November 26, 2025 • 7 mins
It’s Rivalry Week & many games will set up the Conference Championships.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Ohio State's been number one since they beat Texas in
the beginning of the year, and they've beaten everybody on
their schedule. And people can say they have a week schedule,
but you can only play the teams that you have
on your schedule.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
You're giving them a pass.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Well, I'm giving them a pass from this standpoint. It's
not like, first of all, every school that plays a
nine game schedule, it's going to schedule two teams in
the non conference they know they can beat unless they
really play poorly, and they're gonna play one power forward school.
And they were able to squeak by and bet Texas
on a day that Arts played not very well, mainly
(00:38):
because Ohio State's that good on defense. So then the
rest of their league. You don't know what years Penn
State's going to be good or bad. You don't know
what years you're gonna play Oregon or Washington or UCLA
or USC. Some years those teams are going to be good.
You think they're always going to be good, but they're not.
They're always that way. We talked last week about Wisconsin
(01:01):
and Michigan State. They used to be top fifteen programs.
They're not investing in their program right now, so they're
not going to be top fifteen programs, not in that league.
Indiana is Nobody ever thought Indiana would be good, but
they're the number two team in the country. So I
think that the Ohio State fan would rather beat Michigan
than win the national championship, at least that's the way
(01:23):
they come across as now.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
I think that's ludicrous.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
And ridiculous, but that's the way I perceive a lot
of Ohio State fans. And they haven't beaten Michigan since
twenty nineteen. So the Buckeyes need to beat the Wolverines
this weekend, and I think they will, and by a
pretty good margin.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
I think Ohio.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
State's going to win by something like thirty one to ten,
thirty one to seventeen, something along those lines.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Oh Andy, I think you're short selling Michigan a little bit.
I think it's just because you only, if I had
to guess, the only game you saw them play was
against Oklahoma.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Well, I'm just saying I just think it's time for
Ohio State to put its foot down and say enough
and just get the lead and keep adding to the
lead and then play defense.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
And keep them out of the end.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
So and maybe they get a late score to cut
a twenty point lead down to fourteen or whatever. But
this it's time for Ohio State to assert itself. They
are the better team, they have the better roster.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
They should win this game.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
You would think, I mean you you can. You can
live in absolutes if we want to. But the reality
is that since the loss to USC, Michigan has had
not only on a five game winning streak, they are
winning by double digits. They are beating good teams. They
are Bible. I guess you're say, only one really good
team they're beaten down. I guess to your point, they're
beating the teams they're supposed to beat, which I think, honestly,
(02:35):
and some teams kind of a cop out to beat
teams are supposed to beat the course they're supposed to
beat them. But they're beaten teams that that might they're
supposed to Maybe they're supposed to lose. They were supposed
to lose against Nebraska. They beat Nebraska. They were supposed
to lose against Washington. They beat Washington by seventeen points.
Michigan Michigan's biggest flaw right now. Honestly, is the experience
of their quarterback. Bryce Underwood is very, very talented, but
(02:58):
he has never played.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
At this time of the season. He's no longer a freshman.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Well, it doesn't matter, it really doesn't, because in this
game it's also different. I agree that I think Ohio
State will win this game, but I think you're short
selling Michigan just because of based on like what Ohio
States should be doing, rather than like we have to
recognize Ohio State really hasn't been challenged that much this year.
That's not their fault, but it is a reality.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
All right.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
The other game to keep an eye on, I think
is obviously on Friday, Aggie's Longhorns. I think the Aggis
have the better team this year. They have won the
games they're supposed to that that's been in front of them,
and you can't again, you can't dictate what the SECS
gives you to schedule. The Aggis have had some scares
(03:42):
and have been able to overcome them. Texas has done
the same thing. But you know, the Longhorns have probably
already thrown in the towel. As far as whether they're
going to the CP or not, They're likely not going
to be there. A lot of things would have to
happen for that to happen.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
And I'm of.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
The opinion that the Aggies are going to go into
Austin and win the game. And I think as long
as they don't get behind early and give the get
the crowd in the game, if they can keep it
close going into the fourth quarter, yeah, I just think
that their momentum and their willpower and all that this
is the year of the Aggies.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
And it's nothing against the Longhorns team.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
I think they're fine, but they're gonna If they experience
their fourth loss, then we'll know for sure that.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
They're not in and then they've.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Got they We'll have the conference championship game with Texas
A and M and whatever other team probably all miss
it gets in there, which should be a good game
in and of itself as well for the conference championship title.
But I really like what Mike Elco is doing. That
team is buttoned up. They don't make a lot of mistakes.
They play good fundamental football, and I think Texas.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
A and M wins Friday night in Austin.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Right now, there are teams like Oklahoma and Alabama watching
both A and M and Georgia. Now Georgia, they're done
with SEC play, but they take on Georgia Tech, who's
a very good Georgia Tech team after getting smacked by
Pitt And they're also at home, which helps them in
that regard with A and M. They get to get
revenge on the road the same way Texas did to them.
Because if A and them and Georgia were both to
lose and everyone has a tied record in the SEC,
(05:05):
then you're talking about Ole miss or even Oklahoma in
the conference championship based on head to heads, and that's
gonna cause a lot of chaos in and of itself.
I also think that an and will beat Texas, and
it has nothing to do with just pure talent on
the field. It's that they are maybe the most complete
team in the SEC in terms of offensive offensive offensive
(05:26):
buddy score, through the air, and on the ground. I
think I think they have a solid I would say
front seven, not great, but solid front seven. Their secondary
is really good. That's what helped them a lot in
a lot of these games.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
Yeah, there's still a lot of talk about what happens
in the folks who are going to decide not till
February it looks like now whether or not we're going
to advance this to sixteen or stay at twelve, I
hope we don't ever go to twenty four.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
We should go six for football.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
For football, yeah, like we do in high school and
like we do in college.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Stay at six.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
No, we should make We should make the regular season
ten games and have a sixty fourteen playoffs were doing
high school.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
But here's the thing with that's not happening. It goes
back to revenue. The schools want the sixth, seventh, and
eighth games if they can get them, if they're in
a big city.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
More playoff games wouldn't be more revenue.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
It would, but it would also mean more wear and
tear on players who shouldn't have wearing tear on that.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
They don't care about that, Yeah, they don't, they say,
But at.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
What point in time do we just say the regular
season doesn't matter. In the NFL, all you got to
be is top seven in your conference and you're in
Why does the regular season matter if you can lose
games and still get back in the.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
Championship have one game a week, so every game does matter,
and the games in sports like baseball in the NBA
you cant afford to lose a game because you have
another game three days later.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
But in football, in the elect but the NFL, the
regular season is kind of important, but it's not as
important as just getting into the tournament. It used to
be college football, every week mattered because even if you
lost in September, it wouldn't necessarily count against you if
you had battled your way all the way back. But
if there were four undefeated teams and you were the
only one with one loss, you likely weren't.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
Going to be in the final two.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Or even if there was two or three undefeated teams,
you're not likely to be in the final two. So
I think that we need to keep it at twelve
or go to fourteen. We need to make the season relevant.
I'm satisfied with that.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
I would tell you right now that, first of all,
I told you during the break right that not only
had no team in the Power conferences has established at
least one team secure and a spot in the conference championship.
Like there's like eight or nine conferences Division one that
way as well. And there's gonna be a lot of
games this weekend other than just the ones we talked about.
They're going to dictate that, and I wouldn't be surprised
(07:30):
to see at least five or six upsets, just because
a lot of these teams are playing teams that are
fighting for a Bowl game, and those are the ones
that you gotta watch.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
Out for, all right. U TSA's got army. Rich DeMarco
is the voice of the Black Knights. He's going to
join us in the next segment, and breaking news from Toronto,
where Dylan Ceaze has reached a seventy or two hundred
and ten million dollars deal to play and pitch for
the Blue Jays.
Speaker 3 (07:53):
Rich is next on the ticket.
Ohio State's been number one since they beat Texas in
the beginning of the year, and they've beaten everybody on
their schedule. And people can say they have a week schedule,
but you can only play the teams that you have
on your schedule.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
You're giving them a pass.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Well, I'm giving them a pass from this standpoint. It's
not like, first of all, every school that plays a
nine game schedule, it's going to schedule two teams in
the non conference they know they can beat unless they
really play poorly, and they're gonna play one power forward school.
And they were able to squeak by and bet Texas
on a day that Arts played not very well, mainly
(00:38):
because Ohio State's that good on defense. So then the
rest of their league. You don't know what years Penn
State's going to be good or bad. You don't know
what years you're gonna play Oregon or Washington or UCLA
or USC. Some years those teams are going to be good.
You think they're always going to be good, but they're not.
They're always that way. We talked last week about Wisconsin
(01:01):
and Michigan State. They used to be top fifteen programs.
They're not investing in their program right now, so they're
not going to be top fifteen programs, not in that league.
Indiana is Nobody ever thought Indiana would be good, but
they're the number two team in the country. So I
think that the Ohio State fan would rather beat Michigan
than win the national championship, at least that's the way
(01:23):
they come across as now.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
I think that's ludicrous.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
And ridiculous, but that's the way I perceive a lot
of Ohio State fans. And they haven't beaten Michigan since
twenty nineteen. So the Buckeyes need to beat the Wolverines
this weekend, and I think they will, and by a
pretty good margin.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
I think Ohio.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
State's going to win by something like thirty one to ten,
thirty one to seventeen, something along those lines.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Oh Andy, I think you're short selling Michigan a little bit.
I think it's just because you only, if I had
to guess, the only game you saw them play was
against Oklahoma.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Well, I'm just saying I just think it's time for
Ohio State to put its foot down and say enough
and just get the lead and keep adding to the
lead and then play defense.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
And keep them out of the end.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
So and maybe they get a late score to cut
a twenty point lead down to fourteen or whatever. But
this it's time for Ohio State to assert itself. They
are the better team, they have the better roster.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
They should win this game.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
You would think, I mean you you can. You can
live in absolutes if we want to. But the reality
is that since the loss to USC, Michigan has had
not only on a five game winning streak, they are
winning by double digits. They are beating good teams. They
are Bible. I guess you're say, only one really good
team they're beaten down. I guess to your point, they're
beating the teams they're supposed to beat, which I think, honestly,
(02:35):
and some teams kind of a cop out to beat
teams are supposed to beat the course they're supposed to
beat them. But they're beaten teams that that might they're
supposed to Maybe they're supposed to lose. They were supposed
to lose against Nebraska. They beat Nebraska. They were supposed
to lose against Washington. They beat Washington by seventeen points.
Michigan Michigan's biggest flaw right now. Honestly, is the experience
of their quarterback. Bryce Underwood is very, very talented, but
(02:58):
he has never played.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
At this time of the season. He's no longer a freshman.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Well, it doesn't matter, it really doesn't, because in this
game it's also different. I agree that I think Ohio
State will win this game, but I think you're short
selling Michigan just because of based on like what Ohio
States should be doing, rather than like we have to
recognize Ohio State really hasn't been challenged that much this year.
That's not their fault, but it is a reality.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
All right.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
The other game to keep an eye on, I think
is obviously on Friday, Aggie's Longhorns. I think the Aggis
have the better team this year. They have won the
games they're supposed to that that's been in front of them,
and you can't again, you can't dictate what the SECS
gives you to schedule. The Aggis have had some scares
(03:42):
and have been able to overcome them. Texas has done
the same thing. But you know, the Longhorns have probably
already thrown in the towel. As far as whether they're
going to the CP or not, They're likely not going
to be there. A lot of things would have to
happen for that to happen.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
And I'm of.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
The opinion that the Aggies are going to go into
Austin and win the game. And I think as long
as they don't get behind early and give the get
the crowd in the game, if they can keep it
close going into the fourth quarter, yeah, I just think
that their momentum and their willpower and all that this
is the year of the Aggies.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
And it's nothing against the Longhorns team.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
I think they're fine, but they're gonna If they experience
their fourth loss, then we'll know for sure that.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
They're not in and then they've.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Got they We'll have the conference championship game with Texas
A and M and whatever other team probably all miss
it gets in there, which should be a good game
in and of itself as well for the conference championship title.
But I really like what Mike Elco is doing. That
team is buttoned up. They don't make a lot of mistakes.
They play good fundamental football, and I think Texas.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
A and M wins Friday night in Austin.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Right now, there are teams like Oklahoma and Alabama watching
both A and M and Georgia. Now Georgia, they're done
with SEC play, but they take on Georgia Tech, who's
a very good Georgia Tech team after getting smacked by
Pitt And they're also at home, which helps them in
that regard with A and M. They get to get
revenge on the road the same way Texas did to them.
Because if A and them and Georgia were both to
lose and everyone has a tied record in the SEC,
(05:05):
then you're talking about Ole miss or even Oklahoma in
the conference championship based on head to heads, and that's
gonna cause a lot of chaos in and of itself.
I also think that an and will beat Texas, and
it has nothing to do with just pure talent on
the field. It's that they are maybe the most complete
team in the SEC in terms of offensive offensive offensive
(05:26):
buddy score, through the air, and on the ground. I
think I think they have a solid I would say
front seven, not great, but solid front seven. Their secondary
is really good. That's what helped them a lot in
a lot of these games.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
Yeah, there's still a lot of talk about what happens
in the folks who are going to decide not till
February it looks like now whether or not we're going
to advance this to sixteen or stay at twelve, I
hope we don't ever go to twenty four.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
We should go six for football.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
For football, yeah, like we do in high school and
like we do in college.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Stay at six.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
No, we should make We should make the regular season
ten games and have a sixty fourteen playoffs were doing
high school.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
But here's the thing with that's not happening. It goes
back to revenue. The schools want the sixth, seventh, and
eighth games if they can get them, if they're in
a big city.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
More playoff games wouldn't be more revenue.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
It would, but it would also mean more wear and
tear on players who shouldn't have wearing tear on that.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
They don't care about that, Yeah, they don't, they say,
But at.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
What point in time do we just say the regular
season doesn't matter. In the NFL, all you got to
be is top seven in your conference and you're in
Why does the regular season matter if you can lose
games and still get back in the.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
Championship have one game a week, so every game does matter,
and the games in sports like baseball in the NBA
you cant afford to lose a game because you have
another game three days later.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
But in football, in the elect but the NFL, the
regular season is kind of important, but it's not as
important as just getting into the tournament. It used to
be college football, every week mattered because even if you
lost in September, it wouldn't necessarily count against you if
you had battled your way all the way back. But
if there were four undefeated teams and you were the
only one with one loss, you likely weren't.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
Going to be in the final two.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Or even if there was two or three undefeated teams,
you're not likely to be in the final two. So
I think that we need to keep it at twelve
or go to fourteen. We need to make the season relevant.
I'm satisfied with that.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
I would tell you right now that, first of all,
I told you during the break right that not only
had no team in the Power conferences has established at
least one team secure and a spot in the conference championship.
Like there's like eight or nine conferences Division one that
way as well. And there's gonna be a lot of
games this weekend other than just the ones we talked about.
They're going to dictate that, and I wouldn't be surprised
(07:30):
to see at least five or six upsets, just because
a lot of these teams are playing teams that are
fighting for a Bowl game, and those are the ones
that you gotta watch.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
Out for, all right. U TSA's got army. Rich DeMarco
is the voice of the Black Knights. He's going to
join us in the next segment, and breaking news from Toronto,
where Dylan Ceaze has reached a seventy or two hundred
and ten million dollars deal to play and pitch for
the Blue Jays.
Speaker 3 (07:53):
Rich is next on the ticket.
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