Best of the Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon

Jason Smith and Mike Harmon tell you how a new Heisman front-runner will be crowned this weekend if Alabama crushes LSU. USC pulls off the most incredible fake punt. And Pete Fiutak from College Football news joins the party! 

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out for you every single night. Well or about to
start the third quarter on Big Fox USC elimination game
in the College Football Playoff, because if USC loses well
at six and three, they'll be out. They lead Northwestern
right now twenty one to fourteen. If you have the

(01:24):
over in this game, you're feeling pretty good right now.
I believe Mike Harmon has the over, even though he
hasn't really admitted it yet.

Speaker 4 (01:30):
Well, I mean, you got to keep some things under wraps. No,
no need for everybody to live and die. I mean,
why do you think I was really upset when the
defensive line had the ball lodged, just lodged by the
quarterback diving at is I at.

Speaker 3 (01:45):
Any time Northwestern defensive touchdown?

Speaker 1 (01:47):
And I got that ripped out of my arms, stolen,
stolen piece of my soul along the way.

Speaker 4 (01:53):
No, I mean, thirty five points in the first half,
highly entertaining, a lot of o fens, some trick plays, right,
you got the punter throwing a pass lefty. You got
a little bit of everything, as we mentioned over over
the course of this one. A lot of luminaries out
in Los Angeles.

Speaker 3 (02:11):
And yeah, it's pretty exciting.

Speaker 4 (02:13):
Stone only seventy six passing yards in the first half.
He'll have to pick it up his name is Preston
stone Casting.

Speaker 3 (02:21):
You know, yeah, well we were named a stone.

Speaker 1 (02:22):
You have to be good, right, Like you have to
be really like what who was the linebacker for notrename
Mike stone breakstone Breaker? Sure, i'd bean like, you have
to be a superstar if your name is stone Breaker.

Speaker 3 (02:32):
He had a good choice.

Speaker 1 (02:33):
Yeah, I mean that's like, hey, you got to be
like the most physical linebacker. You have to be chiseled
all the concrete things together. You really if if you're
not great in your name is stone Breaker, you got problems.

Speaker 4 (02:44):
No, it's it right, It's Burgy onto greatness. It's like,
you know, giving your kid a first name. That kind
of tells the profession. Because it's a family show and
it's still early on a Friday, I'll stay some of
the uh, the more problematic ones.

Speaker 1 (02:58):
Yeah no, but you know what I mean, really just
really quick, because I've noticed this in my life. There's
two names that when people have them, I notice, like
there's a great book by this author, Florence Napp called
The Names. It's come out. It's a big it's a
big hit. I haven't read it yet, but but I
have it on Let get it from the library and
it's it's about a family and they name their kids

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something and it's about that kid's life, and they tell
three stories because they have three different names, like like
they name the kid one like they name the kid John,
and the first note nova novella about it is about
what life is when the name is John and they
name it, they name the kid. It's the same thing,
but they name the kid something different and how different
the kid's life is because the name is different. Right,

(03:41):
So it's really I really can't wait to read.

Speaker 3 (03:43):
It seems really interesting.

Speaker 4 (03:45):
And naming the Maximus and Minimis, I mean, there's gonna
be sure you're gonna see how how they go through life.
Your child Destiny.

Speaker 3 (03:54):
Minimis isn't doing anything for Essa, you're kidding.

Speaker 1 (03:57):
But going through my life, the number of people that
I have not like there's been like a handful maybe
like I don't know, like three or four people whose
last name is sergeant or their first name is Christian,
and it's like they get all kinds of respect and
it's amazing.

Speaker 3 (04:12):
It's amazing.

Speaker 1 (04:14):
Especially well, if your name is sergeant, I gotta respect
you because you're a sergeant, not like your sergeant slaughter,
but your last name is like Kenny Sargant, who the
Speed Freaks guy.

Speaker 3 (04:23):
Yeah, for a long time.

Speaker 1 (04:24):
But people, your last name is sergeant and first name
of like Christian. Yes, okay, respect. I'm like, wow, those
are names that just have respect built in there.

Speaker 3 (04:32):
Awesome.

Speaker 4 (04:33):
It's funny because you bring that up, and we have
a theory that we're still working on in the house.
But it's got a lot of legs under it that
anybody I've met that goes by Chuck or Charles, they've
gone in one of two camps. You can prove themselves
to be a really good guy or they're a real
dirt bag.

Speaker 3 (04:50):
Wow.

Speaker 4 (04:50):
So I approach all of them with great skepticism in
that first meeting, Like it's Charles, Like.

Speaker 1 (04:56):
Huh so where is where does Charles?

Speaker 3 (05:00):
I don't know the man? Okay, well, but I'm saying
you have you have to have an opinion.

Speaker 4 (05:03):
Yeah, But I mean, he's I don't know Charles Barkley.
I'm talking about in my life. He's been in the
public eye for thirty five but he's never shown up
at my dinner table. If it was John Ratzenberger at
the end of that Cheers episode, he would have been
one of those people that's never been in my kitchen.

Speaker 3 (05:20):
Okay, all right, all right, just making sure, okay, just
making sure.

Speaker 4 (05:23):
I mean, I gotta think he's probably on the good side,
but I.

Speaker 3 (05:26):
Don't know, all right, he could be evil.

Speaker 1 (05:30):
So we'll have more more NFL coming up in a
few minutes at Pete Futech Again. College Football News insider
joins us next hour on the show. But a couple
of big takes looking into tomorrow's game. Two really big games.
One is kind of off the beaten path, but one
of the big ones for thirty game on ABC LSU
and number four Alabama. Now, you would think that Brian

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Kelly would have to soon.

Speaker 4 (05:55):
Well that we've seen a coach that got dismissed for
people or gleeful. Now with James Franklin, they ran a
bunch of statistics, right, he didn't win, hear he didn't
do that. With Brian Kelly, you had some of that,
but then it really became all right, let me tell
you a story about Brian Kelly. Yeah, oh yeah, okay, remorse.

Speaker 1 (06:16):
There's been no buyers remorse or Brian Kelly, none at all,
absolutely not. But I'll tell you this about Alabat. We
talked about the Kaylen de boor earlier in the week,
shout out to him because a month ago it was
what is his buyout? He can't win big games. We
need somebody to replace the guy that replaced Nick Saban.
And here they are now. Now the guy can do

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no wrong. They're seven to one, they're undefeated in the SEC,
they're ranked fourth, they win the SEC, They're going to
have a buy and a home game. Like everything is
coming up Kaylen de bor right now. But I'll tell
you what else. Everything is gonna come up. Ty Simpson's
gonna win the Heisman Trophy right we We could talk
about the pro prospects of Mendoza and Dante Moore, who
clear with the size they have and as good as

(06:59):
they are, and Simpson's starting to climb up charts like
he's that third guys you talked a few minutes ago.
He's that third guy right there with them. And you
don't know how things are gonna evolve over the course
of the next few months.

Speaker 3 (07:09):
But I'll tell you.

Speaker 1 (07:10):
This, college football wise, he's gonna win the Heisman Trophy
because he has the storyline. He's got Alabama back into prominence.
They're gonna play big games the rest of the season,
right because it's Alabama Fana Mendoza. Yeah one is big
game against Dante more But it's not like the guys
suddenly playing big game after big game after big game.

(07:30):
The Heisman is usually a stats award, right, it's usually
a big you look at stats, but this year nobody
really has the stats. If Mendoza or Dante Moore running
away with stats and it was like, hey, Mendoza's got
forty touchdowns, everybody else has twenty. Okay, that's one thing,
but nobody really has that.

Speaker 3 (07:46):
So that kind of year, what's it gonna be.

Speaker 1 (07:49):
Hey, here is ty Simpson with a difficult SEC schedule and.

Speaker 3 (07:55):
Alabama is in the top four.

Speaker 1 (07:56):
Who knows where they finish at the top of the year,
But right now, I'll tell you he's a guy that
doesn't throw any picks. He puts enough offense up on
the board. It's gonna be one of those cumulative Troy Smith.

Speaker 3 (08:07):
Kind of years.

Speaker 1 (08:08):
When Troy Smith won the Heisman for Ohio State, he
wasn't that flashy, but he had wins and and Ohio.

Speaker 3 (08:14):
State was unbeaten.

Speaker 1 (08:15):
They went into the playoff that's kind of what I
see for Simpson. It's gonna be at the end of
the year. Well, no real player really stood out with
crazy ass Joe Burrows seventy touchdown type numbers. So yeah,
the quarterback of Alabama is gonna win the Heisman Trophy.
I got a big feeling on him for that. I'll
tell you right now. I know he's second or third
in a lot of books, but he will race to

(08:36):
being number one very soon.

Speaker 3 (08:37):
All right.

Speaker 4 (08:38):
Current leader in the clubhouse is Julian Saying twenty one
hundred and eighty eight yards, twenty three touchdowns against three picks.
He is currently at plus one fifty, Mendoza at plus
two thirty, Simpson at plus four to thirty, and then
Marcel Reid is at plus six point fifty. He's got
seventeen touchdowns against six picks. Yeah, that's where right, statistically, not.

Speaker 3 (09:01):
A great not a great year, Bob. You know who's
that great year?

Speaker 4 (09:05):
Ready?

Speaker 3 (09:05):
This is Steve Anchelli with six touchdowns.

Speaker 4 (09:08):
But look at that plus one fifty plus two thirty,
plus four thirty plus six fifty. The next guys on
the board, Stockton and Jauramiah Smith, Yeah, exactly, they're both
thirty to one. Yeah, that's how big that gap is
between those front four and the next on the board.

Speaker 1 (09:27):
It's not a great year. It's not a great year
for the Heisman Trophy. And once in a while, when
when you don't have the stats, it comes to leadership
big teams, and look, Ohio State's not playing anybody, right,
how big is the win over Texas? Is it really big?
And Julian Sayan did not play great in that game.
It's not like he's I can't believe he's only the
favorite because Ohio State's number one. So knowing that, that's

(09:48):
kind of how what people are thinking right now. By
the end of the year, it's going to be Simpson.

Speaker 4 (09:53):
He's got Yeah, he's got Purdue next, Yeah, then u
c LA home game, Uh, then Rutgers and then you
finish it off against Michigan.

Speaker 3 (10:03):
Right, yeah, I mean that.

Speaker 1 (10:06):
His only chance to have a Heisman moment is that game,
right or you know, or looking at the Big Ten.
But if you're undefeated of the Big Ten championship, it
doesn't matter. So even if you lose, you're making the
playoff like that doesn't He's got one chance for a
Heisman moment. But by then, and and and and Simpson's
gonna have more chances.

Speaker 3 (10:22):
Yeah, he's gonna be that guy. What'll be really.

Speaker 4 (10:23):
Interesting to watch this week? And I know a little
bit of run for Nick Saban with some of his comments.
As you look at and evaluate the the LSU and
Alabama game is LSU's already fired their coach. So don't
you just throw everything against the wall. You're ten and
a half point dogs. This is one of the most
dangerous spots that you can be in, right because you

(10:45):
know there's a lot of talent on that squad. Now
it's just a matter of can you can you harness
it and come up with one big effort? So for Simpson,
huge test.

Speaker 1 (10:54):
Jason Smith, Mike Harmon lot from the Fox Sports Radio studios.
The other game to focus on here for a couple
minutes is really off the beaten path. And you would
think that, Okay, beginning of the year, i'd be a
game people want to see.

Speaker 3 (11:06):
Yeah, not so much.

Speaker 1 (11:08):
Colorado and West Virginia. They are third to last and
second to last in the Big Twelve, both teams one
and five and three and six. Colorado has looked absolutely
awful many times this season, they've lost the last two
weeks by the combined score of one hundred and five

(11:30):
to twenty four. They've lost to Utah. Who's in the top,
who's the who's the I think they're fifth or sixth
in the Big twelve right now. Utah is not bad.
Arizona is not great there. You know, they're in the
middle of the pack in the in the in the
Big twelve. But this is now Colorado getting absolutely pacing
back to back games. Is gonna be no bowl game

(11:50):
for them this year. They're three and six and it's
not gonna be this year. But this is gonna be
a bad finish for Colorado, right because then they have
Arizona State after this game, Arizona State six and three.
Then they got Kansas State coming.

Speaker 3 (12:04):
Up after that.

Speaker 1 (12:04):
They're middle of the pack there, four and five. Dion
Sanders maybe in a winner go home tight situation for
next year with Colorado because the way he came in
with such bravado, all the attention on the program, Shador
Sanders and Travis Hunter, Wow, it's awesome.

Speaker 3 (12:26):
And then they lost. But okay, hey, this is.

Speaker 1 (12:28):
A one win team for a long time, and all right,
we're building it and he's got a lot of he's
got a lot of interest in the program, and Colorado's
a media darling. Yes, we love life, We love life. Okay,
last year things were a little bit better for Colorado
than they were the year before. You at Shador Sanders
getting headlines all year long, and of course Travis Hunter
is your Heisman Trophy winner. Now it didn't end in
a playoff, didn't end how they wanted it to end,

(12:50):
but still you saw a lot of growth because this
is a team that finished nine to four last year.
So okay, now they're starting over.

Speaker 3 (12:56):
They went to the transfer portal for Caden Salter, all
kinds of changes, and now.

Speaker 1 (13:01):
They are abysmal. And it's not it's it's it's too
soon for this year to be okay, Dion, it's not working.
But another year like this and last year is Dion's
last year at Colorado. Like they're not getting the return
for I'm sure what they're what they're putting in for,
nil what they paid for Dion. Like, Dion gets there,

(13:22):
his kids are there, and they were good, and now
that cupboard is empty, and man do they look bad?

Speaker 3 (13:28):
Are they getting boat raced? Uh? On?

Speaker 1 (13:31):
You know, very very uh, very commonly this year. So
I would say after this year, it's gonna be man.
If Dion has another year like this, If it's not
a if there's no growth, there's no bowl game or
a seven eight win season next year, yeah, they're gonna
move on. They're gonna go get somebody else because what
they're doing is not working. And and Deon's not gonna
trend up. Now this is gonna be you know, four

(13:52):
years of recruits for him. And if this is not okay,
so this is you've had your guys to come in.
You hand picked all your guys, right, you hand picked
all your guys to come come in. You get guys
an nil. You do really well. You get guys to
come in. You're a great recruiter, you get the players.

Speaker 3 (14:06):
To come in.

Speaker 1 (14:06):
We need something better than this. So it's too soon
for this year. But you're looking at how it's gonna end.
And if this is another bad game against West Virginia,
who's terrible, and West Virginia is like a six point
favorite this game, I would say you are into next
year where it's a Deon Sanders wins or he gets
fired by Colorado.

Speaker 4 (14:23):
Well, what's difficult. Also, in the process is the handling
of the coaching staff, knee jerk reactions, demotions. Did it
to Shermer this week? So Pat Shermer deposed as your coordinator.
Did that same thing to Sean Lewis, as you remember
famously he's now the head coach of San Diego State.

(14:43):
But it's one of those words like all right, it's
always a kind of a finger pointing, kicking down the line. Right.
Obviously you want to shuffle up and make some changes.
Think you're gonna make some spark. Okay, fine, but what
does that do to the squad? Do you really get
that jolt? I know we're talking about it. You know,
with these coaching changes and what the teams do. Could

(15:04):
I be surprised if lsu one, I'd be shocked. But
would I be surprised if they lost by forty? No,
I would not. You know, those kinds of things. Same
thing here with Colorado. You know, we want to give
you want to give some grace because obviously you know
what he came into the season and his physical, physical
health and mental health told that that had to take

(15:25):
on him and what it's meant to the program. So
you have that, But once you're on the field, you
still got to be able to take care of business,
and you don't have the depth necessary at each of
these positions, and they're just getting boat raised, right, They're
not even competitive at this point. And really it just
shows you had your sons and Travis Hunter propped up

(15:46):
the entire program. It was three guys. So it's the
decided fall off is problematic on a whole other level.
You know, whether you can still activate boosters or whatever
else as a whole other part of the equation. And
but from a coaching perspective, there's no cohesiveness right now.
And certainly you can only do so many speeches I

(16:08):
like getting you know, the approach he takes overall, you know,
in terms of accountability and such, but that only gets
you so far. You still need to go out and
win games for that to hold.

Speaker 1 (16:19):
Yeah, it's weird to think about it because you know,
you think of all the things, yes, all the things
he went through and coaching, but you know, it's a
results oriented business, right, It's what it is. And the
school needs to know, Hey, where we're spending a lot
of money, We're doing a lot of things here. We
want to know that that we're on the right path.
And and it's you know, it's if you're getting crushed
like this. I mean, look at look at a guy
like Brian Kelly's winning nine and ten games, and it's

(16:41):
not enough, right, Like, I mean, what's enough? What's enough
in Colorado to say, yeah, we're okay? Is it a
three and nine year this year? And is five and
seven good enough next year? With all the stuff that
Dion brings the table, both good and stuff that you're
not crazy about? So yeah, I really think you're you
Look at the end of this year, it's gonna be Hey,
Dean's gonna be an approved year.

Speaker 3 (17:02):
Next year could be his last one in Colorado. Exit
ob out a Fresca.

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Speaker 1 (18:15):
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Speaker 4 (18:19):
Sure, I'd like to spank your bald head and lick it.

Speaker 1 (18:22):
Uh, it's been well, let's say it hasn't been a
great run at USC for Lincoln Riley so far this year,
but right now six and two, USC beating Northwestern by
two touchdowns and coming up in a few minutes, we'll
get into a play that USC pulled off earlier in
the game tonight that I really have to take my

(18:44):
hat off to Lincoln Riley and tell now that's a
trick play all right, we got that coming up in
about twenty minutes.

Speaker 4 (18:50):
That sure, er, that's a trick.

Speaker 1 (18:53):
We didn't do anything when everybody was stopping all over
your Syracuse Oranges the last couple of weeks. But no,
let's go after Northwestern because it's in our window. Dude,
you were sending you, you were sending me, you were
sending me videos of Justin Field's interceptions. Here's another one.
Here's another one, here's another one. Well, they were all
with Bears uniforms on. They were foreshadowing.

Speaker 3 (19:12):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (19:13):
Well, I mean here's it. I could say. The one
thing though, Justin Fields is not turning the football over. No,
he's I mean we're not scoring points. No, we're not
turning the football over. So there's that.

Speaker 4 (19:21):
Well, I mean it's a clean box scorer, so that's good.
Remember when I said, zero's a while for Justin Fields.
No touchdowns, no picks, no yard Yeah. I mean we
talked about the name game earlier. You do you have
a running back for USC named King Miller, so naturally
he's got to have a big day. Eleven carries ninety
five yards of a score. Yeah, and since halftime, Preston

(19:44):
Stone has two passing yards for Northwestern.

Speaker 3 (19:47):
Yeah, yeah, that's how it's.

Speaker 1 (19:48):
Uh, if your name is Stone, we said you gotta
be really good and hopefully this turns out better for you.

Speaker 4 (19:55):
Mike car Yeah, well, I mean, look, the long road
begins with that first step. Sure it all goes back
to that that fumble recovery that well it didn't happen,
now did Yeah?

Speaker 3 (20:05):
That was it. Yeah, I'm sorry about that.

Speaker 4 (20:06):
But by the way, and off the line of run
for for Aaron Donald as well, Like they showed him
on the sideline and he's got nothing to do with
this game.

Speaker 3 (20:15):
Yeah, but it's fun that he's there. Let'll just show
him that he's there. What were what? What do you what? What?
Taylor Swift?

Speaker 1 (20:19):
You don't like when people show people at games like
you're upset about that?

Speaker 4 (20:23):
Well, she's there as a fan, Okay, all right, he's
just a guy.

Speaker 3 (20:28):
All right.

Speaker 1 (20:28):
He's not there as a fan of football. He's just
I'm a fan of football. I celebrate it all.

Speaker 3 (20:35):
He might be taking over for Lincoln Riley if Lincoln.

Speaker 1 (20:40):
Take uh so being a football Friday, I love more
college football coming up in a bit, but a couple
more big games this week in the NFL and it's
weird because you wouldn't think this beginning of the year.

Speaker 3 (20:54):
But maybe the game of the week.

Speaker 1 (20:57):
Obviously we talked about Rams forty nine ers big game
for the last hour, but suddenly the Patriots and the
Bucks is a big game, maybe the biggest game of
the week. And again, didn't have that on my Bengo
card beginning of the season.

Speaker 4 (21:12):
Yeah, it's a fun one.

Speaker 3 (21:13):
Right.

Speaker 4 (21:14):
Certainly you've said your piece about Drake may and the
schedule that they've played to date. Look, you can only
beat who's on it. When we talk about the Tampa
Bay Buccaneers, it's been a mash unit still waiting for
a lot of those top notch and top flight players
to get back on the field. But Baker Mayfield certainly
has provided a lot of thrilling finishes throughout the year.

(21:36):
So we'll see rubber meets the road here for the Patriots,
right to step up in class on the road in
a big spot.

Speaker 1 (21:44):
So this is where New England finally plays a good
team finally, right, Okay, the Bills were good, they won
that game, Okay, five whatever, Yes, yes, yes, let let's
play hang it all on that one game. Every other
team you have played stinks. Every team you play after
this stink. Everybody stinks. It's the easiest schedule in the
NFL in years. I still can't get over this. With

(22:05):
the Patriots. Oh, they finally play a good team and
they're finally gonna lose. Right, Tampa Bay is at home
coming off a bye. They've had time to fix what's
gone a little off over the course of the past
couple of weeks. Right, Baker Mayfield was out to an
MVP type start. Kind of hit the skids a little bit. Now, Obviously,
you can only go so far when you keep losing

(22:25):
wide receivers and and and you're saying, hey, Keyshaan, can
you come back and play? You know, John Gruden's not
here anymore.

Speaker 4 (22:31):
He was on the sideline. He's he's looking tight end dish.

Speaker 3 (22:34):
You're gonna you're good. That's okay, Hey, that's okay again.

Speaker 1 (22:39):
And no where you go, uh, you lose Bucky Irving,
who is a really big weapon. And and early in
the season you could see he was Baker mayfield security blanket.
How many times in big drives did Mayfield make the
right call checking it down? Irving is open and he
gains ten or fifteen yards. Missing him has been a thing.
But now they've had a wee to get healthy, to

(23:01):
get ready, and this is going to be one of
those Baker Mayfield chip on his shoulder games. I gotta
play well coming out of this. You know he's gonna
come out and play like his hair is on fire.

Speaker 3 (23:11):
I have.

Speaker 1 (23:11):
I have a great, big projection for him this week.
I think he's a top three fantasy quarterback this week. Overall,
their defense gets after New England enough, and I see
this as a game where, hey, New England's stay is close,
but Tampa Bay pulls away and wins this by double digits.
Huge game for Baker Mayfield and Tampa gives the Patriots
a much deserved l as a good team that they

(23:35):
finally play and they lose to there.

Speaker 4 (23:40):
Can you take the Jets hat off now there? That's
fine because that's all that was of No lies right there?

Speaker 3 (23:47):
No lies, no lies, no lies, no lies detected.

Speaker 4 (23:50):
There again, Buccaneers giving up the schedule twenty two and
zero point three per game the Jets.

Speaker 3 (23:56):
If the Jets, if the Jets had the schedule, they
would be like three and six.

Speaker 4 (24:00):
Come on, that's so easy, and you're I mean, look,
that takes you out of the running for whatever quarterback
was your favorite. If you agree with what I'm with,
it's like I go to the other position players and
I backfill the quarterback out of this class. All fine
young individuals, but I don't think you have that true
number one difference maker. But we'll see. We still have

(24:22):
a lot of football to play. Buccaneers given up twenty
two to three per game New England at eighteen point eight.
When we talk about defensive actiman, can you get after it?
Front seven? Rashad White will be the guy out of
the backfield once again. Bucky Irving is out. No return
for Chris Godwin yet obviously Mike Evans lost for the year.
So for Abuka and the other receivers, imperative to try

(24:47):
to create separation on the edges. And that's been a
tough spot, right, That's where New England has been good.
And this is what we have to try to figure out.
What's the noise what's the noise factor of the schedule
versus guys you know, just taking care of business. How
about yet, how about that you know you can only
play who's on the schedule, buddy, So no.

Speaker 3 (25:04):
I know that I know.

Speaker 1 (25:06):
I'm not saying no, no, no, Listen, you say that
all the time, and I'm not disagreeing with that. I'm
not saying, but they're scared, they're they're impact, and how
good they are, they're overrated because they again, you gotta
beat somebody who's good. You can't just keep beating how
many I can't believe every team they play has zero
or one or two wins this year.

Speaker 3 (25:24):
And again they haven't played the Jets once yet. Then
they get the Jets.

Speaker 1 (25:28):
After they trade away their two best defensive players, Like
I mean, they still have the Jets twice in Miami
once they might get home field advantage of the AFC,
and the total record of the teams they are playing
against is gonna be like nine one hundred and seventy.

Speaker 4 (25:40):
Five strength the schedule is three point fifty eight for
the remainder of the season.

Speaker 3 (25:44):
I mean, come on, what is it? Up until now?

Speaker 4 (25:48):
I have not done that calculation. That was not part
of it, mainly since I mean just looking forward. But
this is an option like outside of Abuka, Like that's
the curiosity right in the receiving course, Sterling Shepherd, that's
gonna make the big play for you. I think Drake
may will certain to see a little more continuity with
the receivers, and yeah, you hang a little bit of

(26:11):
a grain of salt wat Tampa Bay two and a
half point favorites at home forty eight and a half.
That's a little so expecting some fireworks in this one.
Would not be surprised to see a massive effort out
a Baker Mayfield and a celebration. But I'm gonna go
the other way. I'm gonna say New England's defense is
good enough to get it done.

Speaker 1 (26:27):
Oh boo boo. Okay, you'll say, hey, I will say this,
and I'll be fair. If they beat Tampa Bay, I
will say, okay, all right, you know what, Hey, they're legit.
They beat Tampa Bay, I will say, they're legit.

Speaker 4 (26:43):
Are they wearing the Buco Bruce Hunis? Then I might
have to change my.

Speaker 3 (26:47):
Pick now elsewhere.

Speaker 1 (26:52):
And this is where again you're gonna love me or
hate me Giants and the Bears. I don't know what
to tell you, man, I don't know what to tell
people that still, for some reason think that Caleb Williams
isn't on the star path.

Speaker 3 (27:04):
We told you he was on the star path earlier
this year. What else do you want him to do? Right?

Speaker 1 (27:09):
I mean this is Chicago has become a complete team.
The running game is working great now. It's a full
service offense. They scored forty seven in Roma Dunes. They
didn't even catch a pass. Caleb Williams is winning games
at the end. He's taken him on long drives. He's
putting up big numbers. I don't know what else you
want from the guy. And I've told you the beginning
of the year it was gonna be the era of

(27:30):
good feeling for the Bears. It took Ben Johnson a
couple of weeks to really kind of get going right,
to get used to what it's like to be an
NFL head coach. And the difference between him and Aaron
Glenn is that I've seen growth from Ben Johnson and
Aaron Glenn still is not throwing Hail Mary's at the
end of the first half. No, no, no, don't want
to put points on the board. Let's just go to halftime.
Let's just go to halftime. So I've seen a lot
of growth out of the Bears. Look, the Bears are

(27:52):
good right now? Are they top of the league?

Speaker 3 (27:55):
Good. No, that might be a year away. But are
they playoff good? Yeah?

Speaker 1 (27:59):
Again, offenses full service, It doesn't it doesn't matter. I
if they're missing one guy out of their out of
their weapons, they have enough players to jump in right
to Cole Comet and Colton Lovelan. What's gonna happen? Cole
Comet can't play. Colton Loveland has the breakout game last week.
Maybe he's gonna wind up being the go to guy
when it's all said and done. But it's almost like

(28:20):
I feel like the Bears are like the Lions light,
where they have weapons all over. They have two good
running backs now and two good wide receivers and a
good tight end.

Speaker 3 (28:28):
Now.

Speaker 1 (28:29):
If you want to go position by position with the
Lions and the Bears, the Lions have the little bit advantage.
So that's why I call them the Lions Light. But
that's kind of where this Bears offense is. They are
gonna steamroll the Giants. Jackson Dart's gonna throw at a ton.
I love them in fantasy, but Chicago is more complete.
They are gonna thump the Giants and all of a sudden,
it's gonna be a big Chicago.

Speaker 3 (28:49):
Hey, I always knew you were a good party. And
remember we were on the Chicago Bears train much earlier
than everybody else.

Speaker 4 (28:55):
Yeah, when you look at it, still, you got an
offense that's inconsistent. Any did what they needed to against
Cincinnati and they put up a full forty seven when
it's all said and done. Giants defense decent defensive front.
Perhaps we overrated them a little bit, but the back
seven certainly beatable. A Donzale will have a big day here.

(29:15):
You're talking about DJ Moore got back in the good
graces of fantasy owners and Bears fans a week ago.
Comet had that pass completion before he got hurt, so't
forget that. But you know, when you look at the
tight end, who pretty much is another wide receiver out there,
the way you can line leveland up is a big
deal for them, and they found their back, you know.

(29:38):
And DeAndre Swift got downgraded personal plus injury, so you
push that down a little bit as well. But you're
you're looking at a balanced offense against a suspect defense.
Jackson Dartal may have his fantasy day, no question, because
they'll still run a bunch, so you'll get some of that.
But Mann guys. Two of the last three weeks. He's

(29:59):
been huge. You'll have another spot here against the Giants.
Look at them going away minus four and a half.
Easy score. By the way. Also a game that's gonna
get weird, supposed to be snow and wins up to
thirty miles an hour in Chicago.

Speaker 1 (30:13):
Oh yeah, yeah, it's gonna look great, man, I'll tell you.
Bears Bears Giants is always so much fun because that's
a that's a game that takes back. Really not many
games take me back to the seventies. But when you said,
like Steelers Cowboys, Steelers Steelers Cowboys takes me back to
the seventies, Redskins Cowboys back to the Redskins, not Commanders
obviously takes back to the seventies. Bears Giants also takes

(30:36):
me back to the seventies.

Speaker 4 (30:37):
No, that's it.

Speaker 1 (30:37):
I mean a very few matchup A lot of them
take me back to the eighties, some of the nineties,
but there's just a few that get me back to
the seventies.

Speaker 3 (30:44):
Bears Giants is one of them.

Speaker 4 (30:45):
Or you circle back to the eighties, like we were
talking about a little bit last night with some of
the efforts I'm gonna use that word kindly or maybe
with the sarcasm dripping of the punting game, because maybe
you want to cue a little show Lindetta while you're
at it.

Speaker 1 (31:01):
Oh, so there's a couple of our picks from the
biggest games of the week. Whiff on the punt right there.
Time now to find out what's trending in the wide
world of sports. But guy is wearing a bowling shirt
to work because he's going to seventies night after the
show tonight.

Speaker 3 (31:16):
Hey, it's Steve de Sager. By the way, we only.

Speaker 7 (31:19):
Almost had one of those windy Lendetta punts last.

Speaker 4 (31:22):
Night at Denver. Yeah, you would think that was consistently bad.

Speaker 7 (31:26):
Ladies and gentlemen. We have college football going out on
Fox TV right now at nineteenth ranked usc The Trojan's
lead is now twenty eight seventeen against Northwestern in the
final seconds of the third quarter. Tulane is still leading
at Memphis, final minute of the third quarter thirty eight seventeen. Yeah,
late third at the Coliseum, Late third in Memphis. This

(31:48):
is worth noting because when we were on Tuesday night
on this show, we mentioned, Hey, we had the first
college football playoff rankings and Notre Dame is number ten,
but Texas and Oklahoma would each be out of the
playoff eleven and number twelve right now because Virginia, number
fourteen in the country as acc champ would get in
and Memphis as the best of the group of five teams,

(32:10):
would get into the playoffs. Memphis eight and one, losing
at home thirty eight seventeen to Tulane late in the third.

Speaker 1 (32:18):
I'll tell you Penny Hardaway has some time to get
back into this one though.

Speaker 7 (32:21):
Just wait, they just ended the thirty has less time now.
Houston has taken the lead thirty to twenty seven at UCF,
which just over two minutes to go on FS one.
The forty nine Ers will start quarterback Mac Jones again
Sunday hosting the Rams. Tampa Bay running back Bucky Irving
is out foot and shoulder injuries. Patriots running back Ermandre

(32:42):
Stevenson out again toe injury. The Raiders fired special teams
coach Tom McMahon as for the two late games in
the NBA. The Denver Nuggets at home, leading Golden State
late in the third eighty three sixty nine for the Warrior.
Steph Curry out due to illness. So far from Nikola
jokicchen twenty five, it's on the court for the Nuggets.
He has twenty points, nine rebounds, eight assists and just

(33:05):
one turnover. Oklahoma City is eight and one and leading
at Sacramento eighty five seventy six under five minutes to
go in the third. Milwaukee beat a Chicago Bulls team
that was six and one one twenty six one ten
as Jannison Tenecumpo scored forty one points. At Minnesota, Anthony
Edwards thirty seven points in twenty six minutes. Minnesota beat

(33:27):
Utah one thirty seven to ninety seven. Cleveland ripped Washington
one forty eight to one fourteen. The Wizards are one
in eight. Miami after the first quarter led Charlotte fifty
three to thirty three. The heat wented in a laugh
for one twenty six to one oh eight victories for
Toronto and Memphis. For Orlando and San Antonio, which ended

(33:48):
Houston's five game winning streak one twenty one, one ten
Detroit one. It's fifth in a row one twenty five,
one oh seven at Brooklyn. K. Cunningham thirty four points.
In college hoops, North Carolina beat Kansas number one Perdue
at home, was tied at the half against Oakland of Michigan,
but did beat Oakland eighty seven to seventy seven. NHL
wins for the Rangers and Minnesota and in fact in progress,

(34:10):
Chicago leads late for nothing at Kettlegary and Japanese third
baseman Munatakamurakami was posted to start the process of free agency.

Speaker 1 (34:20):
Back to you, Thank you, Steve th The Jason Smith
Show with Mike Harmon live from the Fox Sports Radio studios,
So we'll have more NFL on the way, two more
big games to preview in about twenty minutes.

Speaker 3 (34:32):
But straight ahead, a trick play that.

Speaker 1 (34:35):
I think even the most staunchest of Lincoln Riley haters
can get behind. Something I think we've only seen one
other time in college football.

Speaker 3 (34:44):
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Speaker 2 (34:50):
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Speaker 3 (34:58):
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Speaker 3 (35:25):
Lock it in.

Speaker 4 (35:26):
Rip the knob off, send it self addressed stamp envelope.
We'll sign it and send it back.

Speaker 1 (35:31):
Big Fox right now, Number nineteen USC on top of
Northwestern twenty eight seventeen, early in the fourth quarter again,
elimination game for USC and college football for the playoff.

Speaker 3 (35:42):
It's a big.

Speaker 1 (35:43):
Week for that teams with two losses, they wind up losing,
that's kind of it. But they're in control, they're driving.
Looks like they're gonna put another score on the board
here and clinch this game. However, there is a trick
play from earlier in this game that I really as
as bad as it's been for Lincoln Riley at USC

(36:06):
and how much everybody wants him out, uh, I gave
him a lot of credit for the fake punt that
USC pulled off early in the first half against Northwestern.
It resulted in extending their drive, which ended in a
touchdown run by Jade and Maiva. Here's the play by play,
and then we're gonna tell you how they pulled it off.

Speaker 3 (36:24):
All to bank.

Speaker 5 (36:26):
Sam Johnson gets it to Hines at a first down.
Sam Johnson's been at Valparaizo, Jackson State, Alabama, and USC,
and little did they know in Indiana or down south,
and he could throw the ball like this.

Speaker 6 (36:40):
Yeah, you're gonna watch to Nick Hines inside relief, put
the foot down, get back out.

Speaker 3 (36:45):
And look at this Diaz.

Speaker 6 (36:47):
Oh my goodness, that punter said I can play quarterback too, baby.

Speaker 3 (36:51):
Let's go. Uh.

Speaker 1 (36:54):
Only one thing with that big fox on the call.
It was not USC punter Sam Johnson that made the throw.
But wait a minute, they know who Sam Johnson is,
Number eighty, He's the punter. A couple of weeks ago,
USC took their third string quarterback Sam Hewart of the

(37:15):
Washington Hewards.

Speaker 3 (37:16):
And gave him number eighty. He was listed as number.

Speaker 1 (37:21):
Eighty on the UC roster for this week. USC made
the change really quietly. I'm sure, thinking he's the third
string quarterback, is he really gonna play? It's okay if
he does, We're gonna put him in his number eighty,
and we're gonna get a chance when it's time, we're
gonna pull off a fake punt. So he's wearing the
same number as Trojans punter Sam Johnson, which of course

(37:43):
is allowed in college football.

Speaker 3 (37:44):
Right, you see this all the time.

Speaker 1 (37:45):
No, there's a number one on offense, number one on defense, right,
because so many players this happens. So Sam Hewart is
the third string quarterback. He came out threw that pass
at tonook Hines. It was a dime, right, I mean
right on the outside, show out of bounds for a
first down and that extends the drive. It goes in
for a touchdown. He's a couple of inches shorter than Johnson.

(38:07):
Johnson's sixty three. Heward's like six' one ish or so.
But he comes off the feel, he takes off his
helmet high five and like, wait a minute, that's Sam Hewart.
That's not Sam Johnson. So again, this is some kind
of trick play. The amount of detail going into this
and keeping it quiet just to pull it out here
when they need it. That is a trick play, my friend.

(38:29):
There's all kinds of crazy. We're gonna do this and
the guy's gonna pretend to leave the field and he's not.
And this guy's gonna hide the football, you know, in
his back, and we're gonna make sure this guy's over it. No,
but this is some kind of trick play with planning.
I all hats off, whether it's Lincoln Riley or whatever
defensive coach, special teams coach came up with it. That
is some kind of trick play.

Speaker 4 (38:47):
Spirit of the law, integrity, all of those things, window shit, cannery,
tom foolery. Hey, man, if the rules are on the books,
then allow you to do such. I'm ad it man, Yeah,
I mean in the end, you still have to defend it.
And you failed.

Speaker 1 (39:05):
Completely legal, completely legal play. Last year, apparently Bowling Green
pulled off a similar stunt in the sixty eight Ventures
Bowl where their third string quarterback switches uniform number to
a number very close to the punters jersey but not
the same, which I don't know why you would be
close but not the same, And he came on the
field he actually threw a touchdown pass when they thought

(39:27):
it was the punter, and it was a touchdown pass.
So here's usc Maybe that was where Lincoln Riley got
it from. But that's a fun play to keep that quiet.
I mean, I don't know that I could like no,
no, no no. I was like, I gotta tell somebody we
got this coming.

Speaker 4 (39:40):
No no no, I mean like you slipped that into
the U into the rawster, because I got to imagine
it's not going through some clearinghouse. I mean, it's like, ah,
we just did this. They chose up on the roster card.
And whether Northwestern noticed that in the in the offing
or not, I'm going to go out and limits of
nol uh reacted to the pass route. But you know again,

(40:05):
you used to got to go play defense. So hats
off to him, either intestinal fortitude or desperation, whatever it worked.
They got the touchdown and then and they're winning going away.
So uh now I'll celebrate something that is actually fun.
You know me, I'm not a huge marching band guy,
but if you can get Mick Fleetwood out there to
do some tusk and hang out with the USC marching band,

(40:26):
I can get on board that.

Speaker 1 (40:30):
And when I say that Sam Hewart is of the
Washington Hewarts, yes he is Damon Hewart's son, Rock Hewart's nephew,
like David Hewart, who who I think he was the
quarterback didn't he didn't he take over? Hewart took over
for Brunel.

Speaker 4 (40:50):
In that timeline. The other thing is he used to
work with Jason Bennetti, so failed by Benetti.

Speaker 1 (40:56):
Coming up next, we take a look at two more
huge games in the NFL this weekend.

Speaker 3 (41:00):
It's a big football Friday. We're only halfway done Fox.

Speaker 1 (41:06):
Fox Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with my best
friend Mike Harmon USC putting the finishing touches on a
win over Northwestern they will stay alive and the college
Football Playoff with two losses who might not tomorrow. Joining
us now on the hotline for more on this and
all of the big prognostications previews. Is the owner, editor,

(41:29):
proprietor Grand Pooba of College Footballnews dot com. You're one
stop shopping for everything college football, all the picks, all
the analysis, longtime front of the show, Pete feu Tech,
Pete Happy Friday, man, how's it going.

Speaker 8 (41:43):
I'm just going to help out all those people, those
starving YouTube TV people that you know. I'll just tell
you what's going to happen, you know, so there's no
you're missing out on anything. You go take a walk,
or go look at fall colors, or do something else
of your Saturday. So you're not all the good games
pretty much going to be on regular TV and you're
not really watching.

Speaker 3 (42:03):
Okay, And there you go, that's good. I like that.
You know that, you know that's the one thing Pete.

Speaker 8 (42:07):
This whole time, I'm right, I'm trying to make everything better, though,
I'm trying to help.

Speaker 5 (42:12):
You know.

Speaker 1 (42:12):
It's funny because you know, obviously we spent some time
talking about that this week and the whole YouTube thing,
and I said, you know, the one thing that ESPN
has to really understand is that once you show that
you can get along without something, people don't come back
to it. And and no one is underserved with college football.
Like if I can't watch Alabama Tennessee, okay, I'll watch

(42:34):
Oregon and Penn State, right, I'll watch Michigan and Nebraska.
Like if I'm not getting what is a big game,
I'm okay because I can still watch other great college
football games. And and that's not something where oh I
gotta get back ESPN to see this game.

Speaker 6 (42:47):
No.

Speaker 1 (42:47):
I can get games on Fox and CBS and everywhere
else all across the dial.

Speaker 8 (42:52):
It's not the NFL, and so it's it's the thing
that everyone has to remember is that it's so provincial
that everyone is all everyone cares about Alabama and Georgia.
Well they do get the biggest rating TV ratings and
all that, but yeah, it'scause everyone in the South watches it.
It's not like you know, and then of course people
watch on national scale, but like they're you know, Ohio

(43:13):
State fans don't know you know, Vanderbilt exists, you know,
like and vice versa. So like it's just sort of
hard for this and you're right with this is proving
more than anything else, is that it's just the games.
The rest of the talking blah blah blah. It is
just it's just it's you don't need it, you know,
nobody really is gonna miss that stuff. So and then

(43:33):
I'll put it to this, like it's for the NBA,
like that's going to quickly turn when you can't get
NBA games on YouTube TV. And for me who doesn't
really care until the playoffs, Okay, you know there's a
game on somewhere, I'll have it on the background. But
am I going to like go out of my way
and pay for it now.

Speaker 1 (43:49):
All right, So while we get to see whatever games
we all get to see tomorrow, we don't look we
get into the elimination part of the season.

Speaker 8 (43:56):
Right.

Speaker 1 (43:56):
We talked about that a lot tonight because here's usc
with two losses, their next loss knocks them out. We
got a lot of teams now in the back end
of the top twenty, in the top twenty five with
a couple of losses. You see any elimination games for
any of those teams this weekend that hey, guess what
that third loss means.

Speaker 8 (44:12):
You're going to be cooked everyone, And if you have
lose a third game, that's over everyone. If you, yeah,
there's no way unless you can somehow manage to get
into a conferenceship Power four conference championship with three losses
or with two losses and then lose that championship game.
There's no way if you cannot go nine and three

(44:33):
and get into this college football playoff. Not this year.
It's just it's just not going to happen because there's
too many teams, there's too much traffic. So for example,
the Oregon Iowa game tomorrow, that's an elimination game pretty much.
If you think that Iowa's going to lose, so Oregon
can still stay alive, but obviously would take a big
hit Iowa. That's going to be a problem if they

(44:56):
can't get that done. But really, for the most part,
you're looking for or if you're a fan of a
two loss, if you're a USD fan, or if you're
say a Missouri fan, and you can pull that off
against Texas A and m Tomar or two loss teams,
you need Notre Dame and or preferably both Miami to

(45:16):
lose because those two are going to screw up everyone
because no matter what happens in the next few seconds
here in Memphis, Tulane, South Florida is going to rip
through everyone else, and the domino effect from there became
South Florida is going to get in Miami destroyed South Florida.
Notre Dame's going to get incause it's going to be
ten and two. Miami beat Notre Dame, so it might

(45:39):
be low on the totem pole, but you need another
Miami loss or it's going to be the ten seed
and all.

Speaker 3 (45:44):
This qu show sarahcuse to save college football as we
know it.

Speaker 8 (45:51):
Yes, exactly. Hey, you know what let's see if they
can do that. That's just bomb away. They're still throwing
all right. They just can't stop any buddy or score point.
It's like they forget to score points. Like you'll go
they'll move moving like yeah, well shoot, we forgot to
score okay. Uh but yeah, like you said, I'm with you.

(46:12):
I'm actually I've actually lifted your thought here. If you
want to say, who is the MVP of the season, well,
who's more MVP Yere than you know, Steven Jelly because geez.

Speaker 1 (46:23):
Yeah, I mean everything Syracuse is three and one. We
beat Clemson. He's a leading passer in the country. And
now we haven't won a game six just terrible.

Speaker 8 (46:31):
And they can't score. And if that just can't win.
They went from being this high octane thing to you know,
maybe you'll score, maybe it won't. I mean, it's it's
been completely cha. But tomorrow is gonna be painful because
actually the other big here, here's the other factor in this.
And I haven't actually checked late they to see if
this matters. I believe the game is at like three

(46:54):
thirty in the afternoon in Miami Gardens time. That's gonna
be It's not gonna be football weather in terms, that's
that's gonna be and the other one is gonna be
uh Arizona. So it's Arizona is going to be playing
in the middle of the day where it's gonna be
about eighty five degrees and two sides. So like some
of these you know, middy start times, they're gonna take

(47:16):
their toll on some of these teams.

Speaker 4 (47:18):
That Arizona Kansas game sitting there. Yeah, it's it's a
curious slate. We don't have a lot of the top
twenty five's matched up here. But Pete, we've been talking
about trying to find that edge. And I guess I'll
ask the next question, who's the next coach getting fired
at the end of tomorrow.

Speaker 8 (47:35):
Ain't Luke Pickel apparently?

Speaker 4 (47:37):
Now how about that? What's he got going on?

Speaker 8 (47:39):
I don't know. I don't Maybe it's maybe it's me.
Maybe it because I refuse to drop a dime of
nil money to the school that like, I don't know,
but yeah, they're gonna make a bigger commitment to you
know something or other. I don but yeah, but look,
you know, everyone's on a hot seat now. It's crazy.
I mean, it's still gets lost in the in the

(48:01):
whole shuffle here, but you know, Alabama's this presumptive national
championship contender. It got blown off pretty fast that they
were a miracle against South Carolina if you bet a
little little while back away from this being Kalin the
Moore hot seat game. So but I do sort of
think that that's I am curious to see what's going
to happen with Frank Wilson taking over there for Brian Kelly,

(48:24):
because from all little indications there, there's not anybody on
that team who is extremely upset about the Brian Kelly,
you know, firing in this. So let's see if that
team comes out shot and it comes out shot like
a cannon. So that's gonna be a pretty fun game
to watch when they go against Bama tomorrow night.

Speaker 3 (48:43):
See.

Speaker 4 (48:43):
I brought that up to you earlier, Smith saying, hey,
it's the wild card, because you know, normally you boil
it down to all right, we're just not good whatever.
There were a lot more stories that started circulating about
Brian Kelly than your usual firing. It's not just hey,
here's his record against top twenty five, top ten, top five, whatever.

Speaker 8 (49:02):
How about I think they were bringing out the training camp,
blocking sleds and things like in the last two weeks
they're just doing the old school Oklahoma type things, you know,
drill is uh, just little things like that. But like
who knows because we're seeing that though, because you're seeing
you know, the coach takes, the coach leaves, new coach

(49:22):
comes in, and all of a sudden they kind of
just play. It's like, and this is This has been
a kind of a theme I've been thinking about with quarterbacks.
You know, certainly when you can just tell when they're
just they're they're just over coach not to screw up,
and then all of a sudden, you have a two
minute drill and they can just let it rip. It
be a quarterback, then all of a sudden they look great. Well,
sometimes that happens with teams, you know, whether it's UAB

(49:45):
coming out and beating this Memphis team, or you know,
you know U c l a all of a sudden,
you know, taking a deep breath and looking great for
a little while, or you know, I you know, Florida's
been was okay against Georgia, even though I think the
billion nap your timing was pretty curious. I'm really curious
that I'm curious to see I think, actually, I know
there are other circumstances around is firing at the old place,

(50:07):
But I think Auburn just upgraded from Hugh Freeze to
DJ Diurkin. I'm really curious to see what Auburn does
over the next few weeks because they've been close. That's
another Syracuse like team that just can't score. And if
they could just start to put a few more points
on the board. Their defense has been great, they could
screw someone up over the next few weeks.

Speaker 1 (50:28):
Pqtech College Footballnews dot Com with US Jason Smith Mike
Harmon live from the Fox Sports Radio studios. You know,
one thing I love Pete as this season evolves is
that look they're on the big nude kickoff tomorrow. I
love the fact that Indiana has become America's team of
twenty twenty five, Like they've become that the little engine
that could with zero football history at all, and here's

(50:51):
a guy. They have a guy that could be the
number one pick in the draft, and they're undefeated, and
it's it's such a shock for.

Speaker 3 (50:56):
Everybody, but everybody loves Indiana. Everybody. Ericstine twenty twenty.

Speaker 8 (51:01):
Five, I apparently found out to my wife actually knows
Fernando Mendoza's mom, and so like, do you know who
this different, this Fernando Mendoza. Yeah, I know who he is,
Like okay, like in the small little world of Skyria.
But by the way, the whole Indiana being America's team,
have you talked to anybody from OH, I don't know,
Alabama or SEC country because they're still living off the

(51:25):
narrative the oh Indiana can't beat it. It hasn't played
anybody sort of narrative. And I've had to point out
way too many times in the last week and a
half or so. They beat Oregon at Oregon by double digits.
They destroyed Illinois, they beat Iowa at Iowa, and there's
just there. They've been flawless against everyone else. I mean,

(51:45):
they've just you know, okay, so if your schedule isn't
as crazy, you might take there. Well what do they do.
They come out there and they win every game by
double digits. They've just been fantastic so far. And it's
you know, I'm with you. At the very least, it
provides hope, and it really screws up the idea of
you know, not being able to be great right away,
because sometimes that's whatever. It's two posts what everyone's firing

(52:06):
their coach because they see, well, Indiana can do it.
Why can't LSU or Florida or you know, any of
these teams you know pop up right away. It's not
that easy. So Netti is just just a generational, talented guy.
And I keep saying, look, if you're Penn State, if
you're LSU, if you're Florida, Tony up, it's only a
fifteen million dollars buyout to get him out of there.

Speaker 4 (52:26):
Go get them, Pete, I would be remiss. We we
talked about it a little bit earlier in the show,
and I see the headline on College footballnews dot com
Colorado versus West Virginia prediction. The Big Twelve's most interesting
game is? Is it the final throws of the Dion run.

Speaker 8 (52:43):
I don't know if it's that, I mean because still
at the end of the day, if it was, it's
the most Obviously Texas Tech BYU is the biggest game.
That's it. But in terms of just being interesting for
like you said, all the storylines, because it's not just
that they're not winning. I mean they're getting they they
just don't look like they can play football. I mean,
this has been a colossal meltdown over the last two games.

(53:05):
And if they get hammered again, like you know, forty
five to seven or something by West Virginia, who that's
another team that can't score except for last week. If
all of some rich Rod thing works, that's what kind
of makes it interesting. And the problem is this kind
of goes for everything is Colorado. If that wasn't Deon Sanders,
if that was just coach, you know, Jones, then he'd

(53:29):
still saying, look, you know Colorado from where they were
three years ago, it's still in great shape. It's still
you know, rising up, it's still rebuilding. You can meet
there's all such a narrative you can take to it.
But because it was so overhyped before then now it's
just you's got to be able to at least show
that you can there's life after Shador Sanders, because obviously

(53:50):
he was the reason why they won so many really
close games.

Speaker 3 (53:54):
Yep, I look at it this way, Pete.

Speaker 1 (53:56):
Is that look you see that they've lost the last
two weeks combined score of like one hundred and twenty
to thirty, Like, I feel like this is a year
where it's.

Speaker 3 (54:03):
Going to be a bad year.

Speaker 1 (54:04):
There's no bowl game where he is in a win
or go home type situation.

Speaker 3 (54:09):
Next year where if he doesn't win, get to a
bowl game. Show he's got things going in the right direction.
Colorado's going to move.

Speaker 8 (54:15):
On, as I keep thinking, I wouldn't be shocked if
yet move If deanced he moved on to Florida State,
I mean, no, I like it. I mean, I mean,
I mean, look, it's the problem is for and I
kind of I've always I've been in I'm a bashed
giant anders stand and I actually liked what he did,

(54:37):
and I still do like he did what you want
to do if you're a long stuffering you know, fan base,
you want to see guys. He came in and said,
you guys aren't good at football. I'm getting rid of
the bad guys at football and I'm bringing in the
good guys who are at football. And they were, you know.
But the problem is there isn't an infrastructure there. It
takes years to find the right five guys for a

(54:57):
starting line. It takes years unless you're Texas go all
with a lot of money, to get that defensive line right,
and they are not. It's it's you know the old
cliche blocking attackling. They are not blocking at tackling very well.
So yeah, it's it's been an ugly run for them.

Speaker 1 (55:14):
You can fall him on Twitter at Pete Futech. That is,
at Pete Feutech college Footballnews dot com. You're one stop
shopping for everything college football. Pete is always appreciated. I
look forward to seeing you cast your Heisman ballot for
Steve Angeli.

Speaker 8 (55:28):
Oh, number at least number two.

Speaker 3 (55:30):
All right, very nice.

Speaker 1 (55:33):
Wait didn't you have Did you have Kyle McCord on
your ballot last year?

Speaker 8 (55:37):
I did not, So I'll tell you this what. Kyle
McCord was on my ballot as much as Travis Hunter was.

Speaker 1 (55:44):
So okay, wow, okay, boom, Pete fu tech everybody, Wow.

Speaker 3 (55:51):
To your money man. Have fun.

Speaker 1 (55:53):
Jason Smith Mike Harmon Live from the Fox Sports Radio Studios.

Speaker 3 (55:57):
Always a great visit with Pete. We get ready for
a big day.

Speaker 1 (56:00):
Tomorrow, The Jason Smith Show with my best friend Mike
Carmon Live from the Fox Sports Radio Studios coming up next. Yes,
big night in college football. But after something that happened
earlier tonight. I have a sneaking suspicion this is gonna
be the trend in college basketball between now and the
end of the year.

Speaker 3 (56:20):
What is it.

Speaker 1 (56:21):
It's something that some adults will love and some adults
will absolutely hate.

Speaker 3 (56:25):
That's next. Jason and Mike Fox Sports Radio,