December 11, 2025 • 49 mins
The College Football Playoffs are set. Who do we think have the edge to win it all? What are Ohio State’s chances? Did Notre Dame get snuffed and should Alabama have been left out?
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Speaker 1 (00:37):
Anchors upsells ex ful, we're gonna do the sleepcast day
are doing for a cow you, Jared? How are you
doing today? I have no voice. I had even less
of a voice yesterday. I'm I'm at like forty percent
voice right now. So you know, maybe carries some extra
(01:03):
time this episode. See if I can't make it all
the worth you, right, will.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
We'll do another collegiate chaos episode here a little bit
different than our typical lunch just because there's no football.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Games this weekend. I've just had to think to myself,
no there is. If there is, they're not worth watching. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
No, I was trying to think it was the Army
Navy games this weekend, or I think this week Army Navy.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Is this weekend. It is this weekend, Yes it is, But.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
We're not going to spend thirty minutes talking about the
Army Navy game though.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
So.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Let's go ahead and look at last weekend. Well, really,
I think it's it's more just the playoffs here. The
playoffs it's set here, the twelve teams are set, Ohio
State the number two. I was, I think that's where
they should be. I was, honestly a little surprised that
they were at number two based on the history of
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what I've heard from the playoff committee, where they always
they always like the conference champions weighed weight is a
lot more in years past, and I really thought that
they might have dropped to three, maybe four, with both
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Georgia and Texas Tech both with one loss and conference
champions might have bumped up.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Against Ohio State. But I think they did it right.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
With aus State's one loss being just a three point
loss in the conference championship game, shouldn't really punish them
for that close of a loss in a in the
conference championship game.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
There seemed to be a very specific push the year
about quote unquote not punishing teams who lose in their
conference championship games. I think this push has come from
the conference commissioners wanting to make sure that the being
in the conference championship games remain a good thing, which
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is why Alabama remained in the playoffs even though they
probably shouldn't have, and Ohio State remained it too, even
though they probably should have. I think this would have
been a better playoff with Notre Dame in instead of Alabama.
And while I agree that if you lose your conference
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championship game by I don't know, three points. You shouldn't
be punished for that, yeap, you shouldn't be like Alabama
shouldn't be punished simply for quote unquote losing a third game.
But they lost by twenty one points. Though, that's that's
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I was. I was getting there. Okay. Well I'm trying
to save your voice there, Jared, So I well, no,
that's appreciated. That's appreciated. Yeah, I mean, but that's the point.
You shouldn't losing your conference championship game. I agree with
this sentiment that is very popular and was being floated
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around a lot the past a couple of weeks. You
quote unquote shouldn't be punished for losing your conference championship game,
and broadly I agree. However, if you're Alabama or if
you're BYU and you get demolished, if you are non
competitive in your conference championship game, well that should probably
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be something else entirely altogether. That's not that you lost,
that proved that you are not capable of hanging with
the big boys. By you paid that price. Alabama didn't.
Because laundry matters, Because brands matter, quite frankly, yep.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
But all right, let's let's kind of let's let's look
into this real quick here, Jared, I think the interesting
thing is, yeah, I agree, kind of go back to
what you were talking about Alabama getting in Notre Dame
not making the playoffs even.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Would have made for more colorful bracket. Red is over
representing in the playoff field. Yeah, half of them, Yeah,
half the half of the more than half.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Well, I guess if you take Texas A and texta
anim is a pretty pretty red, it's still red. So
that's that's seven. Then that's that's seven. Then and then
if you want to.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
I guess they're red and blue, though there's more blue
and red. Shut the fuck up, Jared. It hasn't been
seven minutes yet. Seven. When did it become seven? I
don't know.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Sure, Yeah, more colorful, but I thought I thought it
was interesting. I think Notre Dame has been playing so
much better the second half of the season. And I
think if you want to get the twelve best teams,
if you really want to try to get the twelve
best teams, I'm probably going to get a lot of
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hate for this here, but get the twelve best teams.
Then don't get the the James Madison, the two lanes
in there.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
I want James Madison and two lane in there. I do.
Now do I want both of them in there? No,
but you can just blame the ACC for that. You
can blame the ACC for both of them getting in. Well,
the ACC got in. The ACC got not their champion,
not their champion champion. No, I I do want the conference.
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I do want conference champions. Five of them auto subbed.
And by the way, if you auto selected. And my
my thing is is that one I just the opportunity
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for a Cinderella story is so good. It's just so
good that I absolutely want that to be there. But two,
like we already did this with the lawyers. As far
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as anti trust stuff back in the BCS days, m hm,
the NCAA is still facing anti trust issues. They weren't
going to kick the hornet's nest by not leaving an
avenue open for teams outside the power for to get in. Sure,
all right, let's let's leave it how you were saying
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with the the top five says, if two Laden beats
all miss, then goes on and takes down George as
the story of the year. Austin. That's the story of
college football. Yeah, that that Dwarf's Appy State because it's
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two in a row. That Dwarf's Happy State against against Michigan.
That Dwarfs Boise beating Oklahoma, which was a great story
and everything, but Oklahoma didn't want to be there and
Boise did, like we all know that in the playoffs.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
That's it's it's almost kind of like, oh, what what
what was.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
That like, except it's accept it actually happened. Yeah. Oh,
I was gonna say there there was a it was
just a few years ago. I know, I know it's
basketball not football, but there was in the March Madness,
there was a there was a team that was like like, yeah,
like Loyola, but it wasn't Loyola though. There was another
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team just recently, just a couple of years ago, where
they made a deep, deep run basketball.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
No, it was Saint Saint Saint Peter's just a couple
of years ago. They were a fifteen seed and they
reached the Elite eight. Like it's it would be like
that that kind of story.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
Honestly, not even because basketball is just a different sport.
It's only five guys on the court. It's not the same.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
Yeah, all right, go going back. So I can agree
with the five getting the five conference champions, but they
need to they need to re recede in the quarterfinals.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Then. Yeah, uh, the NFL does it. I think most
major sports do it. Receed after each round. Absolutely, you're
the twelve team college football playoff will never be the
final four. People aren't going to go filling out their
brackets and creating office pools. It's never gonna happen. Recede,
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reced after each round. It only makes sense. Additionally, how
is there an eleven and twelve seed with zero? I
don't like the seeding doesn't make sense to me at all,
because like, if you're Indiana or Ohio State, you have
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no opportunity to face either James Madison or too Lane,
which is exactly what you want. Yeah, and we talked
a lot about how oh Man. We were kind of
expecting Ohio State the fall the third. Yeah, we really
were kind of expecting Ohio State to fall to third. Hell,
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wish they would have. I would rather face I would
rather face Too Lane or Old Miss than either Miami
or Texas A and M I think Texas A and
m is one of the best. I think Texas A
and M's probably the fourth or fifth best team in
the playoffs. I could almost make the case that they're
the third. Yeah, I was going to say maybe the
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third or fourth best, but.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Either way, Hi State. Moving forward, Ohio State will be
playing in the Cotton Bowl again New Year's Eve seven
thirty kickoff and they just Jared said, they play the
winner of Miami and Texas A and M. And this
is interesting too. Every SEC team minus Alabama because they
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play an SEC.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
Team have a home game.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Oklahoma's home game or miss is a home game. Texas
A and M is a home game. Okay, just kind
of interesting. It's just just I guess how the Dominoes
also fell.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
Also, Georgia doesn't sure. Yeah, so every Big Ten team
either has a pie or a home game as well.
Same you say, same same thing about the Big Ten.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
Okay, James Madison, Oregon is the first matchup here. I know,
the big Cinderella story, James. James Madison didn't look all
that great to start off with in their conference championship game,
But what's your early.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
Thoughts about that matchup? Though?
Speaker 2 (13:05):
My My thought is I think Oregon is just too big,
too too fast, and I just don't think James Madison
would be able to to keep up with Oregon.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
If you're looking for a Cinderella, even if it's a
one game Cinderella, look at the other game. Yeah, I
think I think two Lane is better than James Madison
first and foremost, and I think Ole Miss is worse.
And I would have been been Oregon, and I would
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have said that even without the coaching drama that ole
Miss is currently undergoing. Yep, yep. I think I think
that game of the opening of the first round, I
think that's going to be the that's going to be.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
Yeah, it's not going to be a close game. I
think that's going to be the game of the four
that's going up be the biggest blowout. Ah Alabama and
Oklahoma play each other again here Oklahoma came out with
a victory earlier in the year here back back playing
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in Norman, Oklahoma again. Can they make it to in
a row. We've always said it's tough beating the same
team twice in a season. That's Does Alabama have some
magic left to.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
Nile? You didn't hear Dobors We're going to take over
the Michigan job. Yeah, just just like.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
Every other opening, just like the Penn State one, just
like other other ones too.
Speaker 1 (14:42):
Yeah. Also here Robin Meyer is going to be the
offensive coordinator. Yeah. The Michigan's. The Michigan head coaching story
has been breaking the past couple hours in our timeline
as we record this, and has potentially taken a dark
turn of sorts. So we're not going to talk about
it because we just don't have the all the information
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and I don't want to say anything regrettable. Yep. Uh
So the Alabama Oklahoma game, I think I think that
might be the closest game of the four here. I
think I think it might be. I think it might
be a defensive struggle. It might be the lowest scoring
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game in this in the opening round. I think that
depends upon which Miami shows up. Sure, but I but
I I tend to agree. I I tend to agree
Miami is just so inconsistent. You might get a tremendous
Miami game and they might threaten A and M. Yeah.
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You do you get a good Yeah? Do you get
a good Carson Beck who goes out there that's four touchdowns?
Or do you get or do you get the Carson
Becky throws four interceptions. Honestly, Kyle nail on the head,
because that's exactly what it is. You might get a
good Miami or bad Miami. Actually means are you getting
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four touchdowns or four interceptions from Carson beck That's what
that actually means.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
Yeah, Ole Miss in Tulane. I think what Jared said earlier,
I think this is going to be potentially your Cinderella
story here.
Speaker 1 (16:27):
It's more likely than the other one. I wouldn't I
wouldn't say it's likely, though, but i'd say it's it's
more likely than James Madison beating Oregon. It's much more likely,
but that doesn't mean it's likely. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
I was just looking at the opening spread seventeen and
a half in favor of Ole Miss.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
Yeah, i'd take Tulane to cover that absolutely. What's the uh,
what's the James Madison twenty one and a half? Yeah,
which I think that's right. I think that's right. But
it's a it's a whole touchdown difference almost, Yeah, close enough,
half a touch half a touchdown. Well, since we're talking
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about it, what are the other two?
Speaker 4 (17:13):
All?
Speaker 1 (17:13):
Right?
Speaker 4 (17:14):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (17:14):
The Alabama Oklahoma game Alabama is a one and a
half point favorite. That's okay if I'm throwing money down,
that's where my money's gone. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:28):
And then the last one here, Aggie's are a three
and a half point favorite.
Speaker 1 (17:36):
My again, Miami slash Carson Beckers so inconsistent that that's
just hard yep yep, because Miami could win that game,
they could also lose it by thirty five points. Like
I feel like, I feel like both are very possible. Yeah. So,
and and I'm not saying I I because I don't.
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I mean, I was don't don't real life gamble ha
ha ha, but like, honestly don't. I honestly don't. I'm
not telling you anyone else what to do with their lives,
but I honestly don't. But if I were to Oklahoma,
as the slightest of dogs, would be where I'd go.
Mm hm.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
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Speaker 1 (19:29):
We're right. How much I don't want to phrase this.
How much do you like Ohio States Chances? This is
Ohio States centric podcast. Let's start there. Oh I mean
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last time they last time they lost thirteen to ten.
It worked pretty well for them.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
Oh okay, I'll get that joke out. I'll get that
joke out out of me right now. So I mean,
I think ohose stats fine, I think they're fine. They
had they had a bad offensive game and going to
look at the tape, see what they need to do,
and no more, no more screwing around. It's put everything
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on the table and go at it.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
You got they have you are, are you Ryan Day.
That's such a coach answer. You know, we're gonna review
the tape. We're gonna see what we did right, We're
gonna see what we did wrong, and we're gonna try
and learn from our mistakes. And the one, the one thing,
the one thing. I really.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
And maybe this is just because of Ohio State struggling
to protect Ryan right, wow, Julian san It did a
lot of three tight end sets and that just played
to Indiana there where they're like, we just we just
have to we just have to watch one receiver instead
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of watching two stud wide receivers. Then that just really
helped Indiana defensively too.
Speaker 1 (21:09):
So I hope, I hope.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
Ohio State learns from that and if they play to
their strengths and that's getting both of their stud receivers
on the field the vast majority of the time and
maybe maybe move around some of your offensive linemen.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
I'll just leave it at that. I think Ohio State
has a pretty good shot. I'd say, honestly, I would
say thirty three percent chance. I say thirty three percent
chance I would I would put towards Ohio State to
win it all. Austin said, twenty eight down in the
chat and for the record, those are both Like you
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take those numbers, like, at any point in the season,
aside maybe from being in the National championship game itself, like,
those are numbers you take. A one in four, one
in three chance of winning a national title is huge.
I've said this before, I'll say it again. The best
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programs in the country, aside from maybe Alabama, but the
best programs in the country get one national title every
ten years. And you might say to yourself, Jared, Georgia
just won back to back titles. Okay, that's the first
one they won since the early eighties. They're making up
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for lost time. One national title every ten years is
a tremendous ratio. So if at any point in the
season you have a one in three or one four
chance of winning a national title, that's tremendous. Again, except
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maybe the actual National championship game itself, but those are
tremendous odds. You take those. You take those every day.
And I think it's a little high. I think I'm
a little lower than both of you, but a little lower.
I'm more like twenty percent. I think O High State
is about a twenty percent chance of winning the national title.
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But by the way, that's still that's still a tremendous
that's still tremendous because I wouldn't give any other one
team twenty percent. Now that does mean that State only
wins one out of every five times, but I'm not
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giving anyone else those odds.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
I just think that's that's just how talented and how
great Wow State has been all year, and that's that's
the reason.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Yes, they gave, they gave. They had one bad offensive
game against is that one hundred Austin.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
Got ca and and everybody's all of a sudden like
down on Ohio State, like my gosh, they're terrible. They're
not they're not gonna they're not going to be able
to win it all. Like just let's let's let's sit
back in our chairs just for a moment here, and
let's just look at how great Ohio State hasn't been,
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how consistent they've been.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
And it was one game. Yeah it sucks. It was
the conference championship. Yeah, that's that sucks. I would love.
Speaker 2 (24:25):
To hang a banner, put an additional number, put another
number on the Big Ten championships on the board there.
But I mean one game one game out of the
twelve games. Yeah, I will out of Ohio state.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
So ods, I really do Austin post this down in
the chat, Kyle, he is, this is just him pooling
this out of his butt. But you and I weren't
going to try and do this math live on the podcast,
So I'm glad he did it. He says State twenty
eight percent, Indiana nineteen percent, Georgia fourteen percent, Texas Tech eleven,
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Oregon ten, Texas A and M seven, Alabama five, Miami four,
oh miss to Lane and James Madison at zero. If
we're rounding up to at least, if we're rounding up
two whole numbers, I would agree to Lane and James
madisoner at zero. I would give them like a decimal point.
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But we're not going to do that. Nope, We're not
going to that effort. I think Ohio say it's high again,
I think it's more like twenty percent. Indiana's I think
that's about right at nineteen. I think Georgia, sure, it's
technically less than one percent. Yeah, I think George is
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a little bit higher. I think Texas texts a little
bit higher. I think Texas A and M's a little
bit higher. I think Oregon's maybe a tad bit lower.
Speaker 2 (26:06):
I mean, I agree with you, Austin. I think I
think Ohio State is best odds, followed by Indiana than Georgia,
and then Texas Tech. I'd loved, I will love.
Speaker 1 (26:19):
Watching that Texas Tech Oregon game on New Year's Day
at noon. I think I think that would be a
tremendous game to to watch. If Oregon, I think Texas
went to their opening round, they will, We're gonna win,
I'll say it. I don't. I don't I think Oregon
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beats Texas Tech. I think Oregon can beat Texas Tech.
I think would be a good Yeah. No, I understand
either team can win that game. They're both very good teams.
I personally think Texas Tech wins in like Game six,
if it's a gay that's that's how I feel about that.
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I think. I think if it's a second game series,
I think Texas tack and six. I take Indiana over
either Bama or Oklahoma. Now again, that doesn't mean that
they absolutely will win. Alabama and Oklahoma both have very
talented teams. Blah blah blah blah, but interesting like Indiana
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over either of them. It's interesting because I I just
have this hunch that I think Alabama is going to
get the better end of beating Oklahoma in the opening
around there, because Alabama's offense has done a lot better.
Now Oklahoma's defense has been really really good. Like if
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I'm looking at their numbers, they're very very good. But yeah, well,
I just have this hunch I think Alabama is is
on the right track of as of late. And yeah,
it just it's just as hunch. I think I think
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Alabama maybe maybe that win that week one and then
and then Indiana's going to have to go up against
another really talented defense here and in a very tough
offense who's been who's been giving other teams troubles as well.
So I think I think Indiana might have the toughest
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of the quarterfinals if I'm looking at the looking at
this potentially, I mean, if you're looking, if you're taking
like they don't have an easy route either way, if
that's what you're saying, Yeah, but I don't. But I
I think of all of the teams in while all
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of the team's not getting the boy guys, I like
Oregon and Texas A and m the most is like
potentially winning it all.
Speaker 4 (29:07):
M h.
Speaker 1 (29:08):
That's where I'm at and I and Indiana doesn't have
to play either of them, so that's good. That being said,
they don't have the opportunity. Georgia has it easiest. I
think we all agree on that. Yes, Georgia does. That's
why it should recede. That is absolutely why it should recede.
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It should absolutely we said. We said last year that
the two changes they needed to make was to get
rid of the conference champion auto by which they did. Good.
Good on them for making that change, and that they
need to recede after every round they got halfway there.
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They should keep doing they should keep making improvements. But
to me, Texas Tech and Ohio State, I'd toy Ohio
State has it the worst, honestly because I think Texas
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A and M is a tremendous football team. The only
real out Ohio State gets is the opportunity to maybe
play Miami instead, which I don't think is likely. I
think Miami. I don't Texas A and m should win
that game. Miami is a bad matchup for US. I
don't agree. I'm not afraid I'll be cheering for Miami
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so hard. Miami typically only has about thirty five fans
on Saturday, they will have thirty six because I will
be a Miami fan. Now, I think, I know. I
believe you both said that Indiana should hope to play Alabama.
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I think Austin said that, Kyle, is that what you
said as well? No, I said, I said, I think
Alabama would win. Do you think who do you think
Indiana prefers?
Speaker 2 (31:20):
I mean, if I'm looking at this, honestly, I'd say Oklahoma,
I honestly.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
Would think they would.
Speaker 2 (31:27):
They would prefer I to go up against Oklahoma just
looking at Yeah, Oklahoma's defenses if you look at the
stats and all that really really good, but offensively it's
it's kind of mid. They're mid when it comes to
offensively and if you're not going to be able to
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move the ball against Indiana, and we saw how great
their defensive line is and being able to get the
pressure and stopping the run, Like, how is how is
Oklahoma on to move the ball and here's the ball
on Indiana and get the field position. I like, I
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think if I was Indiana, I would want Oklahoma over Alabama.
Speaker 1 (32:12):
Austin disagrees with you, but I agree with you because,
in my opinion, Alabama's more dangerous matchup for Indiana because
Alabama has more talent than Indiana. Now did that help
Ohio State last Saturday? No, it didn't. But Indiana is
just better Oklahoma. Like everything Oklahoma does, Indiana does, but
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Indiana does it better. I feel like with better quarterback
and wide receivers. Yeah, I mean that's what I'm saying, Like,
Indiana is everything Oklahoma hopes to be the ideal form.
The final form of this Oklahoma team is in and
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they're not at it. Alabama has a lot of holes,
but where they're good, they're great. Yeah, which causes which
could potentially cause matchup issues for a Deanna. I think
they're just across the board better than Oklahoma.
Speaker 2 (33:21):
Wow, I know, I know, just out of left field
here though. Just looking at the numbers here, dude, Oklahoma
when they get into the red zone, they always score.
They are one hundred in the red zone offensively. Just interesting.
You never see that.
Speaker 1 (33:39):
No, No, you don't show that to show that to
Ryan Day. All right, Kyle, was there anything else you
wanted to address this episode? Or is there anything else
about the playoffs you want to address?
Speaker 2 (34:00):
I think I think that's I think that's really on
the playoffs there. I I think overall the committee got
it right. Other than I still think Notre Dame should
have gotten in there somehow, whether whether it was going
ahead of Miami or or Alabama being out.
Speaker 1 (34:21):
I don't agree they should have been in over Miami.
I do agree that they could have been maybe even
should have been in over Alabama. Yeah, but I I
think I think this would be Yeah, I think this
would be a really really fun playoffs to watch here,
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just because it's you got some really good defensive teams
here that I'm I'm looking at here. It's I think
this will be fun.
Speaker 2 (34:53):
I think this will be fun. So that ends all
Sloop picks as well, Jared for the season. We have
a new winner this year. Our homie sun Card won
it all and our and our pick'ems.
Speaker 1 (35:12):
This year he's won and before hasn't he He has? Yeah,
he has.
Speaker 2 (35:18):
Becausin Jay's been been winning them as of as of recent.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
Dingers won a few times as well. Yeah, but I
was I was right there. I wasn't too far. I
wasn't too far. I wasn't too far behind them, But
I ended up getting getting second overall two, which I
was really happy compared to past years I've I've done
(35:45):
as a as a group. Here too, you also won
three individual weeks I did, yes, include including last week
that the championship week. Yeah, I got four of those. Yeah,
I think that was it. I think that was that
(36:06):
was it? Here I you got Yeah? Anything else? Anything
else you want to bring up before we end the episode, Jared,
I don't think so. I did briefly mention Shran Moore
fired at Michigan. This is a break pretty much a
(36:27):
breaking story as we're recording this, so we're not going
to get into it, but we're already seeing a lot
of players getting released from their intent letters from places
like Iowa State, where their head coach recently left, a
lot of those guys will be probably making the jump
over to Penn State to follow their coach. So that
(36:50):
makes sense, especially considering Penn State had a recruiting class
of was it one eventually, Kyle, Yeah, I'll the verbal
commits they had, yeah, just one, but then they ended
up seeing that did they get a second sign talk talk? Okay,
(37:11):
Well they got a second signee, and there have been
at least two that I've that I've seen players de
committing from Iowa State, and if you don't know, Penn
State has hired Iowa State's head coach, and the assumption
is that those players de committing from Iowa State will
be making the jump over to Pennsylvania. But that's but
(37:35):
that does seem like what's probably happening. So that should
be a few more players that add to Penn State's roster.
Speaker 2 (37:43):
Yeah, they had two yew currently as we're recording, just
too signed. Jackson Ford was the loan one that was
a verbal commit that stayed and did sign, and then
they did get a flip from I believe he was
going to go to Auburn, I believe, but end up
(38:05):
signing to Penn State. The quarterback up Peyton Fouzone.
Speaker 1 (38:11):
Yeah, they, I mean, obviously Franklin was fired pretty early
in the season. That recruiting class totally fell apart. As
a result, a lot of those players ended up decommitting
from Penn State then committing to Virginia Tech. Most of them, yeah,
oh yeah, I don't know about most, but a lot.
(38:32):
So now we're now we're seeing Iowa State players so far,
only two that I've seen, but both of them happened today,
so there could be more who are getting released from
their letters of intent and are rumored to be going
to Penn State. So you know, we're seeing the coach
(38:55):
ripple effect here and now we've shown more out. It'll
be interesting to see what happens to Penn State's recruiting
class if those players get released from their letters of
intent and where they could end up and could they
end up in Penn State to lift up that very
barren recruiting class. And that's you know, also to say,
(39:23):
what's gonna happen to the players currently at Michigan on
the roster, Yeah, I mean Michigan needs to move quickly
on a replacement otherwise those players are going to start
hitting the portal very quickly in my opinion, And not
only that. And I'm not even saying this as like
(39:44):
a hater. I'm not saying this is a hater. This
is this is cold analysis. This is cold no fandom,
no hatred involved in this whatsoever, cold hearted analysis. The situation.
They need to clear out that coaching room. They need
(40:07):
a whole new staff at Michigan. They've had multiple coaches arrested,
multiple coaches fired for misconduct a lot. Yeah, yeah, well,
(40:27):
well Jared's coffee real quick there. So like looking at
like like staffers that were have been arrested since Harbaugh's higher,
it's like seven or eight coaches like that's it's a lot,
not not all countable coaches for the record, and some
of them were down the staff. Gosh, sorry about that,
(41:00):
but yeah, it's it's it's it. They need to turn
over that coaching staff. It's you have guys committing computer crimes.
You have guys you know that obviously, the entire sign
stealing scandal, it just it feels very rotten up and
(41:22):
in arbor Harbaugh. I don't know if he's a bad
judge of character. I don't know if it was that
no one was being managed or observed watched. I don't
know if in an effort to turn things around at
Michigan he started taking on riskier hires. I I don't know.
(41:47):
I'm not gonna act like I have all the answers
to that, but Michigan needs to clean house. And I
said of the football program, but probably of their act
probably of a few people in the athletic department, you know,
management as well, including the athletic director. It's it's been
an embarrassing shit show in ann Arbor for the ever
(42:09):
since they even before they won the national title. And
again I'm not even saying this is like an Ohio
State fan who's hating. I'm honestly not. It's it's been
an embarrassment up there as far as just scandal after
scandal after scandal after scandal. They they need to make
(42:38):
some wholesale changes up there. Waitly agree, well you agree
or don't, and continue embarrassing yourselves. There's hater talking there there.
The hater came out at the end. There you go.
Just just keep embarrassing yourselves, keep turning over your coaches,
(42:58):
keep embarrassing yourselves, keep getting in the newspaper for the
wrong reasons. Keep doing it. Mm hmm, all right, good news, Jared.
Good news? Is Kyle scorn news? Yeah, Kyle's corner. Yeah.
(43:19):
Ohio State football pro hoiw State football program set a
new program record. Sixty one Ohio State football players earned
academic All Big Ten honors. Wow.
Speaker 2 (43:36):
Sixty one of them including Yeah, including Rvel Reese, Sony Styles,
Jeremiah Smith, Carnell Tate, Julius Saying, Caleb Downs, and others.
Speaker 1 (43:49):
Too, so excellent.
Speaker 2 (43:52):
That's excellent, excellent news. Really happy to see them exelling
in and out of the classroom.
Speaker 1 (44:01):
All right, anything else?
Speaker 2 (44:06):
No, I think are it's gonna be a little different
with the next couple of episodes here. We may we
may do some little off topics here as.
Speaker 1 (44:17):
Kind of in between.
Speaker 2 (44:20):
In between the championship week Conference championship Week and then
the upcoming playoffs here. So we'll uh just stay tuned
for some just some little different episodes here.
Speaker 1 (44:31):
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time this episode. See if I can't make it all
the worth you, right, will.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
We'll do another collegiate chaos episode here a little bit
different than our typical lunch just because there's no football.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Games this weekend. I've just had to think to myself,
no there is. If there is, they're not worth watching. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
No, I was trying to think it was the Army
Navy games this weekend, or I think this week Army Navy.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Is this weekend. It is this weekend, Yes it is, But.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
We're not going to spend thirty minutes talking about the
Army Navy game though.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
So.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Let's go ahead and look at last weekend. Well, really,
I think it's it's more just the playoffs here. The
playoffs it's set here, the twelve teams are set, Ohio
State the number two. I was, I think that's where
they should be. I was, honestly a little surprised that
they were at number two based on the history of
(02:05):
what I've heard from the playoff committee, where they always
they always like the conference champions weighed weight is a
lot more in years past, and I really thought that
they might have dropped to three, maybe four, with both
(02:26):
Georgia and Texas Tech both with one loss and conference
champions might have bumped up.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Against Ohio State. But I think they did it right.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
With aus State's one loss being just a three point
loss in the conference championship game, shouldn't really punish them
for that close of a loss in a in the
conference championship game.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
There seemed to be a very specific push the year
about quote unquote not punishing teams who lose in their
conference championship games. I think this push has come from
the conference commissioners wanting to make sure that the being
in the conference championship games remain a good thing, which
(03:12):
is why Alabama remained in the playoffs even though they
probably shouldn't have, and Ohio State remained it too, even
though they probably should have. I think this would have
been a better playoff with Notre Dame in instead of Alabama.
And while I agree that if you lose your conference
(03:35):
championship game by I don't know, three points. You shouldn't
be punished for that, yeap, you shouldn't be like Alabama
shouldn't be punished simply for quote unquote losing a third game.
But they lost by twenty one points. Though, that's that's
(03:57):
I was. I was getting there. Okay. Well I'm trying
to save your voice there, Jared, So I well, no,
that's appreciated. That's appreciated. Yeah, I mean, but that's the point.
You shouldn't losing your conference championship game. I agree with
this sentiment that is very popular and was being floated
(04:17):
around a lot the past a couple of weeks. You
quote unquote shouldn't be punished for losing your conference championship game,
and broadly I agree. However, if you're Alabama or if
you're BYU and you get demolished, if you are non
competitive in your conference championship game, well that should probably
(04:40):
be something else entirely altogether. That's not that you lost,
that proved that you are not capable of hanging with
the big boys. By you paid that price. Alabama didn't.
Because laundry matters, Because brands matter, quite frankly, yep.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
But all right, let's let's kind of let's let's look
into this real quick here, Jared, I think the interesting
thing is, yeah, I agree, kind of go back to
what you were talking about Alabama getting in Notre Dame
not making the playoffs even.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Would have made for more colorful bracket. Red is over
representing in the playoff field. Yeah, half of them, Yeah,
half the half of the more than half.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Well, I guess if you take Texas A and texta
anim is a pretty pretty red, it's still red. So
that's that's seven. Then that's that's seven. Then and then
if you want to.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
I guess they're red and blue, though there's more blue
and red. Shut the fuck up, Jared. It hasn't been
seven minutes yet. Seven. When did it become seven? I
don't know.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Sure, Yeah, more colorful, but I thought I thought it
was interesting. I think Notre Dame has been playing so
much better the second half of the season. And I
think if you want to get the twelve best teams,
if you really want to try to get the twelve
best teams, I'm probably going to get a lot of
(06:30):
hate for this here, but get the twelve best teams.
Then don't get the the James Madison, the two lanes
in there.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
I want James Madison and two lane in there. I do.
Now do I want both of them in there? No,
but you can just blame the ACC for that. You
can blame the ACC for both of them getting in. Well,
the ACC got in. The ACC got not their champion,
not their champion champion. No, I I do want the conference.
(07:07):
I do want conference champions. Five of them auto subbed.
And by the way, if you auto selected. And my
my thing is is that one I just the opportunity
(07:33):
for a Cinderella story is so good. It's just so
good that I absolutely want that to be there. But two,
like we already did this with the lawyers. As far
(07:54):
as anti trust stuff back in the BCS days, m hm,
the NCAA is still facing anti trust issues. They weren't
going to kick the hornet's nest by not leaving an
avenue open for teams outside the power for to get in. Sure,
all right, let's let's leave it how you were saying
(08:15):
with the the top five says, if two Laden beats
all miss, then goes on and takes down George as
the story of the year. Austin. That's the story of
college football. Yeah, that that Dwarf's Appy State because it's
(08:36):
two in a row. That Dwarf's Happy State against against Michigan.
That Dwarfs Boise beating Oklahoma, which was a great story
and everything, but Oklahoma didn't want to be there and
Boise did, like we all know that in the playoffs.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
That's it's it's almost kind of like, oh, what what
what was.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
That like, except it's accept it actually happened. Yeah. Oh,
I was gonna say there there was a it was
just a few years ago. I know, I know it's
basketball not football, but there was in the March Madness,
there was a there was a team that was like like, yeah,
like Loyola, but it wasn't Loyola though. There was another
(09:28):
team just recently, just a couple of years ago, where
they made a deep, deep run basketball.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
No, it was Saint Saint Saint Peter's just a couple
of years ago. They were a fifteen seed and they
reached the Elite eight. Like it's it would be like
that that kind of story.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
Honestly, not even because basketball is just a different sport.
It's only five guys on the court. It's not the same.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
Yeah, all right, go going back. So I can agree
with the five getting the five conference champions, but they
need to they need to re recede in the quarterfinals.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Then. Yeah, uh, the NFL does it. I think most
major sports do it. Receed after each round. Absolutely, you're
the twelve team college football playoff will never be the
final four. People aren't going to go filling out their
brackets and creating office pools. It's never gonna happen. Recede,
(10:36):
reced after each round. It only makes sense. Additionally, how
is there an eleven and twelve seed with zero? I
don't like the seeding doesn't make sense to me at all,
because like, if you're Indiana or Ohio State, you have
(10:58):
no opportunity to face either James Madison or too Lane,
which is exactly what you want. Yeah, and we talked
a lot about how oh Man. We were kind of
expecting Ohio State the fall the third. Yeah, we really
were kind of expecting Ohio State to fall to third. Hell,
(11:21):
wish they would have. I would rather face I would
rather face Too Lane or Old Miss than either Miami
or Texas A and M I think Texas A and
m is one of the best. I think Texas A
and M's probably the fourth or fifth best team in
the playoffs. I could almost make the case that they're
the third. Yeah, I was going to say maybe the
(11:43):
third or fourth best, but.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Either way, Hi State. Moving forward, Ohio State will be
playing in the Cotton Bowl again New Year's Eve seven
thirty kickoff and they just Jared said, they play the
winner of Miami and Texas A and M. And this
is interesting too. Every SEC team minus Alabama because they
(12:10):
play an SEC.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
Team have a home game.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Oklahoma's home game or miss is a home game. Texas
A and M is a home game. Okay, just kind
of interesting. It's just just I guess how the Dominoes
also fell.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
Also, Georgia doesn't sure. Yeah, so every Big Ten team
either has a pie or a home game as well.
Same you say, same same thing about the Big Ten.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
Okay, James Madison, Oregon is the first matchup here. I know,
the big Cinderella story, James. James Madison didn't look all
that great to start off with in their conference championship game,
But what's your early.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
Thoughts about that matchup? Though?
Speaker 2 (13:05):
My My thought is I think Oregon is just too big,
too too fast, and I just don't think James Madison
would be able to to keep up with Oregon.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
If you're looking for a Cinderella, even if it's a
one game Cinderella, look at the other game. Yeah, I
think I think two Lane is better than James Madison
first and foremost, and I think Ole Miss is worse.
And I would have been been Oregon, and I would
(13:37):
have said that even without the coaching drama that ole
Miss is currently undergoing. Yep, yep. I think I think
that game of the opening of the first round, I
think that's going to be the that's going to be.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
Yeah, it's not going to be a close game. I
think that's going to be the game of the four
that's going up be the biggest blowout. Ah Alabama and
Oklahoma play each other again here Oklahoma came out with
a victory earlier in the year here back back playing
(14:17):
in Norman, Oklahoma again. Can they make it to in
a row. We've always said it's tough beating the same
team twice in a season. That's Does Alabama have some
magic left to.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
Nile? You didn't hear Dobors We're going to take over
the Michigan job. Yeah, just just like.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
Every other opening, just like the Penn State one, just
like other other ones too.
Speaker 1 (14:42):
Yeah. Also here Robin Meyer is going to be the
offensive coordinator. Yeah. The Michigan's. The Michigan head coaching story
has been breaking the past couple hours in our timeline
as we record this, and has potentially taken a dark
turn of sorts. So we're not going to talk about
it because we just don't have the all the information
(15:04):
and I don't want to say anything regrettable. Yep. Uh
So the Alabama Oklahoma game, I think I think that
might be the closest game of the four here. I
think I think it might be. I think it might
be a defensive struggle. It might be the lowest scoring
(15:25):
game in this in the opening round. I think that
depends upon which Miami shows up. Sure, but I but
I I tend to agree. I I tend to agree
Miami is just so inconsistent. You might get a tremendous
Miami game and they might threaten A and M. Yeah.
(15:50):
You do you get a good Yeah? Do you get
a good Carson Beck who goes out there that's four touchdowns?
Or do you get or do you get the Carson
Becky throws four interceptions. Honestly, Kyle nail on the head,
because that's exactly what it is. You might get a
good Miami or bad Miami. Actually means are you getting
(16:12):
four touchdowns or four interceptions from Carson beck That's what
that actually means.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
Yeah, Ole Miss in Tulane. I think what Jared said earlier,
I think this is going to be potentially your Cinderella
story here.
Speaker 1 (16:27):
It's more likely than the other one. I wouldn't I
wouldn't say it's likely, though, but i'd say it's it's
more likely than James Madison beating Oregon. It's much more likely,
but that doesn't mean it's likely. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
I was just looking at the opening spread seventeen and
a half in favor of Ole Miss.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
Yeah, i'd take Tulane to cover that absolutely. What's the uh,
what's the James Madison twenty one and a half? Yeah,
which I think that's right. I think that's right. But
it's a it's a whole touchdown difference almost, Yeah, close enough,
half a touch half a touchdown. Well, since we're talking
(17:10):
about it, what are the other two?
Speaker 4 (17:13):
All?
Speaker 1 (17:13):
Right?
Speaker 4 (17:14):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (17:14):
The Alabama Oklahoma game Alabama is a one and a
half point favorite. That's okay if I'm throwing money down,
that's where my money's gone. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:28):
And then the last one here, Aggie's are a three
and a half point favorite.
Speaker 1 (17:36):
My again, Miami slash Carson Beckers so inconsistent that that's
just hard yep yep, because Miami could win that game,
they could also lose it by thirty five points. Like
I feel like, I feel like both are very possible. Yeah. So,
and and I'm not saying I I because I don't.
(17:58):
I mean, I was don't don't real life gamble ha
ha ha, but like, honestly don't. I honestly don't. I'm
not telling you anyone else what to do with their lives,
but I honestly don't. But if I were to Oklahoma,
as the slightest of dogs, would be where I'd go.
Mm hm.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
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Speaker 1 (19:29):
We're right. How much I don't want to phrase this.
How much do you like Ohio States Chances? This is
Ohio States centric podcast. Let's start there. Oh I mean
(19:52):
last time they last time they lost thirteen to ten.
It worked pretty well for them.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
Oh okay, I'll get that joke out. I'll get that
joke out out of me right now. So I mean,
I think ohose stats fine, I think they're fine. They
had they had a bad offensive game and going to
look at the tape, see what they need to do,
and no more, no more screwing around. It's put everything
(20:19):
on the table and go at it.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
You got they have you are, are you Ryan Day.
That's such a coach answer. You know, we're gonna review
the tape. We're gonna see what we did right, We're
gonna see what we did wrong, and we're gonna try
and learn from our mistakes. And the one, the one thing,
the one thing. I really.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
And maybe this is just because of Ohio State struggling
to protect Ryan right, wow, Julian san It did a
lot of three tight end sets and that just played
to Indiana there where they're like, we just we just
have to we just have to watch one receiver instead
(21:02):
of watching two stud wide receivers. Then that just really
helped Indiana defensively too.
Speaker 1 (21:09):
So I hope, I hope.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
Ohio State learns from that and if they play to
their strengths and that's getting both of their stud receivers
on the field the vast majority of the time and
maybe maybe move around some of your offensive linemen.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
I'll just leave it at that. I think Ohio State
has a pretty good shot. I'd say, honestly, I would
say thirty three percent chance. I say thirty three percent
chance I would I would put towards Ohio State to
win it all. Austin said, twenty eight down in the
chat and for the record, those are both Like you
(21:48):
take those numbers, like, at any point in the season,
aside maybe from being in the National championship game itself, like,
those are numbers you take. A one in four, one
in three chance of winning a national title is huge.
I've said this before, I'll say it again. The best
(22:10):
programs in the country, aside from maybe Alabama, but the
best programs in the country get one national title every
ten years. And you might say to yourself, Jared, Georgia
just won back to back titles. Okay, that's the first
one they won since the early eighties. They're making up
(22:33):
for lost time. One national title every ten years is
a tremendous ratio. So if at any point in the
season you have a one in three or one four
chance of winning a national title, that's tremendous. Again, except
(22:54):
maybe the actual National championship game itself, but those are
tremendous odds. You take those. You take those every day.
And I think it's a little high. I think I'm
a little lower than both of you, but a little lower.
I'm more like twenty percent. I think O High State
is about a twenty percent chance of winning the national title.
(23:15):
But by the way, that's still that's still a tremendous
that's still tremendous because I wouldn't give any other one
team twenty percent. Now that does mean that State only
wins one out of every five times, but I'm not
(23:35):
giving anyone else those odds.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
I just think that's that's just how talented and how
great Wow State has been all year, and that's that's
the reason.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Yes, they gave, they gave. They had one bad offensive
game against is that one hundred Austin.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
Got ca and and everybody's all of a sudden like
down on Ohio State, like my gosh, they're terrible. They're
not they're not gonna they're not going to be able
to win it all. Like just let's let's let's sit
back in our chairs just for a moment here, and
let's just look at how great Ohio State hasn't been,
(24:19):
how consistent they've been.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
And it was one game. Yeah it sucks. It was
the conference championship. Yeah, that's that sucks. I would love.
Speaker 2 (24:25):
To hang a banner, put an additional number, put another
number on the Big Ten championships on the board there.
But I mean one game one game out of the
twelve games. Yeah, I will out of Ohio state.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
So ods, I really do Austin post this down in
the chat, Kyle, he is, this is just him pooling
this out of his butt. But you and I weren't
going to try and do this math live on the podcast,
So I'm glad he did it. He says State twenty
eight percent, Indiana nineteen percent, Georgia fourteen percent, Texas Tech eleven,
(25:06):
Oregon ten, Texas A and M seven, Alabama five, Miami four,
oh miss to Lane and James Madison at zero. If
we're rounding up to at least, if we're rounding up
two whole numbers, I would agree to Lane and James
madisoner at zero. I would give them like a decimal point.
(25:29):
But we're not going to do that. Nope, We're not
going to that effort. I think Ohio say it's high again,
I think it's more like twenty percent. Indiana's I think
that's about right at nineteen. I think Georgia, sure, it's
technically less than one percent. Yeah, I think George is
(25:53):
a little bit higher. I think Texas texts a little
bit higher. I think Texas A and M's a little
bit higher. I think Oregon's maybe a tad bit lower.
Speaker 2 (26:06):
I mean, I agree with you, Austin. I think I
think Ohio State is best odds, followed by Indiana than Georgia,
and then Texas Tech. I'd loved, I will love.
Speaker 1 (26:19):
Watching that Texas Tech Oregon game on New Year's Day
at noon. I think I think that would be a
tremendous game to to watch. If Oregon, I think Texas
went to their opening round, they will, We're gonna win,
I'll say it. I don't. I don't I think Oregon
(26:41):
beats Texas Tech. I think Oregon can beat Texas Tech.
I think would be a good Yeah. No, I understand
either team can win that game. They're both very good teams.
I personally think Texas Tech wins in like Game six,
if it's a gay that's that's how I feel about that.
(27:02):
I think. I think if it's a second game series,
I think Texas tack and six. I take Indiana over
either Bama or Oklahoma. Now again, that doesn't mean that
they absolutely will win. Alabama and Oklahoma both have very
talented teams. Blah blah blah blah, but interesting like Indiana
(27:29):
over either of them. It's interesting because I I just
have this hunch that I think Alabama is going to
get the better end of beating Oklahoma in the opening
around there, because Alabama's offense has done a lot better.
Now Oklahoma's defense has been really really good. Like if
(27:52):
I'm looking at their numbers, they're very very good. But yeah, well,
I just have this hunch I think Alabama is is
on the right track of as of late. And yeah,
it just it's just as hunch. I think I think
(28:12):
Alabama maybe maybe that win that week one and then
and then Indiana's going to have to go up against
another really talented defense here and in a very tough
offense who's been who's been giving other teams troubles as well.
So I think I think Indiana might have the toughest
(28:33):
of the quarterfinals if I'm looking at the looking at
this potentially, I mean, if you're looking, if you're taking
like they don't have an easy route either way, if
that's what you're saying, Yeah, but I don't. But I
I think of all of the teams in while all
(28:58):
of the team's not getting the boy guys, I like
Oregon and Texas A and m the most is like
potentially winning it all.
Speaker 4 (29:07):
M h.
Speaker 1 (29:08):
That's where I'm at and I and Indiana doesn't have
to play either of them, so that's good. That being said,
they don't have the opportunity. Georgia has it easiest. I
think we all agree on that. Yes, Georgia does. That's
why it should recede. That is absolutely why it should recede.
(29:30):
It should absolutely we said. We said last year that
the two changes they needed to make was to get
rid of the conference champion auto by which they did. Good.
Good on them for making that change, and that they
need to recede after every round they got halfway there.
(29:51):
They should keep doing they should keep making improvements. But
to me, Texas Tech and Ohio State, I'd toy Ohio
State has it the worst, honestly because I think Texas
(30:12):
A and M is a tremendous football team. The only
real out Ohio State gets is the opportunity to maybe
play Miami instead, which I don't think is likely. I
think Miami. I don't Texas A and m should win
that game. Miami is a bad matchup for US. I
don't agree. I'm not afraid I'll be cheering for Miami
(30:37):
so hard. Miami typically only has about thirty five fans
on Saturday, they will have thirty six because I will
be a Miami fan. Now, I think, I know. I
believe you both said that Indiana should hope to play Alabama.
(31:04):
I think Austin said that, Kyle, is that what you
said as well? No, I said, I said, I think
Alabama would win. Do you think who do you think
Indiana prefers?
Speaker 2 (31:20):
I mean, if I'm looking at this, honestly, I'd say Oklahoma,
I honestly.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
Would think they would.
Speaker 2 (31:27):
They would prefer I to go up against Oklahoma just
looking at Yeah, Oklahoma's defenses if you look at the
stats and all that really really good, but offensively it's
it's kind of mid. They're mid when it comes to
offensively and if you're not going to be able to
(31:47):
move the ball against Indiana, and we saw how great
their defensive line is and being able to get the
pressure and stopping the run, Like, how is how is
Oklahoma on to move the ball and here's the ball
on Indiana and get the field position. I like, I
(32:08):
think if I was Indiana, I would want Oklahoma over Alabama.
Speaker 1 (32:12):
Austin disagrees with you, but I agree with you because,
in my opinion, Alabama's more dangerous matchup for Indiana because
Alabama has more talent than Indiana. Now did that help
Ohio State last Saturday? No, it didn't. But Indiana is
just better Oklahoma. Like everything Oklahoma does, Indiana does, but
(32:39):
Indiana does it better. I feel like with better quarterback
and wide receivers. Yeah, I mean that's what I'm saying, Like,
Indiana is everything Oklahoma hopes to be the ideal form.
The final form of this Oklahoma team is in and
(33:00):
they're not at it. Alabama has a lot of holes,
but where they're good, they're great. Yeah, which causes which
could potentially cause matchup issues for a Deanna. I think
they're just across the board better than Oklahoma.
Speaker 2 (33:21):
Wow, I know, I know, just out of left field
here though. Just looking at the numbers here, dude, Oklahoma
when they get into the red zone, they always score.
They are one hundred in the red zone offensively. Just interesting.
You never see that.
Speaker 1 (33:39):
No, No, you don't show that to show that to
Ryan Day. All right, Kyle, was there anything else you
wanted to address this episode? Or is there anything else
about the playoffs you want to address?
Speaker 2 (34:00):
I think I think that's I think that's really on
the playoffs there. I I think overall the committee got
it right. Other than I still think Notre Dame should
have gotten in there somehow, whether whether it was going
ahead of Miami or or Alabama being out.
Speaker 1 (34:21):
I don't agree they should have been in over Miami.
I do agree that they could have been maybe even
should have been in over Alabama. Yeah, but I I
think I think this would be Yeah, I think this
would be a really really fun playoffs to watch here,
(34:44):
just because it's you got some really good defensive teams
here that I'm I'm looking at here. It's I think
this will be fun.
Speaker 2 (34:53):
I think this will be fun. So that ends all
Sloop picks as well, Jared for the season. We have
a new winner this year. Our homie sun Card won
it all and our and our pick'ems.
Speaker 1 (35:12):
This year he's won and before hasn't he He has? Yeah,
he has.
Speaker 2 (35:18):
Becausin Jay's been been winning them as of as of recent.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
Dingers won a few times as well. Yeah, but I
was I was right there. I wasn't too far. I
wasn't too far. I wasn't too far behind them, But
I ended up getting getting second overall two, which I
was really happy compared to past years I've I've done
(35:45):
as a as a group. Here too, you also won
three individual weeks I did, yes, include including last week
that the championship week. Yeah, I got four of those. Yeah,
I think that was it. I think that was that
(36:06):
was it? Here I you got Yeah? Anything else? Anything
else you want to bring up before we end the episode, Jared,
I don't think so. I did briefly mention Shran Moore
fired at Michigan. This is a break pretty much a
(36:27):
breaking story as we're recording this, so we're not going
to get into it, but we're already seeing a lot
of players getting released from their intent letters from places
like Iowa State, where their head coach recently left, a
lot of those guys will be probably making the jump
over to Penn State to follow their coach. So that
(36:50):
makes sense, especially considering Penn State had a recruiting class
of was it one eventually, Kyle, Yeah, I'll the verbal
commits they had, yeah, just one, but then they ended
up seeing that did they get a second sign talk talk? Okay,
(37:11):
Well they got a second signee, and there have been
at least two that I've that I've seen players de
committing from Iowa State, and if you don't know, Penn
State has hired Iowa State's head coach, and the assumption
is that those players de committing from Iowa State will
be making the jump over to Pennsylvania. But that's but
(37:35):
that does seem like what's probably happening. So that should
be a few more players that add to Penn State's roster.
Speaker 2 (37:43):
Yeah, they had two yew currently as we're recording, just
too signed. Jackson Ford was the loan one that was
a verbal commit that stayed and did sign, and then
they did get a flip from I believe he was
going to go to Auburn, I believe, but end up
(38:05):
signing to Penn State. The quarterback up Peyton Fouzone.
Speaker 1 (38:11):
Yeah, they, I mean, obviously Franklin was fired pretty early
in the season. That recruiting class totally fell apart. As
a result, a lot of those players ended up decommitting
from Penn State then committing to Virginia Tech. Most of them, yeah,
oh yeah, I don't know about most, but a lot.
(38:32):
So now we're now we're seeing Iowa State players so far,
only two that I've seen, but both of them happened today,
so there could be more who are getting released from
their letters of intent and are rumored to be going
to Penn State. So you know, we're seeing the coach
(38:55):
ripple effect here and now we've shown more out. It'll
be interesting to see what happens to Penn State's recruiting
class if those players get released from their letters of
intent and where they could end up and could they
end up in Penn State to lift up that very
barren recruiting class. And that's you know, also to say,
(39:23):
what's gonna happen to the players currently at Michigan on
the roster, Yeah, I mean Michigan needs to move quickly
on a replacement otherwise those players are going to start
hitting the portal very quickly in my opinion, And not
only that. And I'm not even saying this as like
(39:44):
a hater. I'm not saying this is a hater. This
is this is cold analysis. This is cold no fandom,
no hatred involved in this whatsoever, cold hearted analysis. The situation.
They need to clear out that coaching room. They need
(40:07):
a whole new staff at Michigan. They've had multiple coaches arrested,
multiple coaches fired for misconduct a lot. Yeah, yeah, well,
(40:27):
well Jared's coffee real quick there. So like looking at
like like staffers that were have been arrested since Harbaugh's higher,
it's like seven or eight coaches like that's it's a lot,
not not all countable coaches for the record, and some
of them were down the staff. Gosh, sorry about that,
(41:00):
but yeah, it's it's it's it. They need to turn
over that coaching staff. It's you have guys committing computer crimes.
You have guys you know that obviously, the entire sign
stealing scandal, it just it feels very rotten up and
(41:22):
in arbor Harbaugh. I don't know if he's a bad
judge of character. I don't know if it was that
no one was being managed or observed watched. I don't
know if in an effort to turn things around at
Michigan he started taking on riskier hires. I I don't know.
(41:47):
I'm not gonna act like I have all the answers
to that, but Michigan needs to clean house. And I
said of the football program, but probably of their act
probably of a few people in the athletic department, you know,
management as well, including the athletic director. It's it's been
an embarrassing shit show in ann Arbor for the ever
(42:09):
since they even before they won the national title. And
again I'm not even saying this is like an Ohio
State fan who's hating. I'm honestly not. It's it's been
an embarrassment up there as far as just scandal after
scandal after scandal after scandal. They they need to make
(42:38):
some wholesale changes up there. Waitly agree, well you agree
or don't, and continue embarrassing yourselves. There's hater talking there there.
The hater came out at the end. There you go.
Just just keep embarrassing yourselves, keep turning over your coaches,
(42:58):
keep embarrassing yourselves, keep getting in the newspaper for the
wrong reasons. Keep doing it. Mm hmm, all right, good news, Jared.
Good news? Is Kyle scorn news? Yeah, Kyle's corner. Yeah.
(43:19):
Ohio State football pro hoiw State football program set a
new program record. Sixty one Ohio State football players earned
academic All Big Ten honors. Wow.
Speaker 2 (43:36):
Sixty one of them including Yeah, including Rvel Reese, Sony Styles,
Jeremiah Smith, Carnell Tate, Julius Saying, Caleb Downs, and others.
Speaker 1 (43:49):
Too, so excellent.
Speaker 2 (43:52):
That's excellent, excellent news. Really happy to see them exelling
in and out of the classroom.
Speaker 1 (44:01):
All right, anything else?
Speaker 2 (44:06):
No, I think are it's gonna be a little different
with the next couple of episodes here. We may we
may do some little off topics here as.
Speaker 1 (44:17):
Kind of in between.
Speaker 2 (44:20):
In between the championship week Conference championship Week and then
the upcoming playoffs here. So we'll uh just stay tuned
for some just some little different episodes here.
Speaker 1 (44:31):
Yeah, yeah, yeah. If you want updates on when episodes
are coming and what the topics will be ahead of time,
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