November 22, 2025 • 22 mins
Colin gives his instant reaction to Oregon beating USC.
He argues that Oregon has officially become one of the best college football programs in the nation, despite their defense being “mid” at best. He explains why USC just doesn’t have enough good players to compete with top tier competition and that the criticisms of Lincoln Riley have been validated.
Finally, he discusses Lane Kiffin’s future and predicts he’ll take the LSU job and discusses why he loves the new UFO documentary “The Age of Disclosure”.
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Oregon was a nine and a half point favorite. I
think most of us felt it was a tough matchup
for USC to go to Otson When in big games,
especially on the road, USC gets pushed around. Their defense
has major holes it did today, and I think as
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Oregon cruises to a win, I think there's two or
three things. Big picture. Oregon now is a top six
or seven program. Mario Cristobal Dan Lanning both elite recruiters
Phil Knights and il Money. Oregon's been recruiting even before
nil for the last ten years at a more consistently
great level than USC, which is remarkable considering, you know,
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the state of Oregon has maybe three or four really
good high school players annually in California has one hundred.
You know, it blows the mind. But when I covered
Oregon early, the great advantage Oregon had and took advantage
of it. They didn't have a lot of history. Rich
Brooks did a good job, but I mean, it wasn't
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a notable national program. And then Mike Blotti comes in
and did chip Kelly becomes his coordinator in chip Kelly,
and then it became more of a national program. But
it was really led by Phil Knight and the one
hundred uniforms and the thirty helmets, and the facilities. During
the facility wars, Oregon was top of the West Coast
and USC ad you know, until about I don't even
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know if Pete Carroll had great facilities. I think it
was post Pete they started building facilities down at USC.
So Oregon's been a much more progressive, forward moving program.
If it's nil, they figure theirs out very quickly. If
it's stadium upgrades. It's not as political as school or
as political an environment as USC football. It's just really
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really you know, west of Denver, Oregon's been the best
fotball program for a long time and it was a
really fun program to cover. I kind of caught it.
It wasn't nearly as big a wave as it is now.
But I've followed it, you know, ever since I got
into Portland, since I watched as many Oregon games as
I can. They're an exceptional college football program. USC is
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a good college team, and I think you have to
ask yourself when you watch today. It's a reoccurring theme,
is that when Oregon plays a really good team Penn
State last year, they give up a boatload. Notre Dame
Oregon this sh year, they can't stop anybody. Four years in,
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the defense is still at best mid and against the
elite teams less than mid, that's what it is. Special
teams come on short kicks, hitting the upright. Give me
a break. It was an awful special team's day. And
even the offense, even in lean times, I mean even
Paul Hackett, you know, recruited Carson Palmer. I mean even
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in lean times US He's always had good backs and
tight ends and multiple receivers. The entire offense is Mikayle Lemon,
who is a late first, early second receiver. Good good receiver,
not blazing speed, not enormous size, but just to tremendously tough, smart,
runs the whole route, Tree gritty, really a great player.
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That's it. That's the offense. Their running backs have been
hurt for a month. The tight ends are average. I
do think Lincoln is a really smart offensive coach from
play designed to play calling and Jade and Mayava. I
watched him at at UNLV. I thought he was I
thought he was reckless an athletic. I never thought he'd
be close to this good. He's a draftable player now,
probably a second or a third. I texted a GM
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this week and asked him he's probably a second or
a third round quarterback. But he his accuracy has improved,
His decision making is better. It's not his fault, you know.
I went into this game and my takeaway was the
way to win on the road you have to have
You have to generally make a play in special teams
to your advantage. Well, USC gives up a punt return
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for a touchdown, You're not going to win a road
game against an elite team like that. You also have
to run the ball in the road. You have to
control the clock, and Oregon did not play a clean game.
It was I mean USC was really sloppy, but Oregon
was sloppy. A lot of penalties they gave USC multiple opportunities.
It's not like the Trojans didn't have opportunities in this game.
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They were down a touchdown, had the ball, could never
take advantage of it. But in the end it came
out at bad special teams and couldn't make any big stops.
You know, they had They had a big stop. Irlackers
interception was a great kind of hits. His arm grabs
it goes a great play by him. They didn't have
their starting safety today, but the backups Pierce and Irlacker
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were you know, really good solid players. But us he
just doesn't have enough good players right now. With Kamari
Ramsey the safety out Bishops also a draftable player at safety,
he and Ramsey we are not playing. So I mean,
McKay lemons, you're you're really high draft pick one at USC.
So it's a one man offense. You know, I'd say
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two Jade Mayov and mackay Lemon, dependable, really high end players.
Offensive line's okay, tight ends average and this is year four,
so you know, USC now has attacked Southern California recruiting.
But it's inexcusable. For the first three years they virtually
ignored it. So it's just four years in. I mean,
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when Brett Venables took over Oklahoma, he'd never been a
head coach. Lincoln Riley had been a head coach for
several years. You thought he had a big advantage. Also,
LA is a much better recruiting area than the state
of Oklahoma. But Brett Venables has established an identity. He's
got an NFL quarterback in Materier. They played top physical football.
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You kind of know what Oklahoma is, what is usc
good quarterbacks? Four years in they have good quarterback play,
that's something. But they're not terribly talented or deep. They're
not multi dimensional. They can't stop good teams. They're hit
and miss on the road. Special teams are all over
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the map, usually poor in big games. So I think that,
you know, the critics on Lincoln Riley four years in
have every right to say we were right. And I
do think. You know, again, when he came out of Oklahoma,
I thought he's got head coaching experience, us, he's got
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a lot of money. LA is a fertile recruiting ground.
He's gonna get Caleb Williams. That looks like it's gonna work.
Four years in. I mean that his first year he
had Caleb Williams and Jordan Addison. I mean those guys.
I mean that's four years later. That's what the team is.
I mean the first year it was Caleb Williams, Jordan
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Adison and a really bad defense. Special teams are all
over the map. It's kind of what you're here for,
right so, I you know, I I just kind of
look at USC right now, and they're not close to Oregon.
They're really not Oregon. Recruits better, they have a better brand,
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more identity, The money's rolling in. Yes, it helps to
have Phil Knight. So what come on? Los Angeles economy
is a monster. I mean the California economy, I think
his fifth biggest in the world. Jen Coole and the
athletic director that came down from Washington, has raised a
lot of money for new facilities in NIL. USC's nil
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is not Oregon, maybe not Ohio State or Texas. But
it's very good. It's very strong. It's top seven or
eight in the country. But they haven't spent the money wisely,
you know, I hear how great their twenty twenty six classes,
but none of those players are on the field today,
So I mean again, I think Oregon is just a
tip top program. Dante More is such a good quarterback.
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By the time I came up here to record this,
he was twenty two to thirty two hundred and fifty
seven yards in a couple of touchdowns. I really think
he's exceptional. He is really a good player. And Oregon
was missing their top three receivers, and that's really that
really shows you what Oregon is. They were missing their
top three receivers and scored in the forties. They could
run the ball. They've got so much depth. I mean,
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they're tight end. The one guy looks like a professional bodybuilder.
They just looked the part Oregon's got. I mean Oregon has.
If Dante More came out, I think they have five
players in the top thirty six. I believe they do
five players in the top thirty six. US he's got
one and US he's based in Los Angeles, so and
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US he has more than enough money. So Oregon is
a really good program, and I don't think anything stopping it.
I heard Dan Lanning today on game day said, you know,
I'm here forever, and I actually think Oregon's a really
good job as long as you have I mean, the
facilities are remarkable, the fan loyalty is remarkable, they travel
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to road games. Oregon fans are just fantastic. And it's
not a distracted like Seattle or LA or the Bay Area.
You know, on the West Coast, Unlike some of the
southern towns, there's a lot of pro sports. It's easy
to get distracted. I mean, UCLA football is invisible in LA.
But Oregon football in the Pacific Northwest, it's a big deal.
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It's the coolest brand in the Pacific Northwest, including the Seahawks,
including the Mariners. Oregon football's got the coolest brand. Just
everything about it reeks of cool and smart and thoughtful.
And Dan Lanning's exceptional. He's just you know, he's got
that ability that he's got the alpha. He's got that
certain fortitude that I mean, I would want to play
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for Dan Lanning like he is just he's like a
player's guy, that he is optimistic and tough but supportive.
He's just everything you want. And the fact that a
Southern guy has embraced the Pacific Northwest. Good for Oregon.
Great choice. I didn't know if he'd make it. I thought, well,
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he's got no tie to the West coast, and I
made a couple of calls and they're like, you know,
he's a go getter. He was a defensive guy on
the Georgia's staff. And I'm like, well that's Kirby's are
we sure? I mean? And Oregon's like, yeah, three thousand
miles away, he's our guy. And Oregon, to their credit,
I mean, they've made a couple of mistakes, but by
and large they hire good head coaches. Mario Cristobal. People
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could have their pushback on Mario, but he's a great recruiter.
And I've always said, if you're going to make a mistake,
and I'm not saying Mario christaball is, if you're going
to make a mistake hiring a coach, hire a great recruiter.
When Florida hired Ron Zook, it was a mistake, but
Zuk was an amazing recruiter and he handed all those
players to Urban Meyer. Oklahoma years ago had a coach
they hired that flamed out, but they had He handed
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all the players to Bob Stoops, who in year two
won a national championship. So what you don't want to
hire is some scheme expert who doesn't like recruiting if
he doesn't work. It's a three year rebuild. So Oregon's
had great rosters and Sunday players for over a decade
and I just admire the program. But I think when
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you if you're a critic of Lincoln Riley, I think
you can raise your hand and say I told you so,
and you're right. I think he's a really good play
designer and play caller, and he did a remarkable job
with Jade Mayava deserves all the credit. And their offense
is clever and it's creative, and they hung around in
this game today. But man, it's a pattern big games
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against good teams. Defense just isn't close to making enough plays,
just not enough talent, and their special teams continue to
be woeful in big spots. And it's year four. So
all the critics today's their day, and you have to
respect that. There are a lot of people from the
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beginning that didn't think he had the whatever it is,
whatever those skills are, it's hard man to be a
head coach. I mean, Mike McDaniel in Miami, I think
is a brilliant young coach. I don't think he's a
great head coach. And I've said this, I really think
Lincoln Riley is smart. Is he a great culture builder?
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Talk to NFL executives and they always say, we don't
need a scheme guy. That's what coordinators are for. I
need a culture builder. I need Mike Vrabel. I need
a hardball a Sean Payton, a Mike McDonald, a Sean McVay.
I don't need to scheme guy as a head coach.
Lincoln right at this point, it's a great scheme guy.
He hasn't proven he is a great head coach. All right.
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Some thoughts on Lane Kiffin. I've been been talking to
some people today about Lane Kiffin. Listen, the SEC is
a different ballgame. Is nobody loses any sleep taking somebody
else's head coach. I've said I think Lane Kiffin should
probably stay at Old Miss or go pro coach on Sundays,
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I think bouncing around. I mean, he was at Tennessee
for one year and bolted, and now he's going to
piss everybody off at Old Miss and probably take the
LSU job, which comes. I mean, you're going to make
fifteen million a year if you get into the playoff
and win some games. But Lane's not short on cash.
LSU is short on patience. Yeah, I think I often
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try to put myself into a position you know what
would I do? And I'm never going to criticize people
for professional mobility. You know, I bounced around and I
have friends who have I and I this whole loyalty thing.
Be loyal to your family if there's a great opportunity.
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Ole miss is a good job. LSU is a great job.
LSU the governor stepping in would be a huge turn
off for me. I've always said, chase good management money.
There's a c of it if you're good at what
you do. LSU would worry me. And I think Florida
is a remarkable job. I mean Spurrier, urban Meyer. There
are a lot of coaches. You can win a lot
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of games at Florida, and you're close to the beach.
Get yourself like Spurrier, a beach house or a beach condo,
a second home. Gainesville's a cool college town. I think
Florida job's really good. But I think he's probably gonna
go to LSU. I think he likes the South. I
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think he's changed his life. And remember, I've been told
this by a really really good head coach told me
this that offensive players will follow the coach. So Lane
is always going to get good offensive players out of
high school and the transfer portal because he's going to
go to the white board drawed up and offensive players
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are going to be like, yeah, I want some of that.
The great defensive players, the five star guys, they like
to play at the big schools. They're not as coach loyal.
They're going to go to Ohio State, Notre Dame and
you know, Clemson and the LSU and Georgia and Bama
and Oklahoma, and defensive players tend to go to the
big schools. Offensive guys follow the wizard, the offensive guru.
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So Lane's offense instance doesn't matter. Roy coaches Ole Miss,
Florida Atlantic. He's going to get offensive guys. He's not
going to get elite defensive guys at Ole Miss like
he can get at Georgia or Abama or a Florida
or an LSU. And I think I think Laye knows that.
So my gut today, he'll probably take the LSU job.
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In coaching circles, it's always been thought of as Georgia, LSU,
Bama are the three best jobs in the conference. I
think Florida is one that really attracted me. I went
to Gainesville four or five times. I really like the
town and I think Florida is a cool gig. A
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lot to like about Florida. The entire athletic departments like
well run. But I think he's going to go to
LSU and I'm you know, I said this on FS
one this week. When people say, but he could be
an all time legend at Ole miss I've never heard
a single person in my life. Let's say, I've got
a couple of friends that are you know, they're in
the wealth management business. They want to make a good living,
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provide for their family and have a great support system.
They've never once said to me is I want to
be the greatest stockbroker in the history of Blank. I
want to be a legend at Blank. That's not a
discussion anybody has. That's what fans say. What they want
is a good salary, great support, and a place their
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family's comfortable living. So, you know, being a legend at
old Miss Lane Kiffin didn't get into coaching thinking I
want to be a legend anywhere. He doesn't even want
to be a legend at LSU. Saban's coach there. He
wants to win natties, be able to get five star players,
have a lot of money behind him, and he knows
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he can build a better roster at LSU or Florida
then will miss. That's what coaches think about, right, That's
what they think about. I want to be. I've never
met a pro athlete that I want to be the great.
Maybe maybe the late Kobe Bryant's like, hey, can I
be the greatest linker of all time or something? Maybe,
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but I think Kobe more than anything. I want to
get paid and wanted to hoist trophies. That's what you
want to do. That's what That's what great athletes want
to do. You know. Show me, show me the lettuce
and let's pursue trophies. Give me the right coach, the GM,
the roster, LFG, let's win it. Finally, I'm going to go.
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I may have watched it for a second time The
Age of Disclosure on Amazon Prime. I watched it this morning.
I'm going to probably watch it again tonight. The Age
of Disclosure. It is a ninety minute just shy a
two hour documentary much anticipated on upas or UFOs and
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the legacy program within our government that even congress people
can't access, and it to a story from senior officials.
I mean, it's really impressive. The litany of you know,
important people in our government. This is not you know,
bloggers or people chasing contrails. You're getting senior officials, physicists,
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Stanford professors commenting on it. Insiders in our government for
fifty years talking about craft that is not created by us,
that we don't know what the hell they are. And
I'm not going to give it away. I'm not going
to spoil it, but there's a five about an hour
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in the physicist talks about a certain kind of craft
that that exceeds what we can create. And it's fascinating.
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It is absolutely fascinating. It goes from about five minutes,
it's about an hour in talking about what people have
seen and the probability of what it is, and it
is next level. I've watched every UFO documentary, I've always
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thought it's foreign craft, it's China, it's Russia. I don't think,
for the first time in my life, I do not
believe that. After watching Age of Disclosure, And there is
a five minute segment that is the most captivating, utterly
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fascinating five minutes that I've ever seen in any UPA
or UFO documentary. You'll know what I'm talking about. You'll
know what I'm talking about. I'm not going to give
it away, but it is is mind blowing. I mean
I literally rushed upstairs found my wife. Yeah, I see
you gotta download it now. Watch it and you just
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get to the get to an hour in She's like, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay,
you get, you get, you get, you get really worked up. Yeah, yeah,
because it's whole Earth may not be around in fifteen minutes.
I'm getting worked up. I'm just Age of Disclosure. Watch
it and good night. The volume
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Oregon was a nine and a half point favorite. I
think most of us felt it was a tough matchup
for USC to go to Otson When in big games,
especially on the road, USC gets pushed around. Their defense
has major holes it did today, and I think as
(01:46):
Oregon cruises to a win, I think there's two or
three things. Big picture. Oregon now is a top six
or seven program. Mario Cristobal Dan Lanning both elite recruiters
Phil Knights and il Money. Oregon's been recruiting even before
nil for the last ten years at a more consistently
great level than USC, which is remarkable considering, you know,
(02:10):
the state of Oregon has maybe three or four really
good high school players annually in California has one hundred.
You know, it blows the mind. But when I covered
Oregon early, the great advantage Oregon had and took advantage
of it. They didn't have a lot of history. Rich
Brooks did a good job, but I mean, it wasn't
(02:31):
a notable national program. And then Mike Blotti comes in
and did chip Kelly becomes his coordinator in chip Kelly,
and then it became more of a national program. But
it was really led by Phil Knight and the one
hundred uniforms and the thirty helmets, and the facilities. During
the facility wars, Oregon was top of the West Coast
and USC ad you know, until about I don't even
(02:55):
know if Pete Carroll had great facilities. I think it
was post Pete they started building facilities down at USC.
So Oregon's been a much more progressive, forward moving program.
If it's nil, they figure theirs out very quickly. If
it's stadium upgrades. It's not as political as school or
as political an environment as USC football. It's just really
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really you know, west of Denver, Oregon's been the best
fotball program for a long time and it was a
really fun program to cover. I kind of caught it.
It wasn't nearly as big a wave as it is now.
But I've followed it, you know, ever since I got
into Portland, since I watched as many Oregon games as
I can. They're an exceptional college football program. USC is
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a good college team, and I think you have to
ask yourself when you watch today. It's a reoccurring theme,
is that when Oregon plays a really good team Penn
State last year, they give up a boatload. Notre Dame
Oregon this sh year, they can't stop anybody. Four years in,
(04:03):
the defense is still at best mid and against the
elite teams less than mid, that's what it is. Special
teams come on short kicks, hitting the upright. Give me
a break. It was an awful special team's day. And
even the offense, even in lean times, I mean even
Paul Hackett, you know, recruited Carson Palmer. I mean even
(04:27):
in lean times US He's always had good backs and
tight ends and multiple receivers. The entire offense is Mikayle Lemon,
who is a late first, early second receiver. Good good receiver,
not blazing speed, not enormous size, but just to tremendously tough, smart,
runs the whole route, Tree gritty, really a great player.
(04:50):
That's it. That's the offense. Their running backs have been
hurt for a month. The tight ends are average. I
do think Lincoln is a really smart offensive coach from
play designed to play calling and Jade and Mayava. I
watched him at at UNLV. I thought he was I
thought he was reckless an athletic. I never thought he'd
be close to this good. He's a draftable player now,
probably a second or a third. I texted a GM
(05:13):
this week and asked him he's probably a second or
a third round quarterback. But he his accuracy has improved,
His decision making is better. It's not his fault, you know.
I went into this game and my takeaway was the
way to win on the road you have to have
You have to generally make a play in special teams
to your advantage. Well, USC gives up a punt return
(05:34):
for a touchdown, You're not going to win a road
game against an elite team like that. You also have
to run the ball in the road. You have to
control the clock, and Oregon did not play a clean game.
It was I mean USC was really sloppy, but Oregon
was sloppy. A lot of penalties they gave USC multiple opportunities.
It's not like the Trojans didn't have opportunities in this game.
(05:56):
They were down a touchdown, had the ball, could never
take advantage of it. But in the end it came
out at bad special teams and couldn't make any big stops.
You know, they had They had a big stop. Irlackers
interception was a great kind of hits. His arm grabs
it goes a great play by him. They didn't have
their starting safety today, but the backups Pierce and Irlacker
(06:18):
were you know, really good solid players. But us he
just doesn't have enough good players right now. With Kamari
Ramsey the safety out Bishops also a draftable player at safety,
he and Ramsey we are not playing. So I mean,
McKay lemons, you're you're really high draft pick one at USC.
So it's a one man offense. You know, I'd say
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two Jade Mayov and mackay Lemon, dependable, really high end players.
Offensive line's okay, tight ends average and this is year four,
so you know, USC now has attacked Southern California recruiting.
But it's inexcusable. For the first three years they virtually
ignored it. So it's just four years in. I mean,
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when Brett Venables took over Oklahoma, he'd never been a
head coach. Lincoln Riley had been a head coach for
several years. You thought he had a big advantage. Also,
LA is a much better recruiting area than the state
of Oklahoma. But Brett Venables has established an identity. He's
got an NFL quarterback in Materier. They played top physical football.
(07:22):
You kind of know what Oklahoma is, what is usc
good quarterbacks? Four years in they have good quarterback play,
that's something. But they're not terribly talented or deep. They're
not multi dimensional. They can't stop good teams. They're hit
and miss on the road. Special teams are all over
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the map, usually poor in big games. So I think that,
you know, the critics on Lincoln Riley four years in
have every right to say we were right. And I
do think. You know, again, when he came out of Oklahoma,
I thought he's got head coaching experience, us, he's got
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a lot of money. LA is a fertile recruiting ground.
He's gonna get Caleb Williams. That looks like it's gonna work.
Four years in. I mean that his first year he
had Caleb Williams and Jordan Addison. I mean those guys.
I mean that's four years later. That's what the team is.
I mean the first year it was Caleb Williams, Jordan
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Adison and a really bad defense. Special teams are all
over the map. It's kind of what you're here for,
right so, I you know, I I just kind of
look at USC right now, and they're not close to Oregon.
They're really not Oregon. Recruits better, they have a better brand,
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more identity, The money's rolling in. Yes, it helps to
have Phil Knight. So what come on? Los Angeles economy
is a monster. I mean the California economy, I think
his fifth biggest in the world. Jen Coole and the
athletic director that came down from Washington, has raised a
lot of money for new facilities in NIL. USC's nil
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is not Oregon, maybe not Ohio State or Texas. But
it's very good. It's very strong. It's top seven or
eight in the country. But they haven't spent the money wisely,
you know, I hear how great their twenty twenty six classes,
but none of those players are on the field today,
So I mean again, I think Oregon is just a
tip top program. Dante More is such a good quarterback.
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By the time I came up here to record this,
he was twenty two to thirty two hundred and fifty
seven yards in a couple of touchdowns. I really think
he's exceptional. He is really a good player. And Oregon
was missing their top three receivers, and that's really that
really shows you what Oregon is. They were missing their
top three receivers and scored in the forties. They could
run the ball. They've got so much depth. I mean,
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they're tight end. The one guy looks like a professional bodybuilder.
They just looked the part Oregon's got. I mean Oregon has.
If Dante More came out, I think they have five
players in the top thirty six. I believe they do
five players in the top thirty six. US he's got
one and US he's based in Los Angeles, so and
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US he has more than enough money. So Oregon is
a really good program, and I don't think anything stopping it.
I heard Dan Lanning today on game day said, you know,
I'm here forever, and I actually think Oregon's a really
good job as long as you have I mean, the
facilities are remarkable, the fan loyalty is remarkable, they travel
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to road games. Oregon fans are just fantastic. And it's
not a distracted like Seattle or LA or the Bay Area.
You know, on the West Coast, Unlike some of the
southern towns, there's a lot of pro sports. It's easy
to get distracted. I mean, UCLA football is invisible in LA.
But Oregon football in the Pacific Northwest, it's a big deal.
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It's the coolest brand in the Pacific Northwest, including the Seahawks,
including the Mariners. Oregon football's got the coolest brand. Just
everything about it reeks of cool and smart and thoughtful.
And Dan Lanning's exceptional. He's just you know, he's got
that ability that he's got the alpha. He's got that
certain fortitude that I mean, I would want to play
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for Dan Lanning like he is just he's like a
player's guy, that he is optimistic and tough but supportive.
He's just everything you want. And the fact that a
Southern guy has embraced the Pacific Northwest. Good for Oregon.
Great choice. I didn't know if he'd make it. I thought, well,
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he's got no tie to the West coast, and I
made a couple of calls and they're like, you know,
he's a go getter. He was a defensive guy on
the Georgia's staff. And I'm like, well that's Kirby's are
we sure? I mean? And Oregon's like, yeah, three thousand
miles away, he's our guy. And Oregon, to their credit,
I mean, they've made a couple of mistakes, but by
and large they hire good head coaches. Mario Cristobal. People
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could have their pushback on Mario, but he's a great recruiter.
And I've always said, if you're going to make a mistake,
and I'm not saying Mario christaball is, if you're going
to make a mistake hiring a coach, hire a great recruiter.
When Florida hired Ron Zook, it was a mistake, but
Zuk was an amazing recruiter and he handed all those
players to Urban Meyer. Oklahoma years ago had a coach
they hired that flamed out, but they had He handed
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all the players to Bob Stoops, who in year two
won a national championship. So what you don't want to
hire is some scheme expert who doesn't like recruiting if
he doesn't work. It's a three year rebuild. So Oregon's
had great rosters and Sunday players for over a decade
and I just admire the program. But I think when
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you if you're a critic of Lincoln Riley, I think
you can raise your hand and say I told you so,
and you're right. I think he's a really good play
designer and play caller, and he did a remarkable job
with Jade Mayava deserves all the credit. And their offense
is clever and it's creative, and they hung around in
this game today. But man, it's a pattern big games
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against good teams. Defense just isn't close to making enough plays,
just not enough talent, and their special teams continue to
be woeful in big spots. And it's year four. So
all the critics today's their day, and you have to
respect that. There are a lot of people from the
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beginning that didn't think he had the whatever it is,
whatever those skills are, it's hard man to be a
head coach. I mean, Mike McDaniel in Miami, I think
is a brilliant young coach. I don't think he's a
great head coach. And I've said this, I really think
Lincoln Riley is smart. Is he a great culture builder?
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Talk to NFL executives and they always say, we don't
need a scheme guy. That's what coordinators are for. I
need a culture builder. I need Mike Vrabel. I need
a hardball a Sean Payton, a Mike McDonald, a Sean McVay.
I don't need to scheme guy as a head coach.
Lincoln right at this point, it's a great scheme guy.
He hasn't proven he is a great head coach. All right.
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Some thoughts on Lane Kiffin. I've been been talking to
some people today about Lane Kiffin. Listen, the SEC is
a different ballgame. Is nobody loses any sleep taking somebody
else's head coach. I've said I think Lane Kiffin should
probably stay at Old Miss or go pro coach on Sundays,
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I think bouncing around. I mean, he was at Tennessee
for one year and bolted, and now he's going to
piss everybody off at Old Miss and probably take the
LSU job, which comes. I mean, you're going to make
fifteen million a year if you get into the playoff
and win some games. But Lane's not short on cash.
LSU is short on patience. Yeah, I think I often
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try to put myself into a position you know what
would I do? And I'm never going to criticize people
for professional mobility. You know, I bounced around and I
have friends who have I and I this whole loyalty thing.
Be loyal to your family if there's a great opportunity.
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Ole miss is a good job. LSU is a great job.
LSU the governor stepping in would be a huge turn
off for me. I've always said, chase good management money.
There's a c of it if you're good at what
you do. LSU would worry me. And I think Florida
is a remarkable job. I mean Spurrier, urban Meyer. There
are a lot of coaches. You can win a lot
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of games at Florida, and you're close to the beach.
Get yourself like Spurrier, a beach house or a beach condo,
a second home. Gainesville's a cool college town. I think
Florida job's really good. But I think he's probably gonna
go to LSU. I think he likes the South. I
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think he's changed his life. And remember, I've been told
this by a really really good head coach told me
this that offensive players will follow the coach. So Lane
is always going to get good offensive players out of
high school and the transfer portal because he's going to
go to the white board drawed up and offensive players
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are going to be like, yeah, I want some of that.
The great defensive players, the five star guys, they like
to play at the big schools. They're not as coach loyal.
They're going to go to Ohio State, Notre Dame and
you know, Clemson and the LSU and Georgia and Bama
and Oklahoma, and defensive players tend to go to the
big schools. Offensive guys follow the wizard, the offensive guru.
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So Lane's offense instance doesn't matter. Roy coaches Ole Miss,
Florida Atlantic. He's going to get offensive guys. He's not
going to get elite defensive guys at Ole Miss like
he can get at Georgia or Abama or a Florida
or an LSU. And I think I think Laye knows that.
So my gut today, he'll probably take the LSU job.
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In coaching circles, it's always been thought of as Georgia, LSU,
Bama are the three best jobs in the conference. I
think Florida is one that really attracted me. I went
to Gainesville four or five times. I really like the
town and I think Florida is a cool gig. A
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lot to like about Florida. The entire athletic departments like
well run. But I think he's going to go to
LSU and I'm you know, I said this on FS
one this week. When people say, but he could be
an all time legend at Ole miss I've never heard
a single person in my life. Let's say, I've got
a couple of friends that are you know, they're in
the wealth management business. They want to make a good living,
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provide for their family and have a great support system.
They've never once said to me is I want to
be the greatest stockbroker in the history of Blank. I
want to be a legend at Blank. That's not a
discussion anybody has. That's what fans say. What they want
is a good salary, great support, and a place their
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family's comfortable living. So, you know, being a legend at
old Miss Lane Kiffin didn't get into coaching thinking I
want to be a legend anywhere. He doesn't even want
to be a legend at LSU. Saban's coach there. He
wants to win natties, be able to get five star players,
have a lot of money behind him, and he knows
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he can build a better roster at LSU or Florida
then will miss. That's what coaches think about, right, That's
what they think about. I want to be. I've never
met a pro athlete that I want to be the great.
Maybe maybe the late Kobe Bryant's like, hey, can I
be the greatest linker of all time or something? Maybe,
(19:08):
but I think Kobe more than anything. I want to
get paid and wanted to hoist trophies. That's what you
want to do. That's what That's what great athletes want
to do. You know. Show me, show me the lettuce
and let's pursue trophies. Give me the right coach, the GM,
the roster, LFG, let's win it. Finally, I'm going to go.
(19:29):
I may have watched it for a second time The
Age of Disclosure on Amazon Prime. I watched it this morning.
I'm going to probably watch it again tonight. The Age
of Disclosure. It is a ninety minute just shy a
two hour documentary much anticipated on upas or UFOs and
(19:52):
the legacy program within our government that even congress people
can't access, and it to a story from senior officials.
I mean, it's really impressive. The litany of you know,
important people in our government. This is not you know,
bloggers or people chasing contrails. You're getting senior officials, physicists,
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Stanford professors commenting on it. Insiders in our government for
fifty years talking about craft that is not created by us,
that we don't know what the hell they are. And
I'm not going to give it away. I'm not going
to spoil it, but there's a five about an hour
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in the physicist talks about a certain kind of craft
that that exceeds what we can create. And it's fascinating.
(21:03):
It is absolutely fascinating. It goes from about five minutes,
it's about an hour in talking about what people have
seen and the probability of what it is, and it
is next level. I've watched every UFO documentary, I've always
(21:24):
thought it's foreign craft, it's China, it's Russia. I don't think,
for the first time in my life, I do not
believe that. After watching Age of Disclosure, And there is
a five minute segment that is the most captivating, utterly
(21:46):
fascinating five minutes that I've ever seen in any UPA
or UFO documentary. You'll know what I'm talking about. You'll
know what I'm talking about. I'm not going to give
it away, but it is is mind blowing. I mean
I literally rushed upstairs found my wife. Yeah, I see
you gotta download it now. Watch it and you just
(22:08):
get to the get to an hour in She's like, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay,
you get, you get, you get, you get really worked up. Yeah, yeah,
because it's whole Earth may not be around in fifteen minutes.
I'm getting worked up. I'm just Age of Disclosure. Watch
it and good night. The volume
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