July 25, 2025 • 26 mins
0:00-8:06 – JMV brings on Tennessee Titans beat writer Nick Suss. The Tennessean reporter gives an in-depth look at how the Titans could perform this year in the AFC South.
8:07-26:35 – JMV gets Hour #2 underway with College Football expert Phil Steele, getting everybody set for the upcoming College Football season. Steele writes a giant CFB manifesto every year, available online, at Barns & Noble or Books-a-Million. They talk IU, Purdue, Notre Dame and more as the season sits just a month away.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Nick Sus from the Tennessee and is on the Andy
Moore Automotive Group hootline. Right now, Nick, welcome to the show.
How are you?
Speaker 2 (00:06):
I'm doing will Yo?
Speaker 3 (00:06):
How are you?
Speaker 1 (00:07):
Kim Ward? A mid practice is how it was described
correct by him?
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Yes, those are his words.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Okay, mid, I see, I'm not too good on the
words of today. So what does that mean from somebody
a member of Generation X from the nineteen eighties? It
means kind of half asked? Is mid half assed? No
average UK joker, average, middle of the road. Got you? Okay, Well,
explain why he said that? Was it his play or
the overall play in practice of the team?
Speaker 2 (00:37):
I think the easiest way to put it is these
first two practices the Titans have that open for media
have been the kind of practices where you're working first
and ten, second and seven type plays. Yeah, and so
he's not doing anything that's testing the downfield stuff. He's
thrown a bunch of hitches and slants and out routes,
and he completed some of them, he missed on some
of them. I mean without the pads on, without too
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much of this. Excuse me, we have too much of
a downfield presence and when you're still kind of getting
in rhythm. It's kind of expected that your first practice,
your first couple of practices even should be not dazzling.
When they start repping third downs and when they start
wrapping two minute drills and as they start getting into
more of the stuff that challenges in arm, that's when
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we're going to start making judgments. But I kind of
agree with the there's not much exciting to report on
yet because I mean, if you want to hear how
well he throws a six yard out route, I can
tell you, But I don't think that's going to be
what makes her break his career with the Titans.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Yeah, he is Nix sus At Nick sus on the
social media platform x Rider for the Tennessee and covers
the Titans. He's on the Andy Moore Automotive Group plotline.
So what's the thought process, ceiling wise, for his game
individually under center as a rookie and the rest of
this team in twenty twenty five, Nick.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
That's a complicated thing. Let me try and answer it. Look,
this is not the strongest roster in the NFL, and
I think the Titans will be among the first to
admit that Calvin Ridley's a good wide receiver. There's going
to be a connection there if they can get that downfield,
especially with the way that Cam likes to throw over
the middle, and they'll have that opportunity to kind of
pop it over the middle there. Beyond that, if the
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offensive line's improved, if Dan Moore is the answer they've
needed it left tackle, and JC Latham can grow at
right tackle, and you have all of this stuff, there's
a world where Cam can impress people. I don't know
if he has the dominant supporting cast that maybe some
of the rookies that have popped in the last couple
of years have. I don't know if he has the
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track record of playing in these gigantic, important, big games
that maybe some of the players that have popped in
recent years have too. But the thing that always stands
out about Cam when you talk to people and when
you watch him is the off the field, the locker
room stuff. The way that he can rally guys around him.
And if you are somebody who believes in the hour
of connection and teamwork and connectivity and all that stuff
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we can't quantify, that's the thing he seems to be
acing so far. If you think that augments the ceiling
at all, I do think there is a world where
that is important as the season goes on.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
All right, Nick, what do you believe in in this team?
Just outside of things that are going to have to
mature and evolve through camp and practice and then get
into the season. But what is one thing that you
absolutely believe in in twenty twenty five about this team?
Speaker 2 (03:21):
If you're asking what I think could work, I think
the interior and interior offense and the interior defensive line
are both pretty stout, especially when Lloyd Koshenberry gets healthy
at center. I like the group they have their guard
center guard and with Simons Sweat Joseph Day kind of
the interior defensive line there. I think the safety play
is pretty strong with Kep Winston coming in to help
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out Amani Hooker and Xavier Woods. Beyond that a deeper
wide receiver than they were before. We'll see how that
kind of talent can pan out. I think Dinard Wilson
is an up and comer as a defensive coach. I
think he's got a lot of ability to kind to
lead that defense and make it look better than some
of its parts. But again, this is a team that
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if you are going on strength of roster, I don't
think they are going to be prognosticators that have this
team anywhere outside the bottom five of the league. There's
a lot of growth that needs to happen.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Yeah, it's kind of interesting to see you bring in
you've already had one there, but veteran wide receiver stewardship
for a rookie quarterback that clearly is going to need it.
So a lot of the way I think, at least
on the surface here have assembled offensively. This particular depth
chart does make sense considering where they are with the
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quarterback now.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Oh sure, And I think that if you look at
the downfall of the Titans these last three seasons since
the variable era went south, you look and you start
it offense tackle, whether it was Andre Dillard or Dennis
Daley or Nicholas Pete Freyr or any of these guys
that have been turnstyles. That's what they went out and
they spent their money on this year. They got eighty
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five million or whatever it was on Dan Moore, say
fix the left tackle spot, and then you go out
and say you got Calvin Ridley already bring in Van Jefferson,
bring in Tyler Lockett, use two fourth round picks on
a receiver, Go out in Udfa, Cam's favorite receiver from
when he was in college to help it even more.
Be comfortable there, try and be six to seven deep
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at receiver. Like I understand the fundamental goal of the
roster building right now, the question is how much does
a best played plan work out? And you're still looking
at the best played plan that has you give eighty
five million to a left tackle who last year allowed
the most sacks in the NFL. Now, obviously, when Russell
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Wilson and Justin Fields are your quarterbacks, that skews it
a little bit. With quarterbacks who like to get outside
the pocket. You go out and you get all these receivers,
and yeah, you get Tyler Lockett, who's potentially on the
downswing of his career, Van Jefferson, who's seldom been better
than a good number three receiver, and then two guys
who were fourth round picks for whatever reason. You want
to say they were steels, you want to say they
were properly valued. You're getting a lot of things that
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this is what you should do to build a team,
but none of the guys that you say, oh, that's
a top tier talent except for Ridley.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Nick Saus with us before I let you go, final thing,
what is the future hold for Will Levis and your estimation.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
He's taken the year off. I'm sure some people have
heard this of he's getting older surgery next.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Week, and I mean I'm talking that. Yeah, I was.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
I wasn't sure how closely the listeners are. H.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Yeah, we're all over well Les around here. Yeah, but
I am kind of curious what you think because you've
seen it up close. His long term career is going
to be.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
I think that Will has enough talent and enough motivation
that wherever his second spot is or wherever his third
stop is, he can compete for a starting job.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
He needs to.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Figure out how to keep himself steady on game day,
because look, he is kind of exactly what you want
six and a half days of a week. It just
happens to be on game day. He doesn't look like
the guy you need him to be. And that's a huge,
huge problem because that's when the games are played. But
if he can use this time to get healthy, get
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that shoulder back in shape, and potentially figure out some
of the things that have been limiting him. I do
believe that this is a guy who in the mold
of maybe not quite Baker Mayfield, Gino Smith, that sort
of thing, but some of these journeyman quarterbacks who have
found success on their second and third stint. I think
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he could be in that company someday.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
That is nix to us at nix Us from the
Tennessee and you can find him on the social media
platform actually the Titan speed writer early recall and description
of what's going on in Titans training camp on the
Anymore Automatic Group plotline. I appreciate it. We'll catch back
during the raid of the season too. Nick, thank you.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Awesome, Looking forward to.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
Nick saus the Andy Moore Automotive Group Potline. Hey, joining
us now the Andy Moore Automotive Group Potline. Football season
officially does not start until Phil Steele makes an appearance
here in Indy on this show and Phil Phil Steel
dot com and Moore joins us on the Andy Moore
Automotive Group Potline. Hey, Phil, thank you very much for
the time. How are you you know?
Speaker 3 (08:23):
I am doing great? John? How about yourself? Today?
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Could not be better? Now that you have phoned, Let's
start college landscape that we saw and we saw and
witnessed how it ended a year ago, compared to what
we should expect as the start of the season this year,
for example, are we going to get treated to some
similar things or across the college football landscape, are there
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a lot of changes?
Speaker 3 (08:50):
I think it's gonna be pretty similar to what we
saw last year. You're gonna have twelve teams make the playoff.
We're gonna have the bye weeks. See how that works
out this year, so you see if the buys a
detriment like it was last season. But overall, I don't
know if we're going to see a surprise team come
out of the blue like Indiana did last year to
make the playoff. But I do think it's going to
be pretty much the same. We know that the two
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superpower conferences or the SEC and the Big Ten, and
those are the two superpower conferences.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Once again, which one would you predict as of right
now will be the better conference at the end of
this season? You got a coin on you, John, I do, Yeah,
where you flip it?
Speaker 3 (09:27):
Yeah, I'm wanting to flip it. I'm gonna say heads
SEC and I'm gonna go tails. Big Ten. Which one
do you come up with?
Speaker 1 (09:33):
Yeah? Tails right, all right? For Big ten? Yeah, well
we'll start right there in the Big ten because you
brought up Kurt Signetti and the Hoosiers yet number one.
A year ago in Bloomington, it was what we like
to reference a renaissance season with that football program, no
doubt about it, getting to the college football Playoff. So
coming to Notre Dame in that playoff, but a great season.
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How can Kurt Signetti with a new and accomplished quarterback
in Fernando Mendoza and some new faces, but some familiar
faces as well, how can they back up the work
that they did and what they proved to college football
a year ago?
Speaker 3 (10:13):
You know, they lost so much from last year's squad,
and last year was such a great surprise. When I
went into the spring, I was thinking, well, I think
Indiana is probably going to take a step back this year.
But ironically, when I went through the team with Coach
Signetti and looked at the roster, looked at the talent,
they may actually have more talent on this year's squad
than they did last year. You know, look at the
running back position. They had good running backs last year.
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With Ellison and Lawton, but Roman Hemby coming in to
go team along with Galen Black. I think the running
back room is actually maybe a little better than last year.
The receivers, you know, having saratback and Cooper back, those
are a couple of big pluses. The top two guys,
the offensive lines of veteran group, and defensively, I like
the transfers brought in on the defense. Plus they bring
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back their top guys Kamara and Fisher back back at cornerback.
So this is a very talented Indiana team. My question
mark would probably be the schedule is a little more difficult.
They Illinois game Week four, that's like a playoff elimination
game right out of the box. I think one of
those two teams makes the playoff this year, probably the
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winner of that game, and then they have to play
at Iowa, at Oregon, and at Penn State. Those are
three pretty tough venues and three pretty tough teams. So
a little tougher schedule this year. But if Signetty gets
them back to let's say eleven and two, I think
Indiana makes the playoff again and maybe a little more talented.
The key is going to be what you touched on
John Fernando Mendoza a quarterback because let's face it, Curtis
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Rourke was clutched last year, especially on third down twenty
nine touchdowns, five interceptions. But I really liked what I
saw to Mendoza at Cal. It'd be interesting to watch.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
So who's your fans that may not know too much
about Mendoza and love what they saw a year ago
in Lurk? Are there comparable pieces to be had there?
And maybe size them up against one another from your viewpoint,
and you know, try to tell those hoosier fans out
there what they should expect to get in a quarterback
in that transfer from Cal.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
Well, you know, Curtis Rourke was six y five to
twenty two, huh. Fernando Mendoza, oh, six five to twenty five.
And he's a big guy. He's got a quick release,
he's got a good arm, he's probably got a little
more mobility than Rourk has and you know, he's a
guy that just wants to be great. And what I
saw out of him at Cal was he didn't have
a tremendous supporting cast last year. But if you look
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at Cal's record at one point, that team could have
been like nine and oh, they lost so many tough
losses during the course of the year, some of it
due to field goal kicking, but uh, you know they
would They could easily have been a nine to oh team.
So I think that Mendoza is better than what Cal's
record was last year, and I think he's gonna have
a really good year.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
He is Phil Steele, Phil Steel dot com. It's Phil
Steel College Football twenty twenty five. You absolutely have to
check out the Almanact to get started. Every single year.
You referenced the IU schedule, at least within the Big
Ten being tougher than it was a year ago. And
a lot has been made about Kurt Signetti and taking
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away Power five type of games, and then also the
should I say the ease the relative ease of the
pre Big Ten schedule. I've said this, Phil, People criticize Signetti,
and I say, you ride this thing until it bucks
your meaning. If this works to this point, why would
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you go away from it? You go with what works
until you have to adjust to what doesn't. Is that
fair to say?
Speaker 2 (13:37):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (13:37):
Absolutely, and I have no problems with it all. If
you're playing a nine game conference schedule, why not have
three winnable games, easier games to walk into that schedule with.
You know, college football, especially with the playoffs now john
has become a battle of attrition who stays healthiest during
the course of the year. And when you got nine
conference games, then let's say you make the playoffs and
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win the first two games. Now you've got eleven brutal games.
Lighten up that schedule in non conference. I don't mind
that at all. And remember Indiana. I don't know if
you remember back, but I think when Mallory was the
head coach, they used to walk through that non conference
and that's the way they've made balls every year. It
was getting getting four to zero in the non conference
games and win a couple of Big ten games to
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get the balls.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
It's funny you mentioned that because I had a conversation
with somebody last night about that very thing. You go
back to the familiar territory of those types of pre
Big ten games, and then we will always talk about
as you just recognize that first matchup with AOI being
kind of a de facto elimination from the playoff type
of atmosphere and game coming up. You know, that's how
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we always viewed it back then, I use going to
be unbeaten and then he hit the big ten and
see if you have, you know, enough momentum and they're
they're gelling enough to get it done against a greater opponent,
if you will. And that's kind of what it was then,
and it's certainly what it looks like right now.
Speaker 3 (14:57):
Yeah, absolutely, and that it really worked last year for Indiana,
And I thought generally, when you get a first year
head coach, if they have success right away, and the
good thing for Signetti last year was he brought in
all those players from James mess with him who had
had success with him, and this year they brought players
from different schools. But now the success is there. The
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foundation has been built for Indiana, and I think that's
going to make it easier for the future.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
Phil still is with us. Mendoza. If you're going to
rank him up, I don't know if you do in
the twenty twenty five Almanac of College Football that you
have there. But if you're going to rank him up,
where would Mendoza be as far as transfer portal Dies
would be concerned? Moving around?
Speaker 3 (15:41):
Well, I've got him thirteen Big ten coming into the season,
that's how high I am on him. I watched him
at Cal last year. As mentioned, it would have been
Cal basically change four plays, they could have been seven
and oh. Had they been seven and oh, I think
Mendoza would have been a lot hotter, even at the
quarterback position. But just watching the games last year, I
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think he's one of the top transfer quarter transfer portal quarterbacks.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
This year you mentioned too, Phil Steel joins us. By
the way, your Big ten rankings Penn State, Ohio State, Oregon, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana.
I'll go the top six for you because you did
highlight Illinois and Indiana early on in that season when
the Big ten I guess is officially underway for IU
Brett Bielima, this is an alta team that you deeply,
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I would suggest here believe in going into twenty twenty five.
Speaker 3 (16:30):
Absolutely. In fact, you know, last year they were ten
and three and surprised me by beating South Carolina. That's
a really good South Carolina team in the Bowl. But
I wasn't blown away with last year's Illinois team. I
thought they were okay. I thought they benefited from the
schedule and ten and three was their final record. But
this year. Wow. And in fact, yeah, I got to
tell you, John whenum in February, I posted my projected
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AP top twenty five for this year six months in advance,
and I didn't have Illinois on there, and coach Bielma
texted me right away. He's like, Phil, come on, we
got nineteen returning starters coming back. We got the schedule,
and he was right. I mean, you look at this team.
They've got Luke Almeyer back at QB. They've got Fagan
and Laurie at the running back spot. They've got the
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receiving core Lukxale. The offensive line, you know, Brett Bielo,
Mano's offensive lineman. He's got five guys back who started
the last half of last year. That's a big time group.
They got Accus up front at the outside linebacker spot,
James Thompson inside, Xavier Scott, dynamic star position player Tory
Cox at corner, Matthew Bailey. This is a much better
Illinois team than they were last year. And last year's
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team won ten games. They're number three on my experience
chart and very dangerous this year is Phil Steele.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Phil Steele's College Football twenty twenty five. That is the
Almanac to get you said for the season and Phil's
got it out to join us of the Andy Morro
Automotive Group hotline. The top four here Penn State, Ohio State, Oregon,
and Michigan within the Big Ten. What makes you a
believer out of those four? And if not Penn State,
which you have slotted to start the season at number
one of the Big Ten, how close behind in the
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two slots would Ohio State be at this point to you?
Speaker 3 (18:12):
Yeah, I actually think Ohio State will probably be favored
when they played Penn State, probably be favored in all
twelve games this year. The thing I'm looking at is
Ohio State did lose fourteen NFL draft picks. I mean,
let's face it, last year's team was exceptional. They had
all those players turned down the NFL opt to return,
and it ended up even though they didn't beat Michigan,
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didn't win the Big Ten, they won the national title
last year. But when I look at Penn State, they
had a lot of players turned down the NFL. They
only had five players leave for the NFL Draft, and
of all the top teams that ended last year, Drew
Alar coming back at quarterback as one of the few
veteran quarterbacks for a top team. He and Kate Klubnick
of Clemson. They've got with the best running back core
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in the country with Singleton Allen and then keep your
eyes on Corey Smith and Quintin Martin, a couple of
freshmen year. They've got their feet wet. Those guys are
going to be the stars of the future. Offensive line
at rate number one in the country. Receiving court was
you know, the wide receivers last year were average, but
this year they're upgraded with Kyroen Hudson coming in from
USC Trevor Pania from Syracuse. Defensively, there is not a problem.
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They are loaded with stars. Last year they had one
of the top defenses in the country. They've got that
again this year. So this all loaded Penn State team.
I think this is the year they break through. And
they've got the same qualities that Michigan did two years ago,
when Ohio State did last year, and that's a homemade team.
All these seniors were brought in as freshmen. They've got
the team atmosphere, and they've got a lot of players
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that turned down the.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
NFL boiler Makers. They get a fresh start and really
they are starting from scratch as your reference here with
first year head coaching Weslafia at Barry Odom, we know
how bad things were a year ago for the boiler Makers.
What are you looking for as far as a boiler
Maker improvement? Albeit probably not by a great stretch, but
you're number one with Barry Odom. You describe as.
Speaker 3 (20:00):
What rebuilding and they needed it. You look at the
last two years sort of a disaster after that twenty
twenty two finish where they got to the Big Ten
title game, and you know, Barry Odom did a tremendous
job at UNLV. He did better, He bettered my expectations
his first couple of years there. But being a first
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year head coach coming in bringing in the amount of tranfers,
basically a brand new team. As you mentioned, John, that's
extremely difficult. Let me take it back to the Big
Twelve two years ago, Arizona State had a first year
head coach and a lot of transfers. They struggled, and
then last year Arizona State was picked last in Big twelve.
They won the dog On Conference Colorado with Dion Sanders
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a lot of transfers. They struggled his first year second year,
once the foundation was built, they were much better, and
last year they almost made the Big Twelve title game.
I think we're going to see something similar from Purdue,
maybe not getting to the level of the Big Ten
title game in the second year, but I think a
first year struggle, a lot of new pieces coming in,
a lot of new pieces came in after spring. They
all have to mold together, play as a team. And
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this just in the Big Ten, pretty tough conference, so
most of the teams in the Big Ten are really
really good. I actually have Purdue an underdog in a
pretty much all their games this year. Look at the
home games Indiana, Ohio State, Rutgers, Illinois, USC, and then
being on the road in the Big Ten, you're going
to be an underdog. So they'll probably be a dog
in all nine games there. They've got USC in the
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non conference slate underdog there. They're probably top last year's
one win total. But I think it'll be a rebuilding
year for Purdue.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
Stale stills talking college football with us. Sorry, Top players
are the Big Ten according to you? And who do
you think is going to shine as the brightest in
the Big Ten individually? Speaking? As players this.
Speaker 3 (21:42):
Season well, I think you have to start a quarterback
with due Lara Penn State. He's a guy that is
a veteran QB. He's going to play for a team
that I think has got a chance of being unbeaten.
You look at Jeremiah Smith. He was electric in the
playoffs last year, an electric all season long. He'll be
one of the top players in the conference, but in
the nation. In fact, if you're looking for a non
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quarterback that has a chance to win the Heisman, Jeremiah
Smith would be that. I really like Max Claire. The
pickup of Max Clair. I mean, you know from watching
him at Purdue he's a talented player. Now he's playing
with Ohio State and surrounded by that talent. Look for
a big year out of him. And then those guys
that I mentioned from Indiana, Kamara and Fisher up front
on the defensive side of the ball. Those guys are
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among the best in the league. And I also like
Akis from Illinois at the defensive end spot. I think
he gets a lot of sacks this year.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
So Phil Steele College Football Almanac, it's twenty twenty five.
I'll call it the Almanac because that's exactly what it is.
For our Notre Dame fans out there, Marcus Freeman and company,
you expect them to back up the type of season
they had a year ago in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 3 (22:47):
Phil, Yeah, absolutely. And the big question mark for Notre
Dame is quarterback CJ. Carr. I think he'll step in
there and do well. He's battling minshe he's battling Herbert.
But I think CJ. Carr wins a job and does well.
But I love the running back or Jeremiah Love and
Darien Price. They have my number two set of running
backs in the country. Offensive line, how about my number
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three set of offensive line in the country, and then
defensively my number four defensive line, my number one set
of defensive backs, and number three linebackers. So this is
a very loaded defense. Once again, they're strong everywhere. The
only question is quarterback. They do have a very tough
opener at Miami and Florida. Miami's loaded. That game's going
to be the heat umidity of Miami, so that's gonna
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be a tough one. But I actually have Notre Dame
favorite in all twelve games this year. I think it's
back to the playoff and you know, maybe they stay
healthy in the playoffs this year, they lost their top
defensive lineman, top offensive lineman the injury prior to the
title game. If they could stay healthy, I think they've
got a chance of matching up with anybody it.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Fell in closing here, the Manning family obviously left a
great impression upon us here in and around Indianapolis, in
the state of Indiana. How does Arts Manning compare to
his family members, whether you're talking about his grandfather, Peyton
or Eli under center for Texas and then moving.
Speaker 3 (24:04):
Forward, well, I think he's going to have a fantastic year.
For him to live up to the hype that's Arch
Manning right now, he'd probably have to throw sixty touchdown
passes and have two interceptions. But that's not going to happen.
But I think the potential is there. Now, let's see
him on the field. I got to see him as
a starting QB against quality defenses. Remember his starts last
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year came against some weaker defenses. We shall see where
he gets. I'm not ready to put him into the
Peyton Manning level quite yet, but I think he's got
that potential and I think he's going to have a
fine year. This year and be one of the top
quarterbacks in the country.
Speaker 1 (24:39):
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Speaker 3 (24:48):
Phil, Yeah, I appreciate that, John. Now, the only places
that you can get the magazine right now are at
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Speaker 1 (25:30):
Let me tell you that it's the best cheat sheet
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information and education because without this, I mean really we're
nothing right other than like three teams around here. And
that's it. It's all because of your hard work. And
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what year is this for you? By the way doing it?
Speaker 3 (25:54):
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of college football without having you on a show here
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Speaker 3 (26:28):
It's always great talking football with you. John, appreciate you
having me.
Speaker 1 (26:31):
On You got it. Phil Steele on the Andy Moore
Automotive Group Hotline right there,
Nick Sus from the Tennessee and is on the Andy
Moore Automotive Group hootline. Right now, Nick, welcome to the show.
How are you?
Speaker 2 (00:06):
I'm doing will Yo?
Speaker 3 (00:06):
How are you?
Speaker 1 (00:07):
Kim Ward? A mid practice is how it was described
correct by him?
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Yes, those are his words.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Okay, mid, I see, I'm not too good on the
words of today. So what does that mean from somebody
a member of Generation X from the nineteen eighties? It
means kind of half asked? Is mid half assed? No
average UK joker, average, middle of the road. Got you? Okay, Well,
explain why he said that? Was it his play or
the overall play in practice of the team?
Speaker 2 (00:37):
I think the easiest way to put it is these
first two practices the Titans have that open for media
have been the kind of practices where you're working first
and ten, second and seven type plays. Yeah, and so
he's not doing anything that's testing the downfield stuff. He's
thrown a bunch of hitches and slants and out routes,
and he completed some of them, he missed on some
of them. I mean without the pads on, without too
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much of this. Excuse me, we have too much of
a downfield presence and when you're still kind of getting
in rhythm. It's kind of expected that your first practice,
your first couple of practices even should be not dazzling.
When they start repping third downs and when they start
wrapping two minute drills and as they start getting into
more of the stuff that challenges in arm, that's when
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we're going to start making judgments. But I kind of
agree with the there's not much exciting to report on
yet because I mean, if you want to hear how
well he throws a six yard out route, I can
tell you, But I don't think that's going to be
what makes her break his career with the Titans.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Yeah, he is Nix sus At Nick sus on the
social media platform x Rider for the Tennessee and covers
the Titans. He's on the Andy Moore Automotive Group plotline.
So what's the thought process, ceiling wise, for his game
individually under center as a rookie and the rest of
this team in twenty twenty five, Nick.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
That's a complicated thing. Let me try and answer it. Look,
this is not the strongest roster in the NFL, and
I think the Titans will be among the first to
admit that Calvin Ridley's a good wide receiver. There's going
to be a connection there if they can get that downfield,
especially with the way that Cam likes to throw over
the middle, and they'll have that opportunity to kind of
pop it over the middle there. Beyond that, if the
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offensive line's improved, if Dan Moore is the answer they've
needed it left tackle, and JC Latham can grow at
right tackle, and you have all of this stuff, there's
a world where Cam can impress people. I don't know
if he has the dominant supporting cast that maybe some
of the rookies that have popped in the last couple
of years have. I don't know if he has the
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track record of playing in these gigantic, important, big games
that maybe some of the players that have popped in
recent years have too. But the thing that always stands
out about Cam when you talk to people and when
you watch him is the off the field, the locker
room stuff. The way that he can rally guys around him.
And if you are somebody who believes in the hour
of connection and teamwork and connectivity and all that stuff
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we can't quantify, that's the thing he seems to be
acing so far. If you think that augments the ceiling
at all, I do think there is a world where
that is important as the season goes on.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
All right, Nick, what do you believe in in this team?
Just outside of things that are going to have to
mature and evolve through camp and practice and then get
into the season. But what is one thing that you
absolutely believe in in twenty twenty five about this team?
Speaker 2 (03:21):
If you're asking what I think could work, I think
the interior and interior offense and the interior defensive line
are both pretty stout, especially when Lloyd Koshenberry gets healthy
at center. I like the group they have their guard
center guard and with Simons Sweat Joseph Day kind of
the interior defensive line there. I think the safety play
is pretty strong with Kep Winston coming in to help
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out Amani Hooker and Xavier Woods. Beyond that a deeper
wide receiver than they were before. We'll see how that
kind of talent can pan out. I think Dinard Wilson
is an up and comer as a defensive coach. I
think he's got a lot of ability to kind to
lead that defense and make it look better than some
of its parts. But again, this is a team that
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if you are going on strength of roster, I don't
think they are going to be prognosticators that have this
team anywhere outside the bottom five of the league. There's
a lot of growth that needs to happen.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Yeah, it's kind of interesting to see you bring in
you've already had one there, but veteran wide receiver stewardship
for a rookie quarterback that clearly is going to need it.
So a lot of the way I think, at least
on the surface here have assembled offensively. This particular depth
chart does make sense considering where they are with the
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quarterback now.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Oh sure, And I think that if you look at
the downfall of the Titans these last three seasons since
the variable era went south, you look and you start
it offense tackle, whether it was Andre Dillard or Dennis
Daley or Nicholas Pete Freyr or any of these guys
that have been turnstyles. That's what they went out and
they spent their money on this year. They got eighty
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five million or whatever it was on Dan Moore, say
fix the left tackle spot, and then you go out
and say you got Calvin Ridley already bring in Van Jefferson,
bring in Tyler Lockett, use two fourth round picks on
a receiver, Go out in Udfa, Cam's favorite receiver from
when he was in college to help it even more.
Be comfortable there, try and be six to seven deep
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at receiver. Like I understand the fundamental goal of the
roster building right now, the question is how much does
a best played plan work out? And you're still looking
at the best played plan that has you give eighty
five million to a left tackle who last year allowed
the most sacks in the NFL. Now, obviously, when Russell
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Wilson and Justin Fields are your quarterbacks, that skews it
a little bit. With quarterbacks who like to get outside
the pocket. You go out and you get all these receivers,
and yeah, you get Tyler Lockett, who's potentially on the
downswing of his career, Van Jefferson, who's seldom been better
than a good number three receiver, and then two guys
who were fourth round picks for whatever reason. You want
to say they were steels, you want to say they
were properly valued. You're getting a lot of things that
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this is what you should do to build a team,
but none of the guys that you say, oh, that's
a top tier talent except for Ridley.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Nick Saus with us before I let you go, final thing,
what is the future hold for Will Levis and your estimation.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
He's taken the year off. I'm sure some people have
heard this of he's getting older surgery next.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Week, and I mean I'm talking that. Yeah, I was.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
I wasn't sure how closely the listeners are. H.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Yeah, we're all over well Les around here. Yeah, but
I am kind of curious what you think because you've
seen it up close. His long term career is going
to be.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
I think that Will has enough talent and enough motivation
that wherever his second spot is or wherever his third
stop is, he can compete for a starting job.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
He needs to.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Figure out how to keep himself steady on game day,
because look, he is kind of exactly what you want
six and a half days of a week. It just
happens to be on game day. He doesn't look like
the guy you need him to be. And that's a huge,
huge problem because that's when the games are played. But
if he can use this time to get healthy, get
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that shoulder back in shape, and potentially figure out some
of the things that have been limiting him. I do
believe that this is a guy who in the mold
of maybe not quite Baker Mayfield, Gino Smith, that sort
of thing, but some of these journeyman quarterbacks who have
found success on their second and third stint. I think
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he could be in that company someday.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
That is nix to us at nix Us from the
Tennessee and you can find him on the social media
platform actually the Titan speed writer early recall and description
of what's going on in Titans training camp on the
Anymore Automatic Group plotline. I appreciate it. We'll catch back
during the raid of the season too. Nick, thank you.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Awesome, Looking forward to.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
Nick saus the Andy Moore Automotive Group Potline. Hey, joining
us now the Andy Moore Automotive Group Potline. Football season
officially does not start until Phil Steele makes an appearance
here in Indy on this show and Phil Phil Steel
dot com and Moore joins us on the Andy Moore
Automotive Group Potline. Hey, Phil, thank you very much for
the time. How are you you know?
Speaker 3 (08:23):
I am doing great? John? How about yourself? Today?
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Could not be better? Now that you have phoned, Let's
start college landscape that we saw and we saw and
witnessed how it ended a year ago, compared to what
we should expect as the start of the season this year,
for example, are we going to get treated to some
similar things or across the college football landscape, are there
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a lot of changes?
Speaker 3 (08:50):
I think it's gonna be pretty similar to what we
saw last year. You're gonna have twelve teams make the playoff.
We're gonna have the bye weeks. See how that works
out this year, so you see if the buys a
detriment like it was last season. But overall, I don't
know if we're going to see a surprise team come
out of the blue like Indiana did last year to
make the playoff. But I do think it's going to
be pretty much the same. We know that the two
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superpower conferences or the SEC and the Big Ten, and
those are the two superpower conferences.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Once again, which one would you predict as of right
now will be the better conference at the end of
this season? You got a coin on you, John, I do, Yeah,
where you flip it?
Speaker 3 (09:27):
Yeah, I'm wanting to flip it. I'm gonna say heads
SEC and I'm gonna go tails. Big Ten. Which one
do you come up with?
Speaker 1 (09:33):
Yeah? Tails right, all right? For Big ten? Yeah, well
we'll start right there in the Big ten because you
brought up Kurt Signetti and the Hoosiers yet number one.
A year ago in Bloomington, it was what we like
to reference a renaissance season with that football program, no
doubt about it, getting to the college football Playoff. So
coming to Notre Dame in that playoff, but a great season.
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How can Kurt Signetti with a new and accomplished quarterback
in Fernando Mendoza and some new faces, but some familiar
faces as well, how can they back up the work
that they did and what they proved to college football
a year ago?
Speaker 3 (10:13):
You know, they lost so much from last year's squad,
and last year was such a great surprise. When I
went into the spring, I was thinking, well, I think
Indiana is probably going to take a step back this year.
But ironically, when I went through the team with Coach
Signetti and looked at the roster, looked at the talent,
they may actually have more talent on this year's squad
than they did last year. You know, look at the
running back position. They had good running backs last year.
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With Ellison and Lawton, but Roman Hemby coming in to
go team along with Galen Black. I think the running
back room is actually maybe a little better than last year.
The receivers, you know, having saratback and Cooper back, those
are a couple of big pluses. The top two guys,
the offensive lines of veteran group, and defensively, I like
the transfers brought in on the defense. Plus they bring
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back their top guys Kamara and Fisher back back at cornerback.
So this is a very talented Indiana team. My question
mark would probably be the schedule is a little more difficult.
They Illinois game Week four, that's like a playoff elimination
game right out of the box. I think one of
those two teams makes the playoff this year, probably the
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winner of that game, and then they have to play
at Iowa, at Oregon, and at Penn State. Those are
three pretty tough venues and three pretty tough teams. So
a little tougher schedule this year. But if Signetty gets
them back to let's say eleven and two, I think
Indiana makes the playoff again and maybe a little more talented.
The key is going to be what you touched on
John Fernando Mendoza a quarterback because let's face it, Curtis
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Rourke was clutched last year, especially on third down twenty
nine touchdowns, five interceptions. But I really liked what I
saw to Mendoza at Cal. It'd be interesting to watch.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
So who's your fans that may not know too much
about Mendoza and love what they saw a year ago
in Lurk? Are there comparable pieces to be had there?
And maybe size them up against one another from your viewpoint,
and you know, try to tell those hoosier fans out
there what they should expect to get in a quarterback
in that transfer from Cal.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
Well, you know, Curtis Rourke was six y five to
twenty two, huh. Fernando Mendoza, oh, six five to twenty five.
And he's a big guy. He's got a quick release,
he's got a good arm, he's probably got a little
more mobility than Rourk has and you know, he's a
guy that just wants to be great. And what I
saw out of him at Cal was he didn't have
a tremendous supporting cast last year. But if you look
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at Cal's record at one point, that team could have
been like nine and oh, they lost so many tough
losses during the course of the year, some of it
due to field goal kicking, but uh, you know they
would They could easily have been a nine to oh team.
So I think that Mendoza is better than what Cal's
record was last year, and I think he's gonna have
a really good year.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
He is Phil Steele, Phil Steel dot com. It's Phil
Steel College Football twenty twenty five. You absolutely have to
check out the Almanact to get started. Every single year.
You referenced the IU schedule, at least within the Big
Ten being tougher than it was a year ago. And
a lot has been made about Kurt Signetti and taking
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away Power five type of games, and then also the
should I say the ease the relative ease of the
pre Big Ten schedule. I've said this, Phil, People criticize Signetti,
and I say, you ride this thing until it bucks
your meaning. If this works to this point, why would
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you go away from it? You go with what works
until you have to adjust to what doesn't. Is that
fair to say?
Speaker 2 (13:37):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (13:37):
Absolutely, and I have no problems with it all. If
you're playing a nine game conference schedule, why not have
three winnable games, easier games to walk into that schedule with.
You know, college football, especially with the playoffs now john
has become a battle of attrition who stays healthiest during
the course of the year. And when you got nine
conference games, then let's say you make the playoffs and
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win the first two games. Now you've got eleven brutal games.
Lighten up that schedule in non conference. I don't mind
that at all. And remember Indiana. I don't know if
you remember back, but I think when Mallory was the
head coach, they used to walk through that non conference
and that's the way they've made balls every year. It
was getting getting four to zero in the non conference
games and win a couple of Big ten games to
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get the balls.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
It's funny you mentioned that because I had a conversation
with somebody last night about that very thing. You go
back to the familiar territory of those types of pre
Big ten games, and then we will always talk about
as you just recognize that first matchup with AOI being
kind of a de facto elimination from the playoff type
of atmosphere and game coming up. You know, that's how
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we always viewed it back then, I use going to
be unbeaten and then he hit the big ten and
see if you have, you know, enough momentum and they're
they're gelling enough to get it done against a greater opponent,
if you will. And that's kind of what it was then,
and it's certainly what it looks like right now.
Speaker 3 (14:57):
Yeah, absolutely, and that it really worked last year for Indiana,
And I thought generally, when you get a first year
head coach, if they have success right away, and the
good thing for Signetti last year was he brought in
all those players from James mess with him who had
had success with him, and this year they brought players
from different schools. But now the success is there. The
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foundation has been built for Indiana, and I think that's
going to make it easier for the future.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
Phil still is with us. Mendoza. If you're going to
rank him up, I don't know if you do in
the twenty twenty five Almanac of College Football that you
have there. But if you're going to rank him up,
where would Mendoza be as far as transfer portal Dies
would be concerned? Moving around?
Speaker 3 (15:41):
Well, I've got him thirteen Big ten coming into the season,
that's how high I am on him. I watched him
at Cal last year. As mentioned, it would have been
Cal basically change four plays, they could have been seven
and oh. Had they been seven and oh, I think
Mendoza would have been a lot hotter, even at the
quarterback position. But just watching the games last year, I
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think he's one of the top transfer quarter transfer portal quarterbacks.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
This year you mentioned too, Phil Steel joins us. By
the way, your Big ten rankings Penn State, Ohio State, Oregon, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana.
I'll go the top six for you because you did
highlight Illinois and Indiana early on in that season when
the Big ten I guess is officially underway for IU
Brett Bielima, this is an alta team that you deeply,
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I would suggest here believe in going into twenty twenty five.
Speaker 3 (16:30):
Absolutely. In fact, you know, last year they were ten
and three and surprised me by beating South Carolina. That's
a really good South Carolina team in the Bowl. But
I wasn't blown away with last year's Illinois team. I
thought they were okay. I thought they benefited from the
schedule and ten and three was their final record. But
this year. Wow. And in fact, yeah, I got to
tell you, John whenum in February, I posted my projected
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AP top twenty five for this year six months in advance,
and I didn't have Illinois on there, and coach Bielma
texted me right away. He's like, Phil, come on, we
got nineteen returning starters coming back. We got the schedule,
and he was right. I mean, you look at this team.
They've got Luke Almeyer back at QB. They've got Fagan
and Laurie at the running back spot. They've got the
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receiving core Lukxale. The offensive line, you know, Brett Bielo,
Mano's offensive lineman. He's got five guys back who started
the last half of last year. That's a big time group.
They got Accus up front at the outside linebacker spot,
James Thompson inside, Xavier Scott, dynamic star position player Tory
Cox at corner, Matthew Bailey. This is a much better
Illinois team than they were last year. And last year's
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team won ten games. They're number three on my experience
chart and very dangerous this year is Phil Steele.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Phil Steele's College Football twenty twenty five. That is the
Almanac to get you said for the season and Phil's
got it out to join us of the Andy Morro
Automotive Group hotline. The top four here Penn State, Ohio State, Oregon,
and Michigan within the Big Ten. What makes you a
believer out of those four? And if not Penn State,
which you have slotted to start the season at number
one of the Big Ten, how close behind in the
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two slots would Ohio State be at this point to you?
Speaker 3 (18:12):
Yeah, I actually think Ohio State will probably be favored
when they played Penn State, probably be favored in all
twelve games this year. The thing I'm looking at is
Ohio State did lose fourteen NFL draft picks. I mean,
let's face it, last year's team was exceptional. They had
all those players turned down the NFL opt to return,
and it ended up even though they didn't beat Michigan,
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didn't win the Big Ten, they won the national title
last year. But when I look at Penn State, they
had a lot of players turned down the NFL. They
only had five players leave for the NFL Draft, and
of all the top teams that ended last year, Drew
Alar coming back at quarterback as one of the few
veteran quarterbacks for a top team. He and Kate Klubnick
of Clemson. They've got with the best running back core
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in the country with Singleton Allen and then keep your
eyes on Corey Smith and Quintin Martin, a couple of
freshmen year. They've got their feet wet. Those guys are
going to be the stars of the future. Offensive line
at rate number one in the country. Receiving court was
you know, the wide receivers last year were average, but
this year they're upgraded with Kyroen Hudson coming in from
USC Trevor Pania from Syracuse. Defensively, there is not a problem.
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They are loaded with stars. Last year they had one
of the top defenses in the country. They've got that
again this year. So this all loaded Penn State team.
I think this is the year they break through. And
they've got the same qualities that Michigan did two years ago,
when Ohio State did last year, and that's a homemade team.
All these seniors were brought in as freshmen. They've got
the team atmosphere, and they've got a lot of players
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that turned down the.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
NFL boiler Makers. They get a fresh start and really
they are starting from scratch as your reference here with
first year head coaching Weslafia at Barry Odom, we know
how bad things were a year ago for the boiler Makers.
What are you looking for as far as a boiler
Maker improvement? Albeit probably not by a great stretch, but
you're number one with Barry Odom. You describe as.
Speaker 3 (20:00):
What rebuilding and they needed it. You look at the
last two years sort of a disaster after that twenty
twenty two finish where they got to the Big Ten
title game, and you know, Barry Odom did a tremendous
job at UNLV. He did better, He bettered my expectations
his first couple of years there. But being a first
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year head coach coming in bringing in the amount of tranfers,
basically a brand new team. As you mentioned, John, that's
extremely difficult. Let me take it back to the Big
Twelve two years ago, Arizona State had a first year
head coach and a lot of transfers. They struggled, and
then last year Arizona State was picked last in Big twelve.
They won the dog On Conference Colorado with Dion Sanders
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a lot of transfers. They struggled his first year second year,
once the foundation was built, they were much better, and
last year they almost made the Big Twelve title game.
I think we're going to see something similar from Purdue,
maybe not getting to the level of the Big Ten
title game in the second year, but I think a
first year struggle, a lot of new pieces coming in,
a lot of new pieces came in after spring. They
all have to mold together, play as a team. And
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this just in the Big Ten, pretty tough conference, so
most of the teams in the Big Ten are really
really good. I actually have Purdue an underdog in a
pretty much all their games this year. Look at the
home games Indiana, Ohio State, Rutgers, Illinois, USC, and then
being on the road in the Big Ten, you're going
to be an underdog. So they'll probably be a dog
in all nine games there. They've got USC in the
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non conference slate underdog there. They're probably top last year's
one win total. But I think it'll be a rebuilding
year for Purdue.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
Stale stills talking college football with us. Sorry, Top players
are the Big Ten according to you? And who do
you think is going to shine as the brightest in
the Big Ten individually? Speaking? As players this.
Speaker 3 (21:42):
Season well, I think you have to start a quarterback
with due Lara Penn State. He's a guy that is
a veteran QB. He's going to play for a team
that I think has got a chance of being unbeaten.
You look at Jeremiah Smith. He was electric in the
playoffs last year, an electric all season long. He'll be
one of the top players in the conference, but in
the nation. In fact, if you're looking for a non
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quarterback that has a chance to win the Heisman, Jeremiah
Smith would be that. I really like Max Claire. The
pickup of Max Clair. I mean, you know from watching
him at Purdue he's a talented player. Now he's playing
with Ohio State and surrounded by that talent. Look for
a big year out of him. And then those guys
that I mentioned from Indiana, Kamara and Fisher up front
on the defensive side of the ball. Those guys are
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among the best in the league. And I also like
Akis from Illinois at the defensive end spot. I think
he gets a lot of sacks this year.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
So Phil Steele College Football Almanac, it's twenty twenty five.
I'll call it the Almanac because that's exactly what it is.
For our Notre Dame fans out there, Marcus Freeman and company,
you expect them to back up the type of season
they had a year ago in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 3 (22:47):
Phil, Yeah, absolutely. And the big question mark for Notre
Dame is quarterback CJ. Carr. I think he'll step in
there and do well. He's battling minshe he's battling Herbert.
But I think CJ. Carr wins a job and does well.
But I love the running back or Jeremiah Love and
Darien Price. They have my number two set of running
backs in the country. Offensive line, how about my number
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three set of offensive line in the country, and then
defensively my number four defensive line, my number one set
of defensive backs, and number three linebackers. So this is
a very loaded defense. Once again, they're strong everywhere. The
only question is quarterback. They do have a very tough
opener at Miami and Florida. Miami's loaded. That game's going
to be the heat umidity of Miami, so that's gonna
(23:29):
be a tough one. But I actually have Notre Dame
favorite in all twelve games this year. I think it's
back to the playoff and you know, maybe they stay
healthy in the playoffs this year, they lost their top
defensive lineman, top offensive lineman the injury prior to the
title game. If they could stay healthy, I think they've
got a chance of matching up with anybody it.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Fell in closing here, the Manning family obviously left a
great impression upon us here in and around Indianapolis, in
the state of Indiana. How does Arts Manning compare to
his family members, whether you're talking about his grandfather, Peyton
or Eli under center for Texas and then moving.
Speaker 3 (24:04):
Forward, well, I think he's going to have a fantastic year.
For him to live up to the hype that's Arch
Manning right now, he'd probably have to throw sixty touchdown
passes and have two interceptions. But that's not going to happen.
But I think the potential is there. Now, let's see
him on the field. I got to see him as
a starting QB against quality defenses. Remember his starts last
(24:25):
year came against some weaker defenses. We shall see where
he gets. I'm not ready to put him into the
Peyton Manning level quite yet, but I think he's got
that potential and I think he's going to have a
fine year. This year and be one of the top
quarterbacks in the country.
Speaker 1 (24:39):
Phil Steeles Scolets Football twenty five is ready for you
to check out. How can people get a hold of it?
And obviously check you out online? Phil Steele dot com.
Speaker 3 (24:48):
Phil, Yeah, I appreciate that, John. Now, the only places
that you can get the magazine right now are at
Barnes and Noble and Books a Million. Those the only
brick and mortar places, Barnes and Noble and Book Million
or those two. But you could go online and get
the magazine at Phil steel dot com. When you go
to Phil steel dot com, I'm going to charge your
shipping charge. It costs the ship things, but I give
(25:10):
you the digital magazine absolutely free. And we actually update
the digital magazine all the way through the start of September.
So Barnes and Noble, Books a Million or Phil Steel
dot com to get this year's magazine. But three hundred
and sixty pages, two full pages on every team, John,
I'll say this to you, it's like getting one hundred
and thirty six media guys rolled into one. What do
you think of that?
Speaker 1 (25:30):
Let me tell you that it's the best cheat sheet
of all time too. You know you know how informed
do you make me? I get to thank you a
lot of people just like me, thank you for the
information and education because without this, I mean really we're
nothing right other than like three teams around here. And
that's it. It's all because of your hard work. And
(25:51):
what year is this for you? By the way doing it?
Speaker 3 (25:54):
This is actually year thirty one, John, Naturally, I started
when I was ten.
Speaker 1 (26:01):
Hey, well done. We love it. Phil Steeles College Football
twenty five. Go to Phil steel dot com right now
and make sure you have that in whatever fashion you do.
Hand that. If you want the magazine your hand, like
a lot of us do, that's great. If you want
it digital online, that is great, but get it today, Phil.
I can't thank you enough. We can't start a season
(26:23):
of college football without having you on a show here
in Andy. I appreciate you, Hey.
Speaker 3 (26:28):
It's always great talking football with you. John, appreciate you
having me.
Speaker 1 (26:31):
On You got it. Phil Steele on the Andy Moore
Automotive Group Hotline right there,
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