

Speaker 3 (01:05:52):
If you date back to the Georgia game, let me
just ask you this.

Speaker 2 (01:05:55):
You know, we saw the highlight of Malachi Moore after
the game last week or towards the end of the
game last week. There were some dumb penalties today. Obviously
you couldn't recover the on side kick. I know, discipline
versus penalties versus this. But is there a concern on
your in your opinion about the little stuff, about the details,

(01:06:18):
because to me, you know, that was the sab in Machra, right,
is the process If you do the little things right,
the big things take care of themselves. And does kind
of feel a little bit like those little details maybe
starting to slip a little bit or am I looking
too much into it?

Speaker 4 (01:06:36):
Well?

Speaker 9 (01:06:36):
I think you can look at the penalty yards. I mean,
I think there are one hundred and fifteenth in the
country and penalty yards per game. There's been some mistakes,
but I think that goes back to what Jason was
talking about a couple of minutes ago. With with young players, right,
you're having to count on these guys. I just think
that comes with a youthful team. You could go up
and down. You know, some of the great teams in
college football are some of the better teams have a

(01:06:58):
lot of penalty yards. But there does seem to be
something missing, and I don't know if it's you know,
think about how much grief we gave the substitute teacher,
you know, I mean, you would have your teacher and
you know, and he would be rough and tough, and
he would you know, you know, demand all this and
Caleb of More has come in and I think some
of these players have probably relaxed just a little bit.

(01:07:19):
But I feel, like I said, I think he's got
the ability to dial them in. But I see a
toughness component. And I know this is not what you're asking,
but to me, the part that I miss about Alabama
is when I see this toughness. But to be fair,
Nick Saban had lost that in the last few years.
You know, the mistakes that we're talking about penalty yards,

(01:07:40):
go back and look at Nick Saban's teams the last
couple of years. They were heavily penalized football team. So
I don't even know, I need to go back and
look at the facts, but it might be even a
slot improvement to where they were as far as plenty
yards last year. But but there does seem to be
a toughness area that is just not there. It's it

(01:08:00):
just seems to be on the defensive side of the
football that they're not playing their best football. And I'm
sure Kaylen the Bull would probably tell you the same thing. Offensively,
they're okay, but they're not balanced and they're not able
to run the football at wheels. They really don't have
a rushing attack. If you take that way mill road
from running the football. That running back is just I

(01:08:22):
mean it is pedestrian and I think two point six
yards seven two point seven yards per carry that they
just can't run the football. And then what teams now
are doing and go, okay, we know you can't run
the football, then we're going to take your deep ball away.
And that's what happened today. I mean, Ryan Williams was
really not a factor in this. Well, he was a factor,

(01:08:42):
but he didn't he didn't have you know, he didn't
have a touchdown. The first time in his collision career
that he didn't walk out there with that. But it
seems to be that it's the recipes out. How do
you beat Alabama? You take away the deep ball and
you run it down their throat because right now this
defense can't stop you and I and Jason. I mean,
it looks it's as bad as it seems. And I

(01:09:04):
almost wonder, you know what adjustments can be made six
games of the season, but they're going to have to
fix some issues because this defense, it tackling, is a
problem just overall. Like I said, toughness, physicality. Every football
player hates to describe as word, but I can't think
of anything else. I mean, they're soft. They are soft

(01:09:24):
on the defensive side of the ball.

Speaker 4 (01:09:27):
Right, I mean, you're preaching to the choir, because the
most baffling thing about the Vanderbilt game a week ago
was that Vanderbilt knew and felt, like I think that
they were the aggressor against Alabama. They kept running it
right at them in the fourth quarter and Bama couldn't
get off the field, especially on third down, like they

(01:09:48):
could not find a way to the sideline at all.
And it was it was mind blowing to me, are
you surprised at where the defense is? Like when you
thought about it, is this a personnel thing? I don't know,
Like watching it over this leg basically since the second
half of the Georgia game on, they have been it's
almost like they don't even have a defense. I can't

(01:10:10):
remember the last time where I could really just say
I'm not afraid at all if I'm playing against the
Alabama defense. That seems completely antithetical to everything we know
about Bama since two thousand and nine.

Speaker 9 (01:10:23):
I want to counter this with just one quick thing,
and I think it is personnel, and I think that
limitshe with scheme wise from they're youthful and a couple
of key spots and they're having to play so simple.
I think teams now are picking it apart because they're
so predictable on what they want to do defensively or

(01:10:44):
what they're attempting to do, I think, and that's going
to have to adjust because now the recipe is out.
You know, this is how you hit them, and you
mentioned you know, Vanderbilt the trenches is probably their weakest spot,
Like the offensive line, defensive line, they're just not where
they need to be. And to me in a lot

(01:11:05):
of ways. Yeah, you had Caden Proctor back at left tackle,
but the offensive line in some areas should have been
a strength. And I know the defensive line should have
been a strength. There's some veterans on that group. They're
just not where they need to be in the trenches.
It just seems like that's the part. If they could
fix some of that defensive line. The offensive tackle, the

(01:11:27):
right tackle spot has just been you know, they tried
to will conform me there. Things didn't work out against
South Florida. Now they've tried to lodge a pritchet. You
could even go back to the Vanderbilt game. You know,
on the on the mill Roe fumble was a whiff
by him. I mean he literally just lowered his head
and got beat by the Vanderbilt defender. The offensive defensive
line has just the skill guys, you feel okay, I

(01:11:50):
mean it's not where it needs to be, but like today,
I mean, South Carolina's front just dominated the Alabama's offensive line.
Of mill Row, it's many, you know, his mobility he
had and extending the play. He was sacked like four times,
but they were all over him and it was simply
because of that offensive line. I mean, that offensive line
gave up a lot of pressure and the defensive line

(01:12:11):
couldn't really create. They can get back there, but they
couldn't get them on the ground, and they couldn't tackle.
And that's a part that I guess I'm just not
accustomed to. Even though Nick saban teams were kind of
drifting in the back end of his tenure, the tackling
was never an issue. It has been this year.

Speaker 2 (01:12:26):
Ran we have about thirty seconds left, so you got
to be quick. But Tennessee two three weeks ago looks
like a national title contender. Lose last week at Arkansas,
struggle against Florida. For people don't know Alabama's going to
Tennessee next week. Any saving grace with how Alabama is
playing relative to how Tennessee is playing, you know, I think.

Speaker 9 (01:12:47):
Both these teams have not played their best football as
of late. I think Tennessee I watched today, Florida was
a big, heavily favored. Tennessee looks like a team it's
also trying to find their identity. I think this is
going to be a big, big, big game. I think
alabam will come to play, but they've been slappy. I
don't expect perfection from out the teams.

Speaker 3 (01:13:05):
He is Ryan Fowler.

Speaker 2 (01:13:07):
You can hear him Monday through Friday three to seven Eastern,
two to sixth Central in Tuscaloosa on our Tuscaloosa affiliate.

Speaker 3 (01:13:16):
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Speaker 2 (01:13:18):
Covers the Tide, covers SEC football, and covers the national landscape,
which is getting crazier by the minute. Ryan Man, we
appreciate you staying up late in Tuscalusa. We'll talk to
you soon, and good luck next week against Tennessee.

Speaker 9 (01:13:33):
Hey, it's rocky top height wig in ttail Man. Appreciate
you guys, see you guys.

Speaker 7 (01:13:36):
Letter.

Speaker 3 (01:13:37):
That is Ryan Fole.

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You can hear him again three to seven Eastern, two
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We'll come back to Sager as he does every week
around this time. He'll get you an update on everything
you missed across the college football landscape and beyond.

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Speaker 2 (01:13:56):
Welcome back, everybody. Fox Sports radio er tors J. Simartin
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Speaker 5 (01:14:08):
My man, it is halftime in the late game in
college football seventeenth ranke Boise State is only leading at
Hawaii thirteen to seven. Superstar running back of Boys Ashton
gent fifteen carries one hundred ten yards and a touchdown
so far and late third quarter for eighteenth rank. Kansas
State leading at Colorado twenty one fourteen. Colorado star Travis

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Hunter left in the first half with a shoulder injury.
For k State, DJ Giddons on twenty carries has one
hundred and sixty eight yards rushing and this is without
a single run over about twenty five yards. He's just
killing it. Eight yards of carry in this game on
Fox TV today, Iowa pounded Washington forty to sixteen Caleb
Johnson with three touchdowns. I need to say that again

(01:14:49):
out loud. Iowa scored forty points today and in just
a few weeks ago they scored thirty one in a
win at Minnesota. Iowa scored about forty in each of
its two easy games early season. The Iowa Hawkeyes are
four and two and they do not play a ranked
team for the rest of the season. The late game
at the Rose Bowl went to Minnesota on a last
minute touchdown, beating UCLA twenty one to seventeen. Kentucky is

(01:15:13):
one in three in conference after losing at home to
Vanderbilt twenty to thirteen. Army six and oh and ripped
UAB today forty four to ten. Memphis not out of
it five and one overall after winning twenty one three
at South Florida, and North Texas is five and one
in that American Football Conference. It's forty one thirty seven
was the North Texas final at Florida Atlantic. Elsewhere in

(01:15:36):
Conference USA, liberties five and oh after its Tuesday night
overtime win against FIU, and there were no games at
all in Conference USA today, you know Saturday. In college football,
Washington State won at Tresno State twenty five seventeen, including
a late sixty yard pick six. At Nevada, the Wolfpack
beat Oregon State forty two to thirty seven. In the

(01:15:58):
Sun Belt, James Madison It's five won so far at
won a Thursday game easily against Coastal Carolina. Uel Monroez
now five and one. Louisiana is five and one as well,
And then there were the overtime games among the ranked
teams today. At number twenty three Illinois, the aligne I
got a sack on a two point try at the
end to beat Purdue fifty to forty nine in OT.

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Illinois led twenty seven to three in the third quarter,
but needed a thirty eight yard field goal at the
end of regulation just to tie the game and then win.
Friday night, Oregon at Purdue on Fox TV, and Yes,
the third ranked Ducks did win the close game at
home against number two Ohio State thirty two to thirty
one as quarterback Will Howard, who had three total touchdowns
in the loss, ran out of time at the end

(01:16:42):
after scrambling. Number four Penn State is six and oh
It trailed at USC at the half twenty to six,
but one in overtime thirty three to thirty as the
Trojans missed a forty five yard field goal attempt on
its possession in OT and then Penn State made a
thirty six yarder. Penn State had had to retie the
game on a touchdown pass with under three minutes left

(01:17:02):
in regulation. They escape with victory in overtime. At number
eight Tennessee tonight, the Vaults, who were down to Florida
ten nothing late third quarter beat the Gators twenty three
seventeen Dylan Sampson with three touchdown runs. Alabama plays at
Tennessee next Saturday. Number thirteen LSU never led Tonight until
the final play in overtime. It beats number nine Ole

(01:17:25):
Miss twenty nine twenty six, and it was the first
play of overtime for them, a touchdown pass. It came
right after an ole Miss fifty seven yard field goal
attempt that was good, but Mississippi won and two in
conference twelve penalties Tonight for one hundred and ten yards.
There were top ten wins for Texas and Georgia Clemson

(01:17:46):
as well Iowa State on Fox TV. Tonight's advanced to
six and oh. Eleventh ranked Iowa State gotta win at
West Virginia twenty eight sixteen. Iowa State six and oh
for the first time since nineteen thirty eight, when it
had a team finishing seven and one. Yes, there used
to be less than ten games in a college football
season for many years decades, even and Notre Dame and

(01:18:08):
Byu each one at home. Missouri got a road win,
of course, it was at UMass, but that counts as
an FBS win forty five to three attendants with sixteen
thousand at Massachusetts. By the way, number two pitt is
six to zero after beating Cal seventeen fifteen. I know Cal,
and we were thinking they're not going to do anything
in the ACC. Yes, they've lost three straight, but that's

(01:18:29):
three straight heartbreaking close games. Cal missed a couple of
two point conversions. They missed a forty yard field goal
attempt with under two minutes left at Pittsburgh lost seventeen fifteen.
That game was seventeen to six in the second quarter
after pitt had made a fifty eight yard attempt. In
the NFL, the Detroit Lions today gave running back David

(01:18:49):
Montgomery a two year extension. Giants running back Devin Singletary
is out for this weekend with a groin injury, and
punter Jamie Gillen Now out with a hamstring injury. Washington
running back Brian Robinson out with a knee injury, and
Bill's running back James Cook was able to practice on
a limited basis today with the toe injury, so he's questionable,
not doubtful, questionable for the Monday game. In case you

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hadn't heard quarterback for the Colts, Anthony Richardson a game
time decision for Sunday with an oblique injury. Tennessee will
host injury quarterback Will Levis due to start for the
Titans tomorrow after the shoulder injury.

Speaker 2 (01:19:24):
Thank you very much, Steve Sager. This is Fox Sports Radio,
Fox Sports Saturday Air tors Jasonmr. Broadcasting live from the
tyreck dot Com Studios. One game, keep you updated on
to Seger just told you. But Colorado trailing twenty one
to fourteen, Kansas State on the verge of the getting
into the red zone.

Speaker 3 (01:19:41):
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You know, Bernie has the goods. Bernie has so much
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a wild day in college football. And by the way,
that's how our last hour is gonna roll, uh, because

(01:20:37):
we do want to just put a bow on the
college football slate. But we promise if you've been waiting
for NFL Talk, we are going to get to it momentarily.

Speaker 3 (01:20:46):
Jmart.

Speaker 2 (01:20:47):
You know, listen, we talked a little bit just this
last hour about the finish to the Ohio State Oregon game.
If you missed it, Will Howard, the Ohio State quarterback,
final play of the game, six seconds left, drops back,
looks like he's gonna throw a short pass, it's not there,

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looks to throw deep, it's not there. Decides to run slides.
By the time he slides, unfortunately, time expires, the game
is over. Oregon wins. The Thrillers to Sega just said
thirty two to thirty one. You know, I don't know
if you have anything else to add about that game,
but I'll also say this, J Mart, is just an
insane day of college football where Oregon beats Ohio State

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by one, three top ten teams Tennessee, Penn State or
two top ten teams Tennessee and Penn State winning overtime.
LSU A top fifteen teams stuns Ole Miss in overtime
to Sager just gave us the incredible stat ls you
never led until the game goes final. You know, Alabama survives.

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Is there one big takeaway from Saturday? And maybe it's that,
you know, the big takeaway is college football is as
crazy as it's ever been. But what do you make
of just, you know, another insane Saturday.

Speaker 4 (01:22:06):
In this sport, it's wide open. It's just wide open,
and it makes each week a lot of fun. Yes,
there's something to be said for having juggernauts, but just
seeing futility, it's almost like watching the best golfers in
the world struggle with the US Open. Yes, any one
of them could win, but also they could get got.

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And that's what you've seen so far this year. George
has been gotten, Alabama has been gotten, Tennessee has been gotten,
Old Miss has been gotten twice. Ohio State finally got got,
Penn State continues to avoid it, but almost God got
Notre Dame has already been gotten. LSU has already been gotten.
You see it all the way across the sport. I'll
tell you one takeaway, and this is something we have

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not to unless you maybe correct me if I'm wrong,
But I don't think we've talked about this to this
point in the show, and I think it says a
lot obliterated. Oklahoma absolutely crushed them, like that game became
boring after the first touchdown because you knew it was over,

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Like there was never Oklahoma was never in that game.
They were a fraud at eighteen. But I do think
something should be said for the fact that Texas is
making these games laughably not even watchable right now. Like,
while we are discussed in the futility that's all over
the place, Texas hasn't even been remotely challenged so far

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this year. They are crushing teams all the way across
the board. Now, again, Oklahoma is not usually Oklahoma, but
that's that crazy rivalry game and we've seen strange things happen.
The Texas situation is a situation. I do think that
the fact that we haven't even really discussed that because
there have been other close matchups and all this other stuff.

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The team that's number one entering today, they're still the
best team in the country.

Speaker 2 (01:23:59):
Texas does take care of business thirty four to three
against Oklahoma. You know, listen part of it to your point,
Oklahoma isn't very good. They came in four and one.
But listen, you know we were on after the Tennessee game.
The Tennessee game was another one that was over after
the first you know, probably quarter and a half.

Speaker 3 (01:24:17):
You know, they're dealing with a lot of injuries. You know,
our buddy Chris Plank will tell you. You know O line.

Speaker 2 (01:24:23):
You know O line had zero returning starters. Whatever, defense
is fine, offense isn't good enough. The other thing about Texas,
you know, a very manageable schedule by SEC standards, But
toughest game they're gonna have all year is next week
against Georgie at home. So yeah, I was gonna say,
you want to see what Texas. I don't want to
say what Texas is made of because that's insulting because

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they have been awesome.

Speaker 3 (01:24:47):
But you host Georgia next week.

Speaker 2 (01:24:50):
Georgia came into the Wink rank number five in the country,
took care of business against Mississippi State. They were not great,
but probably good enough. And yeah, I mean you out
side of that, it's you know, listen, you got a
couple tougher games towards the end of the year. For
Texas at Arkansas is not a pushover. As Tennessee learned
this past week, Texas A and M is currently five

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and one. That's the finale in uh you know, in
college station. But uh Texas survives next week. I mean,
I I think there's a realistic chance they finished the
regular season undefeated. Let me ask you this, j Mart,
because I agree with you. Is that you know, they
have been the best team. To me, I have said
since the since the Michigan game, I thought they were
the best team that I have seen, top to bottom offense, defense,

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run game, pass game, whatever, who else behind? Like like
like if this twelve team playoffs started today, and obviously
we don't know the field, but who do you like, like, like,
who do you believe in?

Speaker 3 (01:25:46):
Who do you trust? Because it does feel like maybe, especially.

Speaker 2 (01:25:50):
In the SEC, anybody on any given night could could
could could could get anybody else.

Speaker 4 (01:25:54):
You know, Yeah, I think that's right. I mean I think, yeah,
I would pick Texas. I mean, they were my season champion.
I'm feeling real good right now. They could easily still
find a way to lose, no question, I don't think
anybody is unbeatable in the sport this year. I mean
you could make an argument for a couple of different
teams after that. I mean, Oregon I think should be
there and will be there. But then, like, I think

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Ohio State is better than Penn State, even though Penn
State's the undefeated team of the two. I think Georgia
is better than Penn State. But Penn State remains undefeated
right now, and I'm not even trying to shave Penn State.
I think they've been good. I still like Georgia better.
I still like Ohio Ohio State better. I do think
at that point you have a tier situation. Like Kate
Klubnik has been playing really well for Clemson there and

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it's still not fully buying into it, but I do
think Clemson. Clemson has been playing really good football in
the last handful of weeks, and Clubnick especially has looked
really good. Ole Miss drops off. Tennessee's gonna need to
show me something against Alabama because right now I'm not
so sure about their offense outside of the running back.
Like I understand, their wide receivers are pretty talented, but
Niko's a little bit too raw on, a little bit

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too inconsistent for my taste right now, and eventually that's
gonna bite them again, and it may bite them next week.
We'll see. Miami has been living on the edge. I'm
still not sure about to call at the end of
that Virginia Tech game, that Friday Night game a few
weeks ago, and then they come back and obviously they're
never out of a game, and Ward's been stellar when
he's had to be. But I don't put them in

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that same tier. So I look at it and I say,
probably Texas, and then I think you can. I think Texas,
Oregon and then Georgia, Ohio State, Penn State are probably
the five in that order right now that I probably
feel the most comfortable with. But again we have shaded
all those teams. I think short of Texas this year,

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and I think that I think it's wide open. I
think that's what's gonna make the twelve team things so
fun this year is you can make an argument for
all of them, just depends on who's hot and who's healthy.
At the end of the year and who's able to
dodge that very thing, those injuries in the playoff.

Speaker 2 (01:28:00):
Yeah, I'm with you, and maybe teams will emerge. And
by the way, you know, we're a week away from
Georgia beating Texas where we're like, oh, George is in
that conversation, or you know, Penn State beating Ohio State
or Ohio State destroying Penn State. And then we say,
wait a second, now they lost by one in Oregon.
I'm with you, is I think right now it's hard,

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but I think you would have to put a top
three of Texas, Oregon, Ohio State. I'm not going to
criticize Ohio State for losing by one.

Speaker 7 (01:28:31):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:28:31):
And then after that, you know, it's even like with
the SEC. And again maybe by next week, you know,
Georgia either takes care of business against Texas or you know,
loses in a close game. Because I mean, George is
an interesting one in the fact that you can kind
of look at them and sit there and say, well,
you know, they haven't been great for big stretches, could

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have lost to Kentucky, you know, really didn't, as Ryan
Fowler said in the last hour, really didn't look great
against Mississippi State today. The counter to that is, you know,
they had to lead at the fourth quarter against Alabama
and Tuscaloosa, and so you know, I don't know who
would be even number two in the SEC right now.

Speaker 3 (01:29:10):
I think it actually probably is Georgia. Maybe it's Vandy.
I don't know. I don't know.

Speaker 4 (01:29:14):
You know, I don't know.

Speaker 3 (01:29:14):
I Vandy's gonna be able to make it.

Speaker 4 (01:29:16):
I don't think you're right. I think you're right by
the way. I think George is better than Alabama, even
though Alabama beat them, and you know, some people will
be upset with that, but I just think in terms
of talent at this point, and one of the biggest
issues for Alabama right now is and we talked about
when we had Fowler on, you know, outside of Williams

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and some of this stuff, they're putting a lot on
Millrow because they don't really have a running game. Ye,
So Milroe as a result, is running for his life,
dodging sacks from Canard in those South Carolina guys all
day on Saturday. He's getting beaten around a lot, and
he's making a lot of plays, but they're putting so
much on his shoulders. And you remember this happened to
Bryce Young a few years ago when Bryce Young was

(01:29:56):
able to live up to that most of the year,
even though Tennessee was able to beat them that year.
But mill Row, I just think you're putting too much
on him. I still think he's a really, really impressive
football player. But I also think that you are asking
too much of Jaylen Milroe if you're Alabama right now.
And I'm not really sure where the fix is because

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I don't know that it's on the roster.

Speaker 2 (01:30:19):
Yeah, it's crazy because you know, we did talk a
lot about Alabama and hour two I'm with you is
that I don't know, like there there are teams. You know, listen,
you go back to Georgia two weeks ago, they lost,
they lost to Alabama. But the counter to that is,
you know, had a lead in the fourth quarter, one
big play, all of a sudden they lose, you know,
fell down. We you know, we've we've talked and talked

(01:30:41):
about that game. But with Alabama, I'll say is that
they got a lot of issues and and I you
know we talked about it earlier. Is last week it
was the defense. Defense couldn't get off the field on
fourth down, and and and you know again you and Arnie.

Speaker 3 (01:30:56):
Talked about it all for probably three hours last week.

Speaker 2 (01:30:59):
But I just bring up because to me today the
offense was the problem where exactly what you just said
is that they got one wide receiver that could beat
you deep.

Speaker 3 (01:31:06):
And then other than that.

Speaker 4 (01:31:09):
They have you know, the Jalen Milroe show yep.

Speaker 2 (01:31:13):
Hm, and it's you know, they struggling to run the
ball under one hundred yards rushing outside of Jalen Milrow
follow throughout the stat I think it was like two
and a half yards per carry, maybe even a little
bit less. And so you know, Alabama's one where, you know,
I think there are teams that, even if they have
a loss, are a fix away or there are things

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to like I think even Tennessee, like you know, they
run the ball well, the defense is good, and you know,
can the quarterback take another step? But I think he
would have to for them to reach their full potential.
But Alabama's one where I think there are just two
or three issues that I don't think necessarily get solved
this year.

Speaker 4 (01:31:50):
J Martin, Yeah, I'm pretty much in agreement on all that.
I just I do not think they're going to be
there at the end when all of a sudden done,
not saying that they won't make the playoff, of just
saying and of course next week maybe that's a knockout
game because Alabama and Tennessee will then have a loss.
That's not gonna look great if Alabama loses again maybe

(01:32:12):
because again, you're still going this is the thing with
a twelve team playoff, the wearing like five SEC teams
might still get in. Like, you know, there's still a
possibility you get four or five out of either that
conference or the Big Ten. So one of these two
loss teams, maybe even a three loss team, if everything
were to hit right, could potentially still get in. I

(01:32:33):
still am like, I'm gonna have to see it to
believe it, though. If I see a two loss Alabama
team before we get to November, I'm gonna find a
hard It's gonna be difficult for me to see them
getting in until I actually get to the end and realize,
oh wait, okay, I guess they are going to get in.
Like it's I'm gonna have to like get used to this.
If they lose another.

Speaker 2 (01:32:53):
Game, well, and that's what's tough, is this is the
first ever twelve team playoff. We have no kind of
context for what it's gonna take, you know, you know,
is a nine and three you know, like like' let's
say Georgia finishes nine to three. But Clemson is awesome,
you know, would they get in over a ten and
two team because they challenge themselves in the out of

(01:33:13):
conference they beat the crap out of Clemson, and who knows,
you know, maybe George's losses or Alabama, Texas and Ole
miss you know, I mean, and so we just don't know.
By the way, you mentioned the possibility of five teams
out of the SEC. You know, the Big ten is
shaping up to be a little bit weird. Man is Yeah,
we talked about Penn State earlier in the show, but
they have no Oregon, Michigan, no Oregon, Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa

(01:33:39):
on their schedule. So we're talking about a team that,
even if they lose to Ohio State, could finish eleven
and one. By the way, it is at least worth
noting Indiana is currently sitting at six and oh by
the way, how about this Indiana at six and oh
Nebraska at five and one.

Speaker 3 (01:33:57):
They meet next week in the Fox Big New Game
in Lincoln.

Speaker 2 (01:34:02):
So you know, you talk about a pseudo elimination game
potentially for the playoff between Indiana and Nebraska.

Speaker 3 (01:34:09):
So it's just crazy.

Speaker 2 (01:34:10):
By the way, Iowa sitting at four and two, you know,
those two losses could come back to haunt them. They
lost to Iowa State and Ohio State. But that's another one.
Iowa State could win the Big Ten, Big twelve, Ohio
State could win the Big Ten. You're looking at the
back half of Iowa's schedule, no Michigan, no Oregon, no USC.

Speaker 3 (01:34:28):
So it's gonna be really interesting. And I know we
talked about it earlier.

Speaker 2 (01:34:33):
Is I was somebody that wasn't necessarily an advocate for
a twelve team playoff, But I do think with the portal,
I think the depth is gone. The depth on individual
teams is gone, which I just think it means we're
seeing the gap between teams isn't necessarily as big as
it has been, and now all of a sudden, like
I said, as you look at some of these teams,

(01:34:53):
I think they're in a really good position to make
runs anything else before we switch gears over to the
NFL j Mart anything else on a wild Week seven
in college football.

Speaker 4 (01:35:02):
No, it's just been it's been a blast. And next
week there's a couple of big time games with Alabama
and Tennessee and Georgia and Texas. It's just it just continues.
It's just been an absolute blast. And we haven't even
discussed the NFL, So probably going to do that for
the next forty five minutes.

Speaker 2 (01:35:19):
Yeah, we probably should get to oh, I don't know,
the biggest sport in the world.

Speaker 3 (01:35:24):
That'd probably be a good thing to do. We'll come
back do that next.

Speaker 2 (01:35:28):
Because we got a lot to discuss as far as
the NFL is concerned.

Speaker 3 (01:35:32):
Should mention.

Speaker 2 (01:35:33):
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Oh one more thing, we have two games live still
going on. Number eighteen Kids is stayed up twenty four

(01:35:55):
to fourteen on Colorado.

Speaker 4 (01:35:57):
By the way, you see it on the sidelines, like
the one thing you can say is that Dion Dion's
big time and he showed Tom and he's who is there?

Speaker 3 (01:36:05):
I missed it?

Speaker 4 (01:36:06):
Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, like you got celebrities all over
their sideline just hanging out at the game.

Speaker 2 (01:36:14):
Well, we'll see. It's twenty four to fourteen. I feel bad.
Schador just threw a bad pick a few minutes ago. Shiloh,
Dion's other son is back from an injury. He got
shook out of his boots. I saw a highlights. He's
not bad, not good. Yeah, but Case stayed up twenty
four to fourteen in this one. Also, Boise up thirteen
to seven at Hawaii. Will come back and we will

(01:36:37):
switch gears to the NFL. As promised, a busy week
six ahead in some big games that we have to discuss.

Speaker 3 (01:36:43):
That's next. Fox Sports Radio Welcome back, everybody.

Speaker 2 (01:36:47):
Fox Sports Radio er Tors Jason Martin broadcasting live from
the tai Iraq dot Com studios. Two teams top twenty
five still in action after a busy Saturday. In college football,
Seventeenth ranked Boise up thirteen seven against Hawaii. Colorado in
the red zone against Kansas State Kansas State, eighteenth ranked

(01:37:07):
team in the country, up twenty four to fourteen. Will
keep you update on that. But after two hours and
twenty six minutes on air, jaymar, I think we gotta
talk a little atfl gotta be should probably a Fox
Sports Radio record for longest consecutive streak outside maybe like
the uh, you know, NBA Finals or something. But I'll
tell you what, It's a busy week. Six Mary, give

(01:37:30):
us some music. Ian, let's talk some games. You tell
us what we're talking, my man, go ahead, let's do it.

Speaker 10 (01:37:36):
We're gonna start off with probably the best of the
ten am Pacific time morning slate of games. We got
the Commanders going against the Baltimore Ravens. Ravens with the
home team and they're favored by seven points. I thought
that was a little high, But what do you guys think,
Jaymr You go ahead.

Speaker 3 (01:37:49):
First moment.

Speaker 4 (01:37:51):
Baltimore's looked really, really good. Jayden Daniels has been not
just as advertised, but even better than advertise. Dan Quinn
and a coach staff. Dan Quinn has done a great
job of just letting the offense handle it like it
looks like Cliff Kingsbury's having a blast, just with the
weapons that he's got, with this quarterback, with the way
they're moving the ball, No, Brian Robinson means Austin Eckleer

(01:38:14):
is gonna have to run the ball a lot more
than he's been used to this year. In Echola is
coming back off an injury. Is that gonna slow him
down a little bit? It might, But McLaurin has come
alive because of Jaydon Daniels, and Daniels himself has been special.
All that said, I don't think the defense is gonna
be enough to handle both there, Henry and Lamar Jackson.
Give me the Ravens.

Speaker 3 (01:38:34):
I'm with you, j Mart.

Speaker 2 (01:38:36):
The Washington story is awesome, you know, I think I think,
you know, listen, is that really like a cliche talking point?
I think they can win the division at this point.
That said Baltimore, I think because of the oh and
two start, probably like not quite getting the love that
they deserve. I mean, you go back and look at
that Owen two start. Obviously we know final play the game.

(01:38:57):
You know half an inch that you know, the foots
just barely bounds could have potentially won that game in
case c. Then from there the Raiders game, they were
up in the fourth quarter. Have ripped off three straight wins,
playing really well, and three straight wins against three pretty
good teams with the Bengals, Bills, and Cowboys. So I'm
with you, j Mart. It's a fun game. I'm really
excited for it. Yeah, but I do like the I

(01:39:19):
do like the Ravens to win this one, all right.
Next up the Lions, Detroit Lions. They're traveling to Dallas
to take on the Cowboys. That's America's game of the
Week on Fox at one twenty five Pacific time. Detroit's
favored by three and a half points.

Speaker 4 (01:39:32):
What do you guys think that's a torres This is
the rematch of the crazy one. Yeah, we were on
air four. It was I met revenge time. Well for
the Detroit Lions real quick.

Speaker 2 (01:39:43):
Don't forget they win that game, they get the number
one seed their host in the NFC Championship game.

Speaker 3 (01:39:48):
It was also a six game winning streak the Cowboys
over the Lions.

Speaker 4 (01:39:52):
Yeah, it's coming to an end. Dallas is leaking that
what you got Zeke Wu's upset about his usage in
twenty twenty four. Right now, you've got a defense that's piecemeal, guys,
getting hurt left and right. There's nothing that looks very
good right now to me in Dallas. I like Detroit
all the way to go on the road and just
kind of really make this Cowboys thing a problem for

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sports media for the next handful of months.

Speaker 2 (01:40:19):
So I'm with you one. First of all, a couple
of fun stats out of this one. Jared Goff has
not not had an incomplete pass dating back to September,
So that's the thing that's going on. Remember eighteen for
eighteen the last time we saw him on Monday Night Football.
But I'm with you, man, Listen. You know, not gonna
like Lions were my pick to win the Super Bowl

(01:40:41):
in the preseason, so there's I got that going for me.
But more importantly, this is a Cowboys thing. By the way,
another stat, you know, so we're throwing around, you know,
all the things that have happened Cowboys.

Speaker 4 (01:40:53):
What is it?

Speaker 3 (01:40:54):
Three straight losses? Four straight losses at home?

Speaker 2 (01:40:57):
Obviously the two this season, so it's three straight lost
to Baltimore and New Orleans one of them and blowout
fashion the second one could have been, and then lost
to Green Bay in the playoffs last year. So that's
three straight home losses. But I also do think in
all seriousness, I know I'm bouncing around, but Detroit, I
do think that it is a sort of revenge game

(01:41:19):
because of the way that that game ended on that
Saturday night last December. And I cut you off there,
j Mark, But did mention that that cost the Lions
the number one seed. And obviously if they're hosting, you know,
potentially San Francisco as opposed to go into San Francisco,
maybe they win that game.

Speaker 3 (01:41:34):
So I like Detroit to win this game. Dallas is
a mess.

Speaker 2 (01:41:39):
I don't think it gets any better against a team
as physical and as tough as the Detroit Lions. I
think they're could have struggle to move the ball. Cowboys
obviously barely survived against Pittsburgh late Sunday. That's the other
factor too, I mean late late late Sunday finished, you
got to turn around and play tomorrow for twenty five Easterns.
So you and I are on the same page on

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both of those first two games. Will come back, look
at the rest of a busy week week Week six slate,
come back and discuss that next before we do the
final time this evening.

Speaker 3 (01:42:08):
Steve Seger, what's trending.

Speaker 5 (01:42:10):
In the NFL. I'd mentioned on last Sunday show. Anybody
who's watched a lot of the Cleveland Browns offense or
a lot with the New England Patriots offense this year, yikes,
I mean bless you if you've watched a lot of that,
and Miami's off this weekend. They're only averaging twelve points
per game, which is worst in the NFL. As for
the late night college football, we have two late games.

(01:42:31):
Eighteenth rank Kansas State is holding on now twenty four
to twenty one at Colorado with under seven minutes to go.
Buff's two way star Travis Hunter left in the first
half with a shoulder injury. Seventeenth ranke Boise State is
still only leading at Hawaii thirteen to seven, and it's
late third quarter. Boise State star running back Ashton genty
with an early fifty four yard touchdown run. Including that

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he has nineteen carries one hundred and twenty six yards.
Tonight number one Texas Night for for his standards. That
is actually and off night. For those who are unaware,
we've certainly talked about the man on this show. He's
listed at five foot nine, but two hundred and fifteen pounds,
so probably not. Probably not looking forward to tackling that

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if you were an opposing player, But he's already over
a thousand yards rushing before this game even started. For
this season. Number one Texas beat Oklahoma thirty four to
three in Dallas Longhorns defense with five sacks. Texas host
Georgia next Saturday. Number five Georgia home winner against Mississippi
State forty one thirty one as Carson Beck was thirty

(01:43:38):
six of forty eight passing four hundred and fifty nine yards,
three touchdowns, two interceptions. Bulldogs offense over six hundred yards.
Number three Oregon kicked a short field goal with under
two minutes to go to beat number two ranked Ohio
State in a battle of undefeated thirty two thirty one
Dylan Gabriel three total touchdowns, three hundred forty one yards passing.

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Number four Penn State failed at USC at the half
twenty to six, beat the Trojans in overtime thirty three
thirty as tight end Tyler Warren had seventeen receptions for
two hundred and twenty four yards and a score. Number
seven Alabama at home edged South Carolina twenty seven twenty
five South Carolina missed a two point pass in the
final minute. Facts South Carolina with four turnovers in this

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game and missed a fifty one yard fuel goal attempt
in the fourth quarter, lost by two Alabama plays at
Tennessee next Saturday, the ain'h three balls were down to
Florida tonight ten nothing late third quarter, but beat Florida
in overtime twenty three seventeen. Dylan Sampson with three touchdown runs.
Thirteenth ranked LSU scored on a touchdown pass on its

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first play of overtime to beat ninth ranked Old miss
twenty nine. Twenty six. Number ten Clemson won forty nine
fourteen at wake Forest. The Tigers had thirty seven first
downs today in about thirty six minutes as far as
time of possession. On Fox TV Tonight six and oh
Iowa State, ranked eleventh in the country, won twenty eight

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sixteen at West Virginia. Victories for Notre Dame and BYU
from Missouri and pitt which edge Coal seventeen to fifteen,
and number twenty three Illinois won in overtime against Purdue
fifty to forty nine. Friday night, Oregon at Perdue on
Fox TV in the NFL, Giants running back Devin Singletary
is out with a groin injury. Washington running back Brian

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Robinson out with a knee injury. In the NHL, Tampa
Bay's home game against Carolina for tonight was postponed after
the hurricane. Seattle won in a shootout at Minnesota. Boston
in overtime beat LA and the Detroit Tigers. Magical run
is over. Game five of the best of five Ale
Division series at Cleveland went to the Guardian seven to three,
not only beating Detroit, but beating the pitcher who's quite

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likely the Cy Young winner this year, Trek Schooble. He
allowed five runs in the bottom of the fifth lane
Thomas a Grand slam the save to the best closer
in baseball this year, Emmanuel Clausse. He pitched two innings.
This game has moved up to one pm Eastern Time today,
not a night game due to impending rain. The Tigers
with runners in scoring position one for twelve. The ALCS

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will have the Yankees hosting games one and two on
Monday and Tuesday nights, but on Fox TV. The Mets
are in La to open the NLCS Sunday night against
the Dodgers with game two on Monday afternoon.

Speaker 2 (01:46:20):
Back to you, Thank you very much, Steve de Sager Seger,
have a great evening.

Speaker 3 (01:46:26):
We first of all, are you staying in for a
little while for the for Bernie Fratto.

Speaker 5 (01:46:30):
It's been a long day, okay here and back for
a full shift tomorrow.

Speaker 2 (01:46:34):
Okay, Well, enjoy the evening and we will talk to
you tomorrow. This is Fox Sports Radio eritors Jason Martin,
broadcasting live from the tire rack dot com Studios. Interesting
development in Boulder, Colorado. Colorado forces a fourth down Kansas
State kind of in no man's land. They're not really
in field goal range. I wonder if they do try

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to go for it. Kansas State up twenty four to
twenty one in Boulder, the eighteenth ranked the State Wildcats
playing the Colorado Buffaloes.

Speaker 4 (01:47:03):
I'll tell you what.

Speaker 2 (01:47:04):
Let's get back to the NFL preview. By the way,
it looks like Kansas State is going for it on
fourth down. We'll keep you updated there. Let's get back
to the NFL preview.

Speaker 7 (01:47:12):
Ian.

Speaker 3 (01:47:12):
What's up next? All right?

Speaker 10 (01:47:14):
Next up, we're going to the Monday night football game.
The Buffalo Bills are headed to MetLife Stadium take on
the Jets new interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich. Buffalo is
favored by two and a half points. Though, Aaron, what
do you think, really quick, j Mark, before we get
to the preview.

Speaker 4 (01:47:30):
Give us Tes Jets? Jets?

Speaker 2 (01:47:33):
Well listen, I mean I said it after their last victory,
so it was, you know whatever, Robert Sala, really quick,
what'd you make of the news that dropped on Tuesday morning?

Speaker 4 (01:47:48):
I mean I was a little surprised at the timing
of it. Just I mean, you realize that that game
on Monday is for first place in the division. I
know that it hasn't gone well, but I don't know
that that was a Robert Sala when you look at
the defense, now, is the defense's job or is head
coach's job? Well, head coaches his job. But I just

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kind of look at the entire thing and just the
Aaron Rodgers of it, all, the Jets of it all.
This is just kind of unfortunately how this has always
gone for the Jets. Aaron Rodgers has looked very old
in the last couple of games, after the one that
you referenced where you talked about them having competent quarterback
play that night, which you're absolutely right they did, and

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then they've looked terrible since that point in time. I
don't think it was fair to do that to solid
the way they did it at the time they did it,
And I can't see that now an interim coach that's
also on the defensive side of the ball, that's going
to be the galvanizing force that fixes the offense. But
Nathaniel Hackett's still there, like Nathaniel Hackett is clearly still
there because Aaron Rodgers is still there. But I just

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I don't get it for the Jets, Like if this
is they think they have a roster that can win
right now, but they're going to go to this. I
don't see how this makes them better at all.

Speaker 3 (01:49:04):
By the way, I don't mean to cut you off
to cut off the NFL conversation.

Speaker 4 (01:49:08):
Fourth down and go ro wealth K State did okay,
so case State I wation. It now is up twenty four.

Speaker 3 (01:49:14):
To twenty one.

Speaker 2 (01:49:16):
They're kind of in no man's land, not really in
field goal range. Fourth and six drop back to pass
interception by Colorado. The poor dB was running uncontested and
tripped over his own feet. Colorado does have the ball
ball probably right around the fringes of the red zone.

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So they're trailing twenty four to twenty one. They are
in field goal range. But you feel just so bad
for this kid. I mean, he was he had three
blockers in front of him, and it looked like one
of the blockers got in his way. They all they
were running back, nobody in his way. But Colorado trailing
twenty four to twenty one. We'll see if they can

(01:49:56):
close out this win. I'll be quick on this game.
Did you make a pick? By the way, j mart
on the Jets Bills didn't win. Bills are winning.

Speaker 4 (01:50:06):
Bills win, even though a lot of times an interim
coach you have a galvanaging thing. I just think the Jets,
I think there are there are some severe problems at
this stage and this is not going to make them better.

Speaker 3 (01:50:15):
So I agree, I do like the Bills to win.

Speaker 2 (01:50:19):
By the way, I was flying on Sunday watch the
entire most of that Texans Bills game. It was the
only game that was on during my flight, and so
I think Sean McDermott kind of owned some of the
play calling stuff after Josh Allen was not good. I
think you get a much cleaner performance this weekend at
the Meadowlands Ian.

Speaker 3 (01:50:37):
One more game. What do you got?

Speaker 10 (01:50:39):
All right, let's go to green Bay. The Arizona Cardinals
Kyler Murray. They're going to green Bay Lambeau to take
on the green Bay Packers, who were favored by five.

Speaker 3 (01:50:47):
And a half points. Aaron, what do you think? I
like green Bay?

Speaker 2 (01:50:52):
You know, by the way, you know you talk about
confusing divisions. I mean we're just talking about the AFC,
you know East, how confusing that is. The NFC West
is just a weird, weird, weird place right now. But listen,
green Bay. You know they beat it.

Speaker 3 (01:51:07):
They win an ugly game against the Rams.

Speaker 2 (01:51:08):
I mean, listen, we're talking about a team that's three
and one since that season opening loss. Only loss was
to the Minnesota Vikings. I like green Bay to win
this game. I think I actually went it pretty comfortably
at home.

Speaker 4 (01:51:19):
Yeah, I mean, look out. I like a lot of
things about Arizona. I don't think that they're built to
win this game, especially not on the road. And even
though there have been some question marks there about Jordan
Love here and there, he was coming back. He's a
little bit rusty. Last week. I think he'll have a
little bit better game. I think Jaydon Reid is a
little bit healthier, he should have a better game as well.

(01:51:41):
And just generally I trust Green Bay and they were
my pick in the NFC to make the Super Bowl,
So I do think they'll beat Arizona. But you're right
about that division, Like, I got no idea. San Francisco
has been banged up and they're winning games, but I
don't know how good they actually are at this stage.
And it's just it's either it's either teams you can't

(01:52:02):
trust on a week to week basis or injuries left
and right. So that's gonna be a war of attrition
to figure out how that thing plays out.

Speaker 2 (01:52:09):
Yeah, if Arizona beats Screen Bay tomorrow, they will be
tied atop the division at three and three overall. That
would be a three way tie with San Francisco and
Seattle both sitting at three and three as well. By
the way, we do have an update from Boulder, Colorado
the Colorado Buffaloes. They were trailing twenty four to fourteen
just a few minutes ago, touchdown interception return into the

(01:52:33):
red zone. Shador Sanders has just thrown a touchdown to
the Jonte Wester. They are up twenty eight twenty four
with three twelve left in the game. Well, come back,
We'll get you a final, hopefully from Boulder, Colorado, and then, oh,
by the way, we will wrap the show.

Speaker 3 (01:52:52):
This is Fox Sports Radio. Welcome back everybody.

Speaker 2 (01:52:56):
Fox Sports Radio er Torris Jason Martin broad casting live
from the tiraq dot Com studios, twelve minutes away from
the Bernie Fratto Show with Bernie Fratto. Bernie's gonna have
so much on a busy day in college football, and
of course the NFL Week six is on our doorstep.

Speaker 7 (01:53:17):
Here.

Speaker 3 (01:53:17):
By the way, we do have an update from Boulder, Colorado.

Speaker 2 (01:53:23):
Three plays, eighty four yards. Kansas State has scored again
and taken the lead thirty one to twenty eight. Kansas
State takes a lead on Colorado. It is worth noting,
by the way, Travis Hunter has been out for virtually
this entire game.

Speaker 3 (01:53:40):
I assume it's concussion related.

Speaker 4 (01:53:43):
He's bolder.

Speaker 3 (01:53:44):
Is it a shoulder?

Speaker 2 (01:53:45):
Okay, yeah, So he's been walking around with his helmets.
So you know, when a guy walks off the field
with his helmet, you know, with the trader having his helmet.
Sometimes it's a concussion, so it's a shoulder.

Speaker 3 (01:53:58):
We obviously have zero updates, but we will keep you updated.

Speaker 2 (01:54:01):
If we find anything out in the next eleven minutes
before we toss it over to Bernie j Mart, we
had a fun show. By the way, you missed anything,
go back and download the podcast. A lot of college
football talk, just an absolute blast talking college football with
you for three hours tonight. Jason obviously previous the week
week six s late in the NFL as well, really
quick and he takes on the MLB playoffs and NLCS

(01:54:26):
starts Sunday, ALCS starts Monday. I know you're a big
baseball guy.

Speaker 4 (01:54:30):
What do you got? I was reliably informed last week
when the Phillies and the Mets were still playing. Steve
Disager told me that it was impossible for both teams
to lose and not advance.

Speaker 3 (01:54:42):
Jamart, you might be breaking up here a little bit.

Speaker 4 (01:54:46):
Oh really, no, okay, we can hear you.

Speaker 3 (01:54:47):
Now, we can hear you, now, go ahead continue.

Speaker 4 (01:54:49):
Okay, Well, I was saying that I was robably being
formed last week that the Mets and Phillies, one of
those teams had to win, Like it was impossible for
them both to lose. Sure, that's what Steve to Say
told me, and as a Braves fan, that was heartbreaking.
So now we have Mets Dodgers, so it's two big markets.
That's good, good for baseball at least. I was kind
of pulling for Detroit because that would have been fun.

(01:55:10):
I think that would have been easy to pull for.
But then you look at I mean, Cleveland's got a
lot of talent, and then the Yankees are actually like
I kinda you never feel like you're gonna pull for
the Yankees, and you kind of look at that and
you're like, eh, they're kind of likable, like you sort
of like them a little bit. So you've got two
New York squads, and you've got La and you've got
Otani in this it's good for baseball. Like what's left,

(01:55:33):
generally speaking, is really good for the game. Like you've
got the big markets, you've got marquee stars, you've got
the two biggest names in the sport both still playing.
All of that is a net positive for baseball for sure.

Speaker 3 (01:55:47):
I have a dumb question I think I know the
answer to.

Speaker 2 (01:55:50):
If you're Rob Manfred, would you prefer a Subway series
Mets Yankees or Dodgers Yankees for a World Series.

Speaker 4 (01:55:57):
I think Dodgers Yankees. I do too. I mean I
think so. I think either way you win. But at
the same time, I think you want both Aaron Judge
and shohe Otani in the World Series this year based
on the seasons that both of them just had. I
think that's that's just printing money.

Speaker 3 (01:56:15):
I agree.

Speaker 2 (01:56:17):
Yeah, No, I'm excited for these playoffs. You know, Dodgers
survived last night. I'll be honest, did not think it
was going to potentially happen, but they held off. They
beat the Padres obviously to nothing. Last night or Friday night,
I should say unbelievable. And you know, I'll say this,

(01:56:38):
Ja mart I don't know how much you watched the
game or the post game, but you know, for a
team that has had so much regular season success, you
could tell in the post game how much that meant
and kind of that that hurdle that they were trying
to overcome. Now, I was talking to Manci before we
got on air. Moncey, of course covers the Dodgers hosts
a podcast with Bersch and bo Benson. But you know,

(01:57:01):
she mentioned kind of the history with the with the
San Diego Padres, but also just the history of not
getting out of the divisional round, and you could see,
you know, I know, we're in an era where you
do the Champagne celebration after winning every single round, but
you could tell that one meant a little bit extra
more for the Dodgers.

Speaker 1 (01:57:19):
Yeah, I agree.

Speaker 4 (01:57:19):
I mean, for sure, a lot of futility with all
the money that they spent everything else, they've just they've
found a way to come up short. And this is
a season where you where you really, I mean, with
what Otani has done, it would have been a shame
for it to end the way that it did. Same time, Man,
San Diego is looking real good. But Game five is

(01:57:43):
what you haven't gotten from the Dodgers in such a
long period of time. It feels like it's been ages
since they've been in this spot. It's only been what
three years, But this is one where you look at
them you're just like, if every star could align right
now for Rob Manford, I think the Dodgers should win it.

Speaker 2 (01:58:00):
Yeah, And I said, I think I knew the answer,
and that would have been my answer as well as
if the Yankees advance. I think you want the Dodgers,
not only because huge market. Obviously the Mets would be
as well, but I think that you also have a
situation where you want Otani in that World Series and
you want the opportunity to have him on the biggest stage.
By the way, we just about have a final in Colorado.

(01:58:24):
Don't love the final decision by Shador Sanders. Colorado had
about a fourth and five through the ball deep and
it was an incomplete pass. It looks like Kansas State
will survive. Colorado only has one time out one to
fourteen left, so Kansas State up thirty one to twenty eight.
Shador Sanders again an incomplete pass on a deep ball

(01:58:48):
on fourth down. Did not love the decision making by
Shadoor Sanders. They had a third and eleven after a penalty.
He picked up most of the yards on third down
but could not convert it. Jmar We gotta go. Incredible
day of college football. If you missed any of the show,
make sure to download the podcast. We talked to Ohio State, Oregon,
Tennessee overtime, Penn State overtime, LSU overtime, Alabama losing. We

(01:59:12):
brought in Ryan Fowler and we previewed Week six of
the NFL. If you missed the podcast, make sure to
do so. Also want to thank the crew, Ian producer,
producer ian Marymack on the board, Steve Disager, from my
partner Jason Martin, I'm Mare Torres, Bernie Frattles. Next, this
is Fox Sports Radio.

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