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[Music] sorry honey it's a work thing mine's also a work thing I just need someone to cover my shift so is mine Alan says your business vehicle is now covered with Progressive protected 24/7 just like your home in Auto oh that's great so dinner time's just phone time now sorry you know I heard that ground turkey is the healthiest poultry you know what never mind just be on your phone [Music] The Majestic Cliffs of Ireland stand on these spectacular Vistas and envision greatness it's as if there's an invitation to the adventure of a new college football season and it lies on this leafy Island travel down river Ley and into the nerve center of Dublin a city dotted with distinctive colorful doors rooted in defiance of outside forces one might say unconquered unconquered like the Seminoles of Florida State better disappointment has festered for months but it gives way today to a new season and new battles now I know our Irish host might be learning the details of the sport but they know passion and they embrace it with open arms and open pops as Georgia attack buzzes in trying to get the ACC Tipsy right out of the gate so here we are on wig zero and to quote a great Irish poet the measure of her flying feet made Ireland's heart began to beat and it's beating through our chest for college game day and a season in Dublin we're going to be live in Dublin Georgia Tech Florida State I can't wait to get over there [Applause] let's go and we're coming to your city college football party all and all well we roll out through that Valley gig through our LNS up in Austin long the way rooll time roll through Alabama Happy Valley in the farming stamp around the hill and [Music] all rock the big gator swamp F out USC the the Georgia Lou car Mississippi Coro you can feel the electricity class [Music] City body [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] college game day is built by the Home Depot proud sponsor of college football's Premier pregame show coming to you live from College Green in Dublin [Music] Ireland AA Stadium the seols and the yellow jackets will commence the festivities immediately following college game day this Stadium on the side of the old lown road Stadium built right in the middle of a quaint Dublin neighborhood a spectacular modern facility on the inside the SS are reigning ACC Champions ranked 10th in the AP pre-season poll taking on a resurgent yellow jackets team which under Brent key is 4 and0 all time against ranked AC CC opponents delighted to have you with us to start another season week zero is here ree Davis alongside Kirk herb Street in his 29th season on Game Day Howard 19th season 19 19 how about that that's awesome Coro will be back with us next week in college stations we the great simol V Coro the sunshine scooter Pat McAfee is here he's experienced Dublin so far and we are delighted to have seven time National Champion perhaps in arguably the greatest coach in the history of college football Nick Sav be part of our team Nick glad to have you with us what a way to start First International game day yeah what a way to start to get your get your feet wet with this huh well I'm looking forward to it I'm happy to be here this is certainly a little different approach to the season you know most of the time they're sitting there saying This Is The Moment of Truth when you're a coach you know your team's going to go out there for the first time and compete but now we got hope and we can speculate on what other people are going to do I can't wait to hear you speculate on who's going to win who's not going to win all the hypotheticals we know you are jacked up about when you talk about moment of truth I think what you're referring to is the fact that we have real football happening today for the first time in months this is a beautiful time in a wonderful town football's back and uh what's the crack they say around here and that means like what's the story the story last night for me was 30 guinnesses so it is an honor to be in this city and uh back for another year this is the greatest show on TV did you did you split the G on all of those 30 guinnesses yeah so you split the G is what the people do but uh I powered right through those normally and just made those things disappear and that's what you got to do whenever you're in Ireland amongst these great people but when you talk about passion and they might not be the biggest college football fans yet they're starting to learn to love it I think over here but when you talk about being happy that people have come here and experienced a city Ireland has been fantastic IC for the last week for a lot of people the last 24 hours for me for sure and uh this should become an annual tradition for us I think 47,000 people in the stadium today 25,000 of them visitors they're estimating that 115 million EUR pumped into the economy in Ireland as a result of this game do the exchange rate is about 128 million bucks it's a lot and it's good and they have been remarkable remarkable host and we are ready to start this season so what's in store with this most anticipated season in the history there's realignment four power conferences Texas Oklahoma going to the SEC got 16 teams you know the Pack 12 teams including USC and UCLA going to the big 10 those old pack 12 teams other ones going to the big 12 including Colorado back to the conference they last won in 2001 the ACC now stretches from coast to coast going from Atlantic to Pacific with the addition of Cal and Stanford and also SMU of course Nick savings with us that means kayin deor in Alabama jet fish replaces him at Washington and Chiron Moore and for Harbaugh who went to the NFL with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind plenty of portal additions too favorites have portal quarterbacks including Oregon and Ohio State you've got Florida state who's now turning to DJ ouanga lle you got a little Peak at Riley Leonard who we'll see next week now playing for Notre Dame and it's a 12 team playoff with the automatic bids for the five highest ranked Conference champions the four highest ranked champions get the top four seeds Notre Dame can be seated no higher than fifth even if they go undefeated just for those around here who might be following the Irish couple of other things you might need to be aware of there is now a two-minute timeout in each half for some inexplicable reason we've been threatened by the officials if we call it two-minute warning so it's a two-minute timeout instead of two-minute warning yeah it's two minute warning there's also coach to player communic theet meing stallion they to Lear to interations now inad of deciphering signals yeah the TW I think the 12 team playoff the hype and build of that and the anticipation of that is I think what has so many people excited because I think and coaches brought this up a number of times in our meetings instead of just four five six or 17 and this opens it up not just to 12 but 13 14 15 you're battle in September October November you really think you got a shot the other thing I think is cool is remember when he would have a team that was pretty much in like August you know okay bam is in right I don't really feel that like do you see that one team that's obvious everybody's got question marks which I think is exciting to see who's able to gel by the time we get into conference play everyone has question marks and a lot of these coaches they try to answer those question marks during the offseason by going into the portal a lot of high-profile quarterbacks changed addresses this summer you look at a guy like cam Ward went from Washington State now he's in Miami the people in Coral Gable happy excited about his presence you look at a guy like Dylan Gabriel Oklahoma to Oran now they're like one of the top teams in the country and they're expected to win at all and then you go to guys like DJ angal from Florida State one of the reasons we're here today is because he's in Florida State now because of what happened a year ago these guys have turned the page coach they're excited about dju and what he brings so I'm really curious to see the impact some of these te are going to have with these new quarterbacks well I think the quarterbacks are the key for any team I think it all starts with that but I think what you're going to see in college football because of the portal because of the changes because of the evolution of the portal and how you can get players out of the portal with agents you know sort of placing players and all that for their benefit so that they can enhance their career but also that they can help their team be more successful I think you're going to see less like deviation from the the top you're going to see more good teams you're going to see more depth in every conference which is going to make it more interesting for the fans and you talk about quarterback transfer and don't forget about will Howard obviously he has a massive role for that Ohio State Buckeye team and then Caleb DS who obviously we've seen on your team he also goes to this Ohio State Buckeye team but there's some fans here uh that do the oh oh yeah and last year we all heard now there's a few of them here yeah there's 30,000 alleged leag traveled and we are very appreciative of that 12 team playoff though you would think that the situation that took place at the end of last year maybe doesn't happen at the end of this year especially for teams like Florida State and some of the big conferences but this year I think it's going to be bigger I think it's going to be better than ever I think the Marquee matchups The Prime Time games are going to be bigger than we've ever seen there's going to be new rivalries made there's going to be new eyeballs there's going to be new stars there's going to be another goat coach that's going to have to be created cuz this man is going to be sitting next to us all year this is the greatest college football season yet and it hasn't even started yet I think that's the beautiful thing about it all I think the big thing is it creates more hope for more teams yeah you know we've always had six or eight teams at the end of the season and have a chance to get in the playoffs now you're going to have 25 or 30 but you're going to have the same issues with who gets left out at 13 and 14 going to be a big time deal as to who gets left out at it is basketball it's always going to be that we we don't have to worry about that you guys are going to tell them who's going to get left tell you we're going to make predictions for every conference which 12 te get a great piece on the Georgia Tech pter and on DJ iango lle we'll visit with Mike norell and Brent key so much coming up on this week zal edition of college game day now there's expansion you've got 18 teams in the Big 10 you got 16 in the MTC is bigger really better we'll tell you everything you need to know the story line to these conferences also that 12 team 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every Saturday is a celebration every game a spectacle the SEC takes us into the wild and always feels like home this is the SEC on ABC and this is how it's done college game day is built by the Home Depot how doers get more done and in part by Air Lingus [Applause] both of these teams traveling right at 4,000 miles from Tallahassee and Atlanta to make it to Dublin Georgia Tech and practice on Thursday and a hell of a hell of a hell of a pep rally as they called it at Maran Square on Friday afternoon the ACC didn't lose anybody a realignment three new teams so the conference name's now a misn we not just Atlantic Coast also Pacific coast and SMU right in the middle how about that Miami cow trip that's going to be nearly 2600 miles on October 5th head coaching changes there are three new head coaches in the ACC as Boston College Duke in Syracuse has changed to Bill o'ri Manny di back in the league and Fran Brown the former Georgia assistant taking over in the preseason top 25 Florida state is the only team in the top 10 but four are ranked in the preseason top 25 with Miami a team that some like to win get there and Georgia Tech a team on the rise and Haynes king among ACC quarterbacks returning to their team had the best qbr but with Cam W DJ ulanga lay coming in had skewed that number a little bit but do you know among power conference quarterbacks last year the only guy to account for more touchdowns than Haynes King was Jaden Daniels he won the high schol trophy so King brings a little bit of a Swagger to the Georgia Tech offense as you've looked at the ACC in the preseason how how do you break this down to start well I actually see three teams at least on paper Florida State Clemson and Miami probably have a little more Talent from top to bottom uh they all have somebody at the quarterback position who can execute and play whether they're transfers or whether they were there and played last year I think each one of them have a little bit of a challenge you know Clemson didn't play in critical times in the games and lost some close games last year you know Florida State I got a thousand I just want Kirk to know I got a thousand phone calls when we got in the playoffs he didn't have anything to do with them not getting any playoffs and I didn't either we both got Hamed but yeah some of us did get hammered in last night did I'm glad we got in and they probably should have got in to but at least we won't have that situation this year but I do think there's some other teams in the ACC whether it's NC State Georgia Tech I think Georgia Tech presents some tremendous challenges with the way they play offense if they can play a little better defense they're going to be right in it so you know Louisville was in it last year so I think this is going to be a deeper conference than it has been in the past I concur with everything you just said there coach and you didn't deserve to get those phone calls now there is a school that you beat that probably thought they should have gotten into playoffs too they're the reigning national champions only lost one game but the Florida state people took up for everybody on who shouldn't get in who shouldn't get out um the all Coast Conference now is very fast fascinating because I think they're the only conference where the new schools that are coming in aren't the ones that are favored to win you think about the Big 10 you got Oregan coming in there SEC Texas is supposed to come in here for the ACC It's The Old Faithful and you mentioned Florida State Clemson NC States ranked in the top 25 shout out to Doran and them look out for Virginia Tech Virginia Tech returns 20 starters okay 20 starters five offens alinement all return quarterback drones run option guy they're able to move the Rock and if you get into blackburg in a big game that's a tough place to play I think the ACC is going to show up this year in a massive way I agree with you and I like what you said coach CU I like Miami I think that they have a good shot this year because of Cam Ward I went to go watch them practice last week and I spoke to some players they said the biggest difference between now and a year ago is that cam ward he influences everybody not just the offense the defense too with his energy and his juice they got some transfers that they brought in meech pow he's a safety Mech played for Washington in the national championship game this kid is a former walk on that means he's wired differently because he had to actually prove he was worth a scholarship they love his leadership they're comfortable in the front front seven but that back end they need to get that end tightened a little bit they think meech pble will help their secondary who who do you look at as a sleeper first I want to tell you that like the top here I I think that Florida State what's interesting to me is Florida State loses a year starting quarterback on Jordan Travis who really changed the complexion of the entire program with Mike norbel they lose B in the back they L the top three receivers and they they're the favorite to win the ACC I think it tells you everything about M Mike norell and the job he's doing about reloading at this point at Tallahassee Clemson to me is a team you better look out for everybody's making fun of dbo everybody's talking about he's not doing the portal everybody's talking about how he's being left behind his defense will be good and keep him in every game they play his quarterback now has a lot of experience they got skill and they better at receiver Clemson I think is a very dangerous team the sleeper in the ACC to me a lot of people here don't even know they're in the ACC SMU R Rett Lashley Rett Lashley and this offense Preston Stone the quarterback if you didn't know they're in the ACC you better pay attention cuz they will they'll outscore people in this com you know what against stepen here the one thing they're going to have to play better they play power but better off because they played power Conference teams last year and averag 14 points a game they couldn't score against teams 20 guys back in a quarterback I think gives him a shot yeah we'll see st's healthy what who do you like to sleep you nobody's saying NC State they got gra I was just going to BRC loves it they love this but going back to coach's point about the three teams in their own tier I agree with that the best thing about that with Miami Florida State uh and Clemson they're going to get tested early Miami's going to Florida Clemson's got Georgia and Florida State's got to come here to play a conference game we're going to know a lot about those teams right off the Jump and that's what sets up for a great situation I love that high sleeper though is Georgia Tech I I really do believe I like that they were in the top three offensively last year in the ACC yeah they were not very good on defense they've got a new defensive coordinator they got some players out of the portal if they can play defense a little bit better they give people tremendous headaches with their offense their running quarterback [Applause] King got not turn the ball over as you know 16 interceptions last year but let's just say for ACC fans last year people talked about oh the ACC it's not much depth listen to what we just did Florida State Clemson North Carolina Virginia Tech Miami SMU coming in North Carolina state I'm just saying like it it sounds like a lot more depth this year as far as teams that can be competitive which is only going to help you when it comes to look what we did when it comes to who we beat you know another team no one has mentioned so far is North Carolina North Carolina squandered an opportunity last year with a legendary quarterback for North Carolina and Drake May so now here they come but man as Pete B join us Pete schedule sets up pretty well for Carolina they open on the road at Minnesota and after that you know they don't travel more than 10 miles from campus until the last Saturday in October I mean Max just going to be at home all the time now who's going to play a quarterback are you going to give us a poor old Carolina Reese uh I am not Mac told me this week to not be surprised on Thursday on their big opener in Minneapolis if both Max Johnson and red shirt sophomore Connor Harold don't play Max Johnson's obviously the red shirt senior he started at LSU he transferred to Texas A&M and he has 22 career starts I'd call him the expected starter for Carolina on Thursday night but Conor Herold gives them a different element Brown told me he has 44 speed and could come in as a change of pace type player the most important part for brown Reese is Minnesota's had to prepare for both of them and they're drastically different players one last note from here on our game today hem Williams sophomore receiver at Florida State will not play in this game he's a potential starter for the seols this year he's got a minor injury he'll be back soon but we will not see him on the field at of via today all right Pete hear more from you as college game day unfolds the rest of the day and Kirk's ponies open today on Chris alfield named for the legendary coach of the wolf pack and a selection Committee Member this year Nevada and SMU smu's first game as a member of the ACC any problem uh first pick of the Year here we're going early here in I'm going I'm going SMU I think I think Preston Stone and the offense that they have around them too too much for Nevada coach who you got yeah SMU AB you know they got too many players back with the quarterback they've had a lot of success they know how to win Nevada's a kind of an upstart program so I'm SM you all the way love Lashley love the city of Dallas give me SMU and I think to Kirk's point they're going to be good this year I I think SMU in the acc's big news for their program as a whole I like SMU getting a big time win and covering 27 yeah I agree with Kirk I think they'll be competitive in the ACC I don't think they'll win it but I think they'll win today they'll beat Nevada Preston Stones a great quarterback I didn't say they'd win the AC be competive you said that the SMU Mustangs are going to dump all over the Florida state seminal that's what Kirk said that's what KK said and so on week zero we have our first personal foul targeting might be just throw it on there it don't matter doesn't have to be fact some some lesson you can learn around here is you never know where it's going to lead when you scoll in to a good Pub right take Matt feny and cayin mcnolty from Sarasota they met in a bar in Tallahassee after a Florida State Clemson game couple s old lumps with Irish heritage and they were married Thursday at Castle in County kild there is just about an hour west of here and the Blissful bride and groom are now with Jess Sims as we welcome in Jess hello guys good morning yes I am here with the diard FSU alumni we got Matt we got Kayla aka the newly webs y'all got married just two days ago just outside of Dublin was that always the plan or how did this all come together so Matt and I met almost 6 years ago at a bar in Tallahassee we have been FSU fans ever since we've been there all of our siblings went to FSU so as soon as the word got out that FSU was playing in Ireland there was no other decision that we were able to make we were getting married here we brought 125 of our closest friends and family we got married at a castle and here we are 2 days later go Nos and we knew the Irish knew how to throw a party that wedding was 12 hours long okay well but clearly the party hasn't stopped because you have more than 30 of your family members right here what would a n's win mean for them for you I mean dare I say for your marriage well you're right the party is just getting started here and again the Irish know how to throw a good party so we'll be hitting the pubs a little bit later before the game a n's win would mean everything and it would really just ingrain everything we we love about FSU and love about our Irish heritage it's just been epic the whole weekend and again we're just getting started here baby we're just getting started and also y'all they have a Golden Retriever named Clyde after the Clyde and castello's bar right outside of FSU don't go anywhere we got so much more coming up on college game day here in Dublin they know a little bit about the Luck of the Irish but what about the Fighting Irish where does Notre Dame stand without a conference but with their new star QB and Riley Leonard plus we hear from another transfer quarterback FSU meet dju we're going to talk about how QB EJ Manuel sat down with him to see what he's trying to prove oh sliding live let's go to our next segment fairest calls inspired by Geico's fair and fast 24/7 claim do we have to do the Geo step on them here yep we do let's play the clip holding number 53 10 yd penalty this literally happens every game can we just skip to 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north out of Dublin you slip in and out of time dipping in between an ancient history embroiled and intertwined with a modern history still yearning to find its own footing beautiful coastal towns and fishing villages bogs and burns and Bloodlines as you reach the city of dond do you realize how close you are to a fault line a historical fault line where once high tension border crossings have been replaced with open road and freedom Bill Clinton spoke here of Peace in front of 60,000 people just miles from the Northern Ireland border that peace still stands and what a benefit of that piece with tourism Ireland you can discover Belfast or the vibrant heart of Northern Island dynamic city Cradle by river loggin enjoy a rich tapestry of history and culture great architecture and there's a renowned Titanic Museum where the story of the Titanic unfolds in a remarkable way been highly recommended by a number of people during our time here not a coincidence where go from the Titanic to it is a coincidence rather go from the Titanic to for State's bus which is headed to Stadium of via the seminal switching forward to a great season 2 hours and 31 minutes away from kicking it off against Georgia Tech now this has become a bit of a staple over the last 30 years plus 1988 the emerald a classic look at the Unis on Lands Down Road that's where the new AV stadium is now BC was 2-7 Army was 8-1 Ed toner scored three times on the day and Boston College came in in front of the Dublin crowd experiencing American football for the first time and won it 1996 newra Damon na look at my man our great friend L Holtz you know R Holtz had benched Audrey den and theek before saying hey we can't we he's not the best option well all he did is run loose for 33 and touchdown IR Palace Mark Edwards that was markk Edwards going quarterback there he when that was lose last year at Notre Dame 2014 Penn State James Young James Franklin J Franklin's first game I got nothing for you there I Justin homman came off the bench put him ahead Hackenberg CH get in there big fell get in there he threw for 454 yards but that was the biggest play with the run to conver fourth down and Sam ficken you just never know never know what you think about the kick from Fick anytime ficken's kicking you know it's going to be good and then last year Notre Dame and navy were here in this game Sam Harman made his debut and the Irish uh took care of the mids pretty easily Hartman 251 four touchdowns on the day and expectations were through the roof for the Fighting Irish it was a little bit of fit and start last year as Hartman also was up and down so now Marcus Freeman has turned to the portal reached into the ACC again got a quarterback and Riley Leonard from duke who can run it as well as spin it college game day will be in col station next week the Texas A&M opener that'll be a tough way to start they've got these same seminal in November and wrapping up with USC now if they can get past that opener though yeah we're really talking about playoff contention for them no no doubt about that I have a conversation with Coach Freeman and the first question was about Riley Leonard you know what does he bring to the offense he said he brings a lot of confidence Des he's played in really big games and we got him a weapon make sure you guys keep an that keep an eye out for this receiver Chris Wells he's a receiver from I mean Chris Mitchell FIU receiver average 17 yards per catch he led Conference USA with 93 yards per game this guy had a double move in the spring game and caught a touchdown he's going to be that weapon that they haven't had on offense in a long time I think Riley Leonard is going to be looking for him often yeah I'm excited to see what Freeman does with this brand new team seemingly after the Sam Hartman experience last year which started out so high and then kind of fizzled out with the new college football playoff structure obviously Notre Dame is in the position that they're in but if you remember what Riley did whenever he was down at Duke he brought that place all the way back we took game day to Duke down there can run very very very well excited to see with the offense you lose audri ese who was the running back who was like a 45-year old man that they fed the ball to a lot I'm excited to see how they change how they adapt but I think you're going to see Riley on the ground old school another Dame football coming this year here's the thing it sticks out to me Marcus Freeman his third year culture has been established coming off a 10 in three year defensive coordinator Al gold nose football veteran defense they only gave up 16 points a game last year right so the big question that they got Jaren price you got jich love they can run the football you got big lineman it goes back to what Dez just talked about Riley Leonard we know he can create but do they have the speed on the skill this has been an issue there for a long time can they run not just with their schedule but if they're daring the dream and beat the big boys they need more than one guy they've got to step up and give Riley Leonard some weapons to make a difference I think it starts with Jeremiah love as a really good running back and he's very versatile guy that they can throw the ball to but I think you're right they're going to Riley Leonard can run he can run the option he can throw rpos but the number one thing is is can they make explosive plays down the field they're going to play good defense they'll be good on special teams they'll be well coached but I disagree with what everybody thinks that because they're not in a conference that they can't be in the top four but they're not going to have to play in a conference Championship Game either so they're going to have a byee before the playoffs and I think this team will get so you're saying get you think that they technically get a buy by not playing a conference Champion so people that are upset that if they go 12 and0 they don't get in the top four regardless right but they get a buy because they're not playing in a championship game okay they don't have a conference Championship game to play you love Notre Dame too right that is uh one of your favorite places Notre Dame well I mean you know I like Notre Dame you obviously don't long SE anything you obviously don't not name was good to you last year remember they were unbelievable great to me yeah my name's Patrick maafi potty Maki obviously Notre Dame is going to be good to me I I'm excited to hear coach sav's thoughts on Notre Dame year we'll see next week a whole show also Dame has mik de back as the offensive coordinator he's been at Notre Dame in the past in his career with Brian Kelly at LSU a year ago he's back there working with Marcus Freeman uh Steve what you got on the Irish I just look at Notre Dame coach pointed out the path is there for them I just think it's a different Notre Dame team this year they lost two pro tackles they've always been able to rely on their offensive line and then you talk about going on the road in a hostile environment you got a new quarterback new offensive line new offensive coordinator that's a tough place to Hash those things out in your first game so that's what we'll be watching next week but the is there for them for the playoff no doubt the guy was supposed to replace Joe all got injured too so they've had further shuffling in the offensive line as well they're going to have a true freshman playing left tackle because of injury which will be interesting I'm sure the guy's Talent guy but we going to have to lean on that defense till the offense catches up did did did the fridge not make it through custom yeah what happened what happened nobody's taking it serious because you don't have that fridge with no fridge no fridge no mic we got nothing there step in the right direction moving on for from the fridge oh the we're moving on it's not going at all no it's gone it's not going to be in College Station next week no new what new technology I'm I'm sitting out here acting like I didn't know this name Texas A&M howy oh saying College Station 9:00 a.m. eastern time that is 8 in College Station before we go to Pete here Pat I think it's only going to be like 120° or something and you love can't wait to get you love the heat Pete THL is with the commissioner of the CC Jim Phillips Pete thanks ree Jim Phillips called it a chamber of commerce day today here in Ireland we've got thousands of fans a great stage for the ACC what opportunity does today give your league Jim it's a it's amazing Peak to really be the only game in America and across the really the world a chance for people to see ACC football I think you're going to see two great teams today really an unbelievable Florida State program that uh undefeated last year our conference Champion we all know what happened at the end of the year they have a great group coming back you got an upstart Georgia Tech Team in Brent Key's second year so great kids both programs terrific uh two terrific coaches but I will say this I'm really looking forward to the year overall and I think that this what this game allows us to do that we're coming off a year where we had 11 bold G uh teams out of 14 most of anybody in the conference um we really performed well last year in the non-conference but when you look at the season feete I think there's three things that are going to be really good about ACC football one is we've really challenged ourselves as it relates to non-conference scheduling 27 games against Power four opponents including Notre Dame uh that really will set the tone last year we went 11- n against SEC and the Big 10 so we will again challenge ourselves there the second piece of this is this is a conference of quarterbacks we have 13 quarterbacks that come into the season with over 3500 yard passing and over 20 touchdowns you're going to see two of them today with pnes and DJ and then finally when I look at the conference in general tremendous coaches and tremendous players six coaches on The Bobby DOD preseason watch list most of any conference and the in the country there's three head coaches that have won national championships we have two of them DAV Sweeney at Clemson and M Brown at North Carolina and then finally great great players great players the leading returning passer in the country in yardage cam ward in Miami the leading receiver in yard um Colin Lacy at Louisville and the second leading rusher in yards in Omarian Hampton from uh from North Carolina so a really exciting year of ACC football head and we're going to kick it off here today in Ireland awesome and and Jim there's some challenges off the field obviously Florida State and Clemson there's an ongoing legal battle can you walk us through what the next few months are going to look like absolutely it's time to play football I I've been I've been very direct about my thoughts about we are going to fight um these legal cases but we are going to put those to the side what's nice about what's coming up Pete is we're going to put the focus back where it should be on our student athletes and our coaches and we'll put the focus back up here to Reese Jim thank you so much Pete Jim thank you very much Jim Phillips always a gentleman always welcoming whenever we're in ACC territory this is our first international trip with college game the 32nd season on the road for the show and it really seems a little bit different without our friend Chad Hannah he's an EVS operator in the truck he's been with the show throughout his entirety when it's been on the road for these 32 years it was discovered this Summer that Chad is battling a brain tumor he's in the hands of great doctors great support from his family we want Chad and his entire family to know you have our support and our love too we want you to beat this and can't wait to see you back out on the road with us all the best to 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careful careful too big of a brain too big of a brain too big of a brain that's beautiful and heavy look at coach gassing him up yeah that that will be the coach's award trophy now the seals are embracing the spirit trying their feet and a little traditional Irish dancing in fact Florida State they don't play again until a week from Monday so they're going to stay around do a little sightseeing tomorrow after their game against Georgia Tech and we're glad to be joined by the head coach at Florida State Mike noral and you see the caption on the Tik Tok they got them Florida Boys in Ireland and what I would love to ask Mike is to critique the dance step the Irish dance steps of his players but given the fact that they're in serious football Gam game mode right now Mike what benefit does your program get from playing a game like this here in Dublin well I mean there's no no greater stage than to kickoff the college football season uh you know being able to do it here and just such a such a wonderful Venture um I mean it's so much excitement I mean you could feel the uh uh the excitement throughout the community I mean our fan base I mean just unbelievable uh support so much garnet and gold here in the streets of Dublin uh just so so excited to uh to get the seon started your your fans are here in a big way at the game day set I assume they're going to turn up in that Stadium as well how do you feel about your team having to make this long trip over here what is your messaging been to eliminate distractions play football and how do you think your guys are going to handle it well I mean there's been so much preparation since January getting ready to to for today and uh you know yes this game I'm me there's a lot of travel a lot of things we've had to work through uh but I think our guys have handled it extremely well I mean our operation staff has done a remarkable job uh to keep it as seamless for our players and uh you know you you feel the energy I mean this has been an incredible Hospitality here in Dublin all the game managers you know this is a kicking off ACC conference play against a very talented Georgia Tech Team I mean it's all focused on going to be the best we've been and uh you know our guys are prepared at a high level and we're ready to go play you know mik because coaches always have something that we feel is a real challenge for us you know going into the season what do you feel like your biggest challenge is with this team going into this season well you know some of it's just the unknown uh we have guys that are in new roles New Opportunities I mean I love the experience that we have I mean I love the the talent the size the speed the athletic ability uh that our guys possess but now it comes down to the Moment of Truth when game day starts are we going to be able to rely on that discipline the details all of the training everything we've done up to this point and to go put it on display but I've got a lot of confidence in this team they worked at a really hard level at a really high level and you know I'm I'm excited to watch them play today coach you guys worked at a high level last season but it didn't end the way you wanted it to or any the simos fans how have you grown personally from what happened a year ago from that experience well you know obviously I mean this is this is a new year it's a new opportunity uh you know obviously you grow from every experience every experience you're willing to go through you're willing to pour your heart into it you're willing to work through the highs and the lows I mean it gets an opportunity to showcase your identity who what's at the core of you and since January since we've gotten back I mean our team is is truly just embrace the work everything we've thrown at them all things that uh we tried to to to put in front of them you know they've get just kept such a wonderful mindset you know they've made the Investments uh they've come together you know as a as a wonderful team and Brotherhood uh you know since that point and you know this is this is what you do it for you do it for to to be on a stage like this today to kick off the college football season and you know for the world to get a glimpse at what this uh seminal football team's going to be coach if you could talk about the program in general the first two years you're kind of building your culture now here we are talking about you guys still having an amazing team and the potential of 2024 you lose a four-year starting quarterback you lose Benson of course the running back you lose the great two great uh receivers and here you are reloading talk about the difference in where this program is at year five for you from where it was when you first started well I mean this is a program that's built for Playmakers and you know offense defense special teams uh you know I'm fortunate to to to who I get to coach and and all the work that they put in and you know as you've had you know great players that have moved on we had 10 guys draft in the NFL really proud of that uh you know proud of the team and and the things that we've been able to do but you know now it's about this team and guys that you know have been you know good players for us that now get to be the stars of of today and I mean this is this is where you see the growth the maturity we got so many guys that have been here for four and five years that have been a part of the process been a part of the journey we've been able to complement that with with newcomers and guys that have come in that really bought in uh to this Florida State uh you know the the standard and the way that we operate and so seeing all that come together you know that's that's what it that's what it's about in today's age of of college football still putting together the best team and you know we got a lot of great players uh that have been a part of it we got a lot of great players here today but you know it's all about the team and how they're able to go out there and play together y hey coach we we see you run sprints a lot in practice what's your record what would you guesstimate your record to be when it comes to your Sprint game against the players I I used to win a lot more of them a few years back but I think we've uh just continued to get faster on that defensive line so haven't haven't been Haven haven't been winning a whole lot of them here lately but I'm not complaining about that hey you look good you look great man good luck today Mike thank you for being with us Mike Noll the head coach of the seminal he'll stick around they'll do a little sightseeing tomorrow it' be a much more pleasant trip should the simol Prevail against Georgia Tech and look at this some traditional Irish Fair coming in from fire and soul Jess what do we have re so I mean you say traditional nothing says traditional quite like I'm bringing this right to you cuz you're the only one that's stripe and onion Tri and tri and you want know what that is no I know exactly what take a bite oh you're diving right into the potato stop it you got big where's the tri on top of the gness yeah that is the lining of a cow's stomach I'm just going to eat these desserts over here delicious black pudding that is pork the tripe is this the trip yeah oh that's the tripe yeah oh we got you you do right in there I mean I mean this is phenomenal I don't know what this isach this fantastic I'm I'm into the some cow stomach I want to know that I show Pat McAfee how to eat an oyster oh my gosh suck it down re suck it down wow that was Gorge all right listen up your fire defense isn't cutting it and it's almost game time hey you need K alarms in every room we're playing zone defense I mean fires can happen anywhere like here here [Music] too you can't handle the heat what fills your heart about Ireland the coast the people Sor if you find any pearls give them to me okay hi how are you the I'm coming I'm coming taada 3 two one oh there we 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Ireland and overseas for the first time ever see who might claim trophy most recently won by LSU's Jaden Daniels time now for best in the game brought to you by Old Dominion Freight Line helping the world keep fr promises and the promise right now is that Oregon quarterback former Oklahoma quarterback former UCF quarterback Dylan Gabriel is the favorite you know he has a chance to become the all-time leading passer in college football history by the end Big 10 has a whole new book you know they have annexed the West Coast team Washington Oregon USC and UCLA which is in La that means long travel rushers in USC a nearly 2500 mile trip in October five new head coaches in the Big 10 not counting David Brun Jerome Moore going into Michigan Jonathan Smith Michigan State Sean Foster taking over at UCLA among those changes preseason top 25 po at the top is dominated by B1 G four in the top 10 six ranked with USC and Iowa sneaking in USC is going to get tested early against LSU and in the 14 playoff era the Big 10 book ended with championships Ohio State winning the first Michigan winning the most recent so now the Big 10 with Michigan having won a national championship and Ohio State emptying the Vault to bring in some star players for nil where does that leave Ryan Day and the Buckeyes coming into this season yeah and I think that's a great place to start obviously the number two team in the country behind Georgia but if you think about what has happened over the last few years in Columbus Ohio and obviously the state of Ohio is what it is it is a football place they are football people and they all love the bucke guys all Michigan has done to them over the last few years is smack them smack them right in the mouth in Columbus in Ann Arbor then they go win the national championship and what's everybody in Ohio doing yeah Ryan Day won a bunch of games but he can't win the big one that one being the Michigan game so with Chip Kelly coming over to run the offense will Howard getting transferred in there Caleb Downs on the defensive side of the ball Judkins running back who is untack in college football at 25 for good reason if the Ohio State Buckeyes don't win this year I am worried that we will now be a country of 49 states because the state of Ohio will actually burn through the Earth Poe coach S I do agree that Ohio state has a really good roster and I I think Ryan day probably likes his roster I think the the key to the drill is how is Will Howard going to play a quarterback you know for them and can they manage the expectations you know the worst thing for a team is to have these kind of expectations have this kind of anxiety you know on your players that they've got to go accomplish something rather than just going compete in one play at a time and go out there and play you know Oregon Penn State Michigan they're all going to be good and I think USC is a dark horse nobody knows that better than you you live that how does Ryan Day deal with that that expectations and almost unrealistic expect if you gave him advice what would you say well the biggest thing that I always told our players was you got to play One play at a time like it has a history of Life of its own so go have fun compete be the best player you can be and the scoreboard means nothing all these external factors mean nothing until the game is over so prepare the way you prepare don't worry about losing focus on what you have to do to be the best player you can be and and just stay focused on that and and keep the team together forget about all these external factors yeah and there's so many of them especially you know yeah it's hard it's hard invention of rat poison right there yeah EXA I I I tell you this conference this year with with the four teams coming in from from out west it's it's got tremendous depth we talked a lot about Dylan Gabriel the expectations on Oregon I'm fascinated with Michigan I can't remember a team winning a national championship and almost a forgotten team coming back the next year think about what they lost as you know this five offensive linemen JJ McCarthy Blake corm all those incredible leaders on defense and now you look at these guys that are going to be playing in 2023 or 2024 a lot of these guys played a lot of ball last year I I might be crazy I think Michigan is in a I'm not saying going to win the Big 10 I'm much higher on Michigan than I think a lot of people because of I think they got again this new chip on their shoulder for 2024 no one's talking about him no one cares about him no one respects them and these are the defending champ so I think they're interesting Oregon obviously Ohio State and and and I and I really think Penn State if Drew Aller can come along and the receivers they're also a playoff potential caliber team seems to me Michigan has the best quarterback in the country in will Johns Lyman yeah and Mason Graham they also a couple other guys up front the defense should be fine question it's quarterback no experience there the presumed guy the lead has thrown one pass in his career didn't throw any last year even though he had some time on the field Pete's with us Pete what is Chiron Moore looking at right now in terms of that quarterback race in an arbor well chiron's playing a little koi publicly Reese but sources have told me that Michigan is given Alex orgy a majority of the first team reps in practice he's the expected starter right now within that program what will we see from Alex orgy we'll see some quarterback run game we'll see a different identity for Michigan's offense he's only played 25 snaps in his career re but remember he was in real snaps against Ohio State against Iowa in the Big 10 title game against coach Sabin in the Rose Bowl last year so he comes with a rare amount of big game experience for a guy who's only thrown one pass so Dez as you look at this now you know this program well obviously how does this look to you yeah we were at dinner the other night and I was asked the same exact question and we talked about in the meeting yesterday coach Sabin it's like they have so many unknowns you really can't give a strong opinion about this Michigan team but the flip side is you understand they have a culture there and a style of play that's sustainable so even with this this big transition bunch of different coaches offensive line is new you have a tremendous amount of confidence in Coach Moore don't forget he coached an offensive line two years in a row that won the Joe Mo award that has never happened in college football so if there's a person who you have the slight bit of confidence that he's going to be able to get it done especially up front then it's Chiron Mo we talk about the quarterback in the meaning I said listen they can run the ball all they want they're going to be stubborn running the ball but as some point the quarterback's going to have to make a throw Y and you got to have a guy back there who's going to make a throw so whoever is going to be he can't just be a you know a guy who's going to run the rpos or run the ball a lot Pat he's going to have to make some throws in those big games and I assume he's going to get coach very well on the offensive side but on the defensive side the new coaching Town link marale he is a man who is one of the greatest defensive Minds to ever come through the NFL now he's going to college I can't wait to see does with that defense yeah me too remember there are no more divisions in the Big 10 now so it's going to be the teams with the two best records and if you look at schedules and I I'm a firm believer if you're not good enough a loss will find you even if your schedule's easy but there's a team that misses Ohio State Michigan Oregon Penn State and Iowa ruter Scarlet kns ruter would you put them among your sleepers in there because of that I think ruter and Maryland getting out of the East are going to benefit the most I think both of those because of schedules I think have a shot and I think a flyer on Nebraska that's putting a lot on D as a true freshman but I got a lot of confidence in Matt Ru building that program back kind of a sleeping giant I think I think Nebraska could be they could be S and0 by the time they go to columus I'm with you because I saw Matt rule on your show and he really sold the program to me I like what he was saying I like their schedule I think that they can be a dark horse I don't think they're going to win the Big 10 but I think they can uh Make some noise and upset some teams look out for Iowa year especially with the suspension here of Kirk Fence One game that can kind of rally that can kind of rally a team not that they needed over there iow was always going to be tight but look out for the Hawkeyes you know I I I really think USC who people are kind of disrespecting now Lincoln Riley is always going to have a good offense I don't care who the quarterback is he'll make it work and now that they have this uh new defensive coordinator Anton Lynn who really turned UCLA around a year ago if they could play better defense they're going to be they're going to challenge some of these teams in the Big 10 and they play LSU week one out Las Vegas recently I'll be court side watching that one that'll be fun looking forward to that by the way you mentioned Danton Lynn congratulations to Danton and his wife I was talking to him the other day said hey what you're doing he goes oh my wife just had a baby I said well get off the phone with me he was like okay no we have taken care of that just in quick break so you know shyon mo is going to be the coach of the year if he solves all the problems at michig based on what he has to replace and what he to do but I think he's very capable and I think he's done a great job there and playing against these guys now they can run run the ball now and I'm I'm just telling you that running back they got Edwards is a something and they got a guy behind hey hey hey nobody I think has done a better job in the nil portal era than Michigan making the Block M most important than the individual they've done a heck of a job those kids play for Michigan they don't play for I agree love shr Mo love big 10 Penn State's got a monster week one so everything can changein in the Big 10 conversation after one day in Morgan Town West Virginia next they've got a new offensive coordinator too coming over from Kansas and Andy CI we'll see if he can get Drew Aller to get some more big plays for them uh no fridge to reach into but still an AFF like trivia question yes we do have an black trivia question Reese which FBS teams besides Hawaii will travel the most miles this year oh I saw I saw this we got time though Cal Stanford nope no well one of them one of them is in LA but they won't stay in La you'll know more about them UCL yeah yep UCL BR they got a trip on top of the big go toway oh good but they got to go to the LSU out of conference that's right over 22,000 22,000 miles how many miles is it here Ireland it's like 4,000 for each of these we're about to test it post show right we're going to test that out we're going to watch game we're going to hang out with some Florida State fans at a pub do the whole thing sounds awesome her curb Street see the P that sounds like a BL tell which one see are Mah you know and if you don't like it po Mah you know I mean that is uh I believe that's kiss my ass in Irish I believe I'm not sure I've been saying a lot of things over the last 24 hours they just tell you to just tell you to say it you go with it right no they said it to me about a thousand times so so I just kind of caught it I didn't think it was a hello who was that band yesterday oh the triod bond you're talking about the traditional Bond yeah they were great LS great LS and then we had some dancers too we had some Irish you dancing with Miss Terry Miss Terry has great Rhythm Miss Terry's going to do that later on game day is awesome coach Sabin was in the pub we he wasn't dancing was no he wouldn't get up even I've seen I've seen them dance before in the living room season preview story lines for group of five this is clearly not a group of five time this is power five Elite perhaps NFL last night was a power five you powered through Power yeah got Go season preview remember in the new playoff structure the highest ranked conference champion from the group of five will get a spot in the playoff here are some things new teams added via realignment Army is going to the Americans the Army Navy game will not be a conference game tenas State just outside of Atlanta in the Conference USA the best chance to reach the college football playoff right now Spencer Danielson and boyy stayed along with UTSA right there Liberty who got a new year six bid last year but has a dreadfully weak schedule is among those so who is the best team in the group of five I'm going with Jamie Chadwell and Liberty I think they're looking at their second straight undefeated regular season I'm going Liberty I'm going with Boise State MADD Maddox Madson wins a starting quarterback job over Malachi and it's a big story g t the running back can move give me the Boise State I think Memphis state has a chance to move in there I mean nobody knows who this team's going to be there's always somebody that nobody talks about that moves up in the top 25 there's always somebody in the top 10 that falls out of so I mean it's hard to pick who this is you know I spent my entire coaching career ACC costing people to speculate make predictions and asked hypothetical questions what now you're in this world so now I'm in this world this is my gig and it's hard you better be right you better be right yeah you better be right too better be right I think I think Boise State you know I I think they are prime they got some good skill they've settled on the quarterback which is a bit of a surprise yeah I think the team can really rally around that I think this is one of those years that blue Turf uh they could be in that playoff this year yeah you you mentioned madx Matson wasn't expected to win it they had Malachi Nelson who was a highly talented recruit transfer from USC hasn't won the job yet watch out for GJ Kenny and Texas coming over from James Madison that's a quarterback we got the M swack challenge tonight 7:30 Eastern Time on ABC that's Florida A&M against Nork State you know FAMU has a new head coach it's James kohy the 30s outstanding semal and those great Bobby bowon teams in the 90s part of the national championship team takes over for Willie Simmons who left an assistant gig at Duke after going 12- one last year HBCU national champions had a great defense a year ago that picked off 17 passes Daniel Richardson FAU transfers to take over at quarterback Spartans on the other hand return their top two rushers they'll try to get things going Ain coming off a tough season and fam you after that 12-1 campaign will try to follow it up tonight and the FCS kickoff a little bit of a double header the UNA lions from the beautiful Sholes area on the banks of the Tennessee River opening up in then FAMU in norpol state tonight at 7:30 Eastern Time on ABC and also available on ESPN plus as always Arby's week one menu we told you earlier we're going to be in college station for Notre Dame and Texas A&M but look at that High new kickoff right after game day on ABC look at a triple header on ABC that's fantastic Clemson Georgia Miami Gators ended up in the evening that night nice nice way to get things started there with Notre Dame in Texas andm down at Kyle Fields we've mentioned that USC LSU game a couple of times we'll look forward that so as we make predictions for this new 12 team playoff era are the Bulldogs headed back to the top in the SEC or is it Texas or is it lay kein who dislikes some soft drinks or in the hting pride of Ireland homecoming today at George attack on special team [Music] 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sport which they enjoy so much their manner will play host to the Ryder Cup in 2027 and what a crowd we have there and look there's young Addison guyo theic producer up oh that's crazy that was awesome that's cool Addison having a good time Brent key the head coach of the yellow jackets hoping that he has a great time today as they open against Florida State Brent thanks for being with us uh you guys have played so well since you've been the head coach there against ranked conference opponents what do you expect from your team in terms of mindset and preparation for this game today yeah well I mean they're uh the mindset should be right I mean we we work a lot on that uh preparation and when you get to these these types of games and first especially the first game of the season you got to go back you got to trust your preparation uh Play One play at a time and you we we try to be the type of team that that is not going to look at the scoreboard and play for 60 minutes and it took us a while last year to get to that point but hopefully we can continue Brent I think that you guys have done a fantastic job on offense uh you're one of the best teams in the ACC last year offensively how much is your defense improved do you feel this year that's going to help you be more competitive yeah coach I mean that was the number one thing we had address at the end of the season uh and it started with uh bringing Tyler santui and and the rest of the staff in uh and and getting the guys to work we made some Acquisitions in uh the portal and had some freshman come in that'll be able to help us and you know well and I feel like they're in a good place but you know it's relative to our own team though right now so that's why we play the first game and see where we're at and uh I think we're have a uh a really good afternoon hey brt Kirk what you were with Coach Sav 167 and 18 if I remember right what what did you take away from that and how you tried to build your culture and what you're trying to do there at Tech you know the biggest thing you know inside the building the biggest thing is the is the work ethic that the efficiency within the work ethic uh but for the team it's the it's the constant coaching of the mindset and and the mentality of playing the next play not worrying about about the last play you know all the things you hear all the time you know there's no scoreboard be where your feet are and that's a mentality that takes a long time to develop it really does and we've worked since day one to instill that into our kids and it's not just the kids instill it into the uh coaches and the staff and have everyone believe the same way so coach uh we can't thank you enough for spending time with us here as you walk around and you talk about culture and building the mindset and everything that every building is trying to do God bless you there um at the end last year feels like you guys were playing fantastic football Haynes King came flying in and started dominating how did you continue to ride that momentum from the end of last year and did you feel as if your culture did finally click then yeah we did uh you we were playing the the way we want to play and we try to make things really black and white for these kids and there's so much gray and everything that they that they have to deal with externally so to make things as black and white and really comes down to building our toughness building our discipline all right being committed to yourself number one individually uh before you can even think about collectively so to focus on the individual first and then the position the unit the team second uh and then the the to be able to have a team put all those things together though you know to have them one at a time I I think is you know not as hard but to put all those things together uh and have the team live it every single day and really believe those things and with success comes more belief in uh in what you're building coach thanks again for doing this and good luck today I want to ask you about Zeke vigers what does he bring to your defense and what type of uh player is he inside and outside the locker room yeah you know Zeke's a young guy to be a senior he's only 20 years old uh he's he's one of those guys that was a naturally really big kid growing up so he's really you know starting to mature so it's the maturity that he's really had from January to now uh a lot of that's a credit to him but a lot of that's a credit to Jess Simpson his position coach has come in and really done a really good job of of teaching him uh teaching him the fundamentals of the position building relationship with him off the field and in in in a trust that I mean Zeke's you know he's not the only one the other d linan as well but Zeke will run through a wall uh for Jess and uh I'm excited to watch him play tonight I really am you got that Dan Campbell look going on down now I got to tell you let let me ask you this what decides the outcome of the game today [Music] line of scrimmage uh you know I think the line of scrimmage is going to be big uh it starts there and it ends there but we got to be able to control the football uh field position is going to be big in this game especially with the unknowns they going into a first game we got to possess the football we got to tackle well in space uh you know we've got to play efficient ball we we we can't be we have to have you know when we take our chances they have to be calculated uh we we can't be risky and I think in first games everybody's trying to figure out uh figure out each other you know figure out their own team figure out the other team figure out the flow of the game so you know what might start off slow uh you know then it'll pick up it's the second third and fourth quarter but we got to play full 60 minutes we really do and then you know we've prepared well uh we practiced well uh expect our guys to go out and play hard today and we'll see what happens at the end roots of alignment saying the game will be one on the line of scrimmage and challenge for the tech defense last year Brent we certainly wish you the best thank you for spending some time with us appreciate you guys go Jack starter on the offensive line alumnus leading the jackets you know starting back in 1988 was when American football first came over here and there were high school games that were played over the last few days four American teams couple of teams from Europe playing here in Ireland but you know today Ireland always seems to call people back home and it's Jen L joined us Jen it's seems that you know you look at a special teamer for the yellow jackets and it'll be a really unique afternoon and opportunity for him certainly will be reys you know this is pretty identifiable back in the States and easy to find but about a decade ago when punter from Georgia Tech David Shanahan went looking for one of these here in Ireland he couldn't find one anywhere and that was just the initial hurdle in a journey that has spanned three continents and today brings him back to where it all began began I grew up in a place called Castle Island like 3 and 1 half hours from [Music] Dublin pretty small town by 2,000 people sport was definitely kind of a focal point of my childhood I pretty much played everything growing up two main sports are probably gay like football and rugby gay football is like soccer mix with rugby and bit of basketball thrown in probably the biggest sport in growing up in Ireland Georgia Tech punter David Shanahan would watch American football on his computer even at a young age he says he noticed that a number of the Specialists were International like him which inspired David to use that same computer to buy a $30 plastic football and a chance first time I pointed American football I'd say I was about 16 in my backyard I had no idea that I wasn't like a a real football or what a real football looked like at the start I didn't really want anyone to know I was kicking American footballs so I'd get up at like 5:00 a.m. before anyone woke up and I just cycle to our local football field you watch guys on TV they make it look so easy they're so effortless but it's actually really hard in 2019 when David was 18 he continued his punting education at Pro kick Australia a well-known kicking Academy that trans positions International athletes to the American game but then Co shut down competition worldwide and David found himself back in Ireland punting to the cows on his uncle's dairy farm football fields were all closed so we just go up there with three or four footballs and I'd kick him and my brother Rob would chase him and cows were looking at us neighbors were looking at us but I didn't have any concept of saving my leg back then so I'd probably rip 200 it's my leg fell off in 2021 he became the first Irish born college football player to earn a full scholarship when he began his career at Georgia Tech and four weeks into that season against a ranked UNC Squad he had his welcome to the league moment I kick the ball I'm looking up and this dude just cleans me shoulder straight to the chest Shanahan was just blistered on the punt that looked pretty rough right there it looked pretty rough trainers are asking me if I'm all right I like I think I'm okay I remember my Mom calling me after the game and she's like I thought they weren't supposed to hit you was like me too Mom and now as he opens his senior season in Ireland back where it all began he knows the next generation of Irish punters is watching him you can see there's a lot more International guys coming over now that's something that I'm proud of looking back it was definitely a lot harder than I thought it would be but I mean I'd do it 10 times over if I had to still pretty surreal the way it all kind of worked [Music] out can't even imagine the emotions that David Shanahan is going to feel today as he takes the field here in Ireland his home country and when we asked him who are some of the American punters whose videos you would pull up on the Internet who you studied well there was only one and he had Irish blood pumping through his veins as well guys Patrick mcae have you heard of him Lads yeah Jen incredible peace and uh shout out to Dave Shanahan obviously he is going to demolish footballs all over this Stadium today and all year for Georgia Tech and I think if you look at the ball kicking countries like mentioned gay football and you mention Australia Aussie Rules Football in Scotland there's rugby Jamie Gill it it has been a great way to expand our game internationally is through these kickers and uh obviously Shanahan and Charlie Smith who's currently kicking for the Saints is a big Irish success story as well you know what you look at uh Shanahan here he's got about a hundred people who are going to be here to watch him and Haynes King told him the other day he said no what a shame all your countrymen coming to see and all they're going to see you do is hold on Pat yeah hey that's a dream come true punters don't want to punt they want to have points afterwards but if you got a ball the ball a little bit Shanahan will do that I can't wait to watch him 91 minutes away from the kickoff of the ACC and the ACC will get started today we're closing in on the start of the Big 12 season which has a whole new look who two Cornerstone programs are gone Texas and Oklahoma you know Sooners won 14 Big 12 titles or half of the crowds in the big 12's existence 10 more than anybody else including Texas but now when you add the four former Pack 12 team to go in add it all up for the American teams that came in last year half of the conference has been in 2 years or less got a couple of new head coaches Jed fish off to Washington Brent Brennan a former GA for dick toy in Arizona now the head coach and Willie Fritz taking over at Houston now as you look at the preseason top 25 in the AP you don't get to a big 12 team till you get to Utah you'll hear people say the Big 12 is deep I don't think it's deep I think the Big 12 is why because you look at the championship ter though you had four Champions different champions in a row and seven of the eight teams in the conference Championship Game the last four years have been different teams so you don't have a deep conference you have a wide conference where everybody's going to play close games everybody's going to be in contention for a while I it really comes down to who's going to stay healthy who who can take advantage of Health in in a better schedule on paper Utah looks to be the team to be we all love cam Rising we miss cam Rising it's great to see him back and let's be honest what Cyn in Ham's done they're coming off a disappointing year 8 and5 last year you got a veteran defense keithy that's back to tight end I think Utah is the team to beat in that wide conference that you're talking about I I definitely agree with that uh Kirk uh with the quarterback coming back and the culture of toughness they have at Utah I think it's going to be you know that their their conference to win but I think Oklahoma state with all the experience they have coming back Kansas state with Avery John very impressive quarter and they always play good defense Candace has jayen Daniels and some really good players so but I think Utah because of their physical style of play and cam Rising coming back is going to be the difference I agree with you Kirk I like Utah style of play but you said can they stay healthy right teams in this conference can cam Rising stay healthy that's a big question mark guys don't sleep on UCL they got KJ Jefferson the quarterback from Arkansas may be like in that cam he not going be cam cam was a monster but you getus m on with KJ I think he can bring out the potential so make you watch out for UCF BR here he comes everybody knows that the Big 12 runs through Morgantown westre he and gar green is going to run wild and they got a big run against Penn State they win that game okay now we're talking but Oklahoma State what Ali Gordon was able to do after week three last year they kind of dropped them in offensive Line's back all H Gordon's back Gundy cut his mullet but he said it's going to be back in like 6 weeks or so defense is ready to go the big 12 is going to be electrifying per usual but West Virginia Oki State obviously are the two at the top and all these team well seems like we've hit every team isn't it a perfect year for Iowa State end it a perfect year for them to just kind of have a chance to get up there and get to that conference Championship one of the two or three most experience what I'm saying it be just like Matt Campbell this year I'm I'm rooting for Pat and the West Virginia Mountaineers I didn't pick him but I'm Roo hell yeah he's a West Virginia guy at the end of the day yeah he's a hill belly from way back Kirk likes to bust my chops you know when I'll sneak in a production and go oh look at him he thinks he has the the answer key yeah is Kansas Stanford they're going to the playoff man pole without home stadium wow yeah that's right they'll be playing they're play games all over the place that's a big call Jaylen d i I agree with youah I I like idea of Utah with the portal what they've done they' brought in a bunch of wide receivers and now with Cam be able to throw the football coach touch on the toughness that Utah brings to the table that that's that's an Odon favor I will keep an eye on buid and Arizona I was no one brought up no one brought him up Brett Bren is a great coach and if they could stay healthy I think depth in this league we talked about the injuries you got to keep your quarterback healthy that's huge in this league because when you look at other rosters there's a lot of teams that took guys from this another League we're sitting here talking about getting to eight nine teams it's it's I think that's where college 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old quarterback DJ ouanga L started his career at Clemson believed to be the air of parent to Trevor and then you look at how it went last year playing for Jonathan Smith at Oregon State he started 12 games and many around the fla State program will tell you showed great growth playing in that Pro style system for Smith in corval so before the trip to Ireland DJ uang gifted every player on the seol team a pair of Beats headphones earlier this season before they went to ACC media days logical Choice was to take their their veteran quarterback they had acquired in the portal let him talk about the team DJ suggested that maybe a member of the ACC Championship Squad from last year would be a better fit selfless Alex Atkins our offensive coordinator saying that's how he's established himself by being humble being a leader but make no mistake about it if the seminol are going to reach their potential and their goals to make the college football playoff DJ OU angal is going to have to be front and center spent time with the DJ man DJ oual is back in the ACC DJ officially has decided to transfer from Oregon state to Florida State he's also going to get the opportunity to play Clemson so nothing like fllying your new relationship in front of that old ex we got dju in the building first off looking good in garding of gold my friend yeah appreciate that bro yeah absolutely what went into the decision of coming to Florida State just trying to find a place where I feel I can get better at a place where it's the best fit me a coaching staff a coach the offense that's going to be able to fit me in my skill set and I mean I found it here with coach norel and everybody else here my thing was hey how can I make this program better and how can you make me better those honest conversations I'm be able to have a course and you know I haven't had that a lot some of the places I've been like that's that's something I value and I enjoy young rifles one complete and there's the arm Talent that's what dju brings to a football team that ability at stand in there and unleash a rocket as far as this offense you know under coach Nel um how does it fit your game he bases his offense Around The Playmakers he has on his team so the quarterbacks the receivers to the running backs like his offense changes each and every year he's able to adapt to the guys on his team I think for him it's going to be a challenge cuz we have a lot of Playmakers but that's a good thing going back to your time at Clemson you were Anointed The Chosen One after Trevor Lawrence five-star recruit coming out of high school play well your freshman year uh really show the country who you could be now you're here at Florida State on your third stop how do you focus on what's ahead of you versus what's in the past yeah yeah I think you got to be able to still look into the past understand like hey what did you do wrong and learn from that cuz in the end of the day like the past is the past you don't want to think about too much but you want to be able to learn from that feel like I have a lot of experience under my belt but there's a lot of stuff yeah I want to show on camera I want to show on the field and just go out there and just ball for my teammates all right DJ we got the film here man we got a couple plays last year Oregon State at home versus Washington National Champion runner up pre snap explain what this route concept you going to have here we need to get some points get Drive rolling we have double post right here we have like a drag SL bounce like a climb so he's going to drag pass the wheel depending on how he plays and he's going to bounce right over this mik backer and I love this play man because your ball protection here in this pocket I mean there's a lot of chaos going on this is a pretty good Saucy defensive line you do an excellent job here just two hands on the football when you break the pocket just flipping your hips nice and easy man I mean this is a 25 yard ball two your left and throwing this on a dime where you protect your receiver I mean these are the types of Concepts that you like too right definitely yeah deep yeah kind of like that grid game again you do an excellent job of climbing the pocket getting out buying time dang first down good guys all right spring game love this throw got press man on the corners we got good speed with Malik out there God look at that made a hell of a catch right here it's a hell of a throw look at your feet bro no indecision you already see it pre-nap oh you down okay cool cool I'm put my guy on your guy see who wins man I don't care if this is chant Bailey I don't care if this Deion Sanders it don't matter I mean BBS they can't cover this stuff man that hip flip bang beautiful your fifth year senior looking at the situation you come into a 13 and0 team from last year the orange bow was what it was but now you're the guy do you feel like you have something to prove now uh I want to say I have something to prove like the outside knowers whatever people say they have opinions about me whatever that doesn't really bother me or anything like that in my heart I know what kind of player I am I belong here on the stage and I just want to go out there and show the rest of the world that I believe in myself oh no DJ said it didn't matter if it was Deion Sanders he's not going to be able to ask any more questions I'm just kidding there's dju the veteran he's been a guy you know Mike norell has been renowned for tailoring his offense to what his quarterback strengths are you ask those around the program they go arm strength man dju has been showing out as Pete thill rejoins us now Pete 58% of the starts for Florida State last year came from transfers had 10 guys drafted nine of those were transfers they've done a great job in the portal who are the guys who are aspiring to be the next Jared verse well ree I've had multiple NFL Scouts who've gone through Tallahassee this summer tell me they expect Florida State to have the best starting defensive line in all of college football how they built that dline is instructive to how Mike norell has built the program hey some cheers from the seals that's nice there's two transfers on the defensive line three tackle Daryl Jackson and then an edge named Marvin Jones Jr you remember may remember his dad with the big shoulder pads Marvin Jones he's a seminal Hall of Famer and then there's two returners Joshua farmer and Patrick pton they red shirted were recruits of Mike noral who've come in and grown up in the program if those two transfers have the production to match their potential don't be surprised if we see four seols drafted in the top 100 this year in the NFL draft that will be the identity of this defense going to be a handful you talked to the SEMO offensive coaches about dealing with them and scrimmage and Payton's put on some weight or buddy Bill Connelly does that Havoc play thing and among those with 500 plays Payton was one of the top guys in the country Portal's been something that's been really important to Florida State how do you how do you assess how it's being used now well you know the portal has evolved in the beginning the portal was just an instrument for a player to show everybody that he wanted to transfer there was no name image and likeness so he was just looking for a different opportunity to play you had name image and likeness to it and you got free agency when you have free agency you got agents all right so you got people out there that you can actually evaluate that are in the portal but you also have people that you can just call and say hey I need a right end I need a left tackle I need a tail back and those people know who's going to get into the portal and can help you bring them to your program and you know in a lot of cases there are Financial ramifications now which is a part of college football but the portal has really evolved through the years over the last 3 or four years that you can really build your roster and help your team tremendously through the portal and the resources to know who's in the portal and how good they are okay so I brought this up earlier about Iowa and Kirk fence being uh suspended for a game because of tampering for Cade mcamera two years ago seems Petty seems dumb I think the future of the NCAA is good though so I just would like to go on the record of that Charlie Baker is going to figure it out but whenever you talk about being able to talk to people and saying hey I need a tackle I need an end those agents obviously so they know who is potentially going to go in do they potentially tell people if you go in there's three teams that are looking is it just like NFL free agency race right now basically absolutely so you don't really have to tamper with a guy because there's always a third party that you can be involved with know the one thing I like to say is when I retired there were people camped out in Tuscaloosa to get players to go in the portal so if they wanted to look at somebody tampering they should have done a little investigation right there do you see it staying do you think it's going to stay the same or do you think it's going to change in the future of the sport no I I think it'll change in the future I think the the court case will bring a new era and a new way to distribute money and share with players which I think they should have the opportunity and still have name image en likeness opportunity yeah I think name image en likeness is important I really do but I think it's being used in the wrong way and when you combine it with the portal then obviously you do have free agency I guess what is the answer moving forward is not going to change right this train has left the station and there's no bringing it back so allegedly I I I think it is coming back I think this lawsuit's going to create some parameters there'll be some people hate to use the term Revenue sharing but there will be some of that okay and name image and likeness well there'll be some system where you you can't just pay players right their market value has to equal what they're getting for whatever they do from a marketability standpoint I lawyer I've been sued by Brett Favre before so I've been through the entirety of the situation but what Charlie Baker laid out was this injunction which is going to get approved by a judge q1 next year will give 10 years pretty much what everybody's heard is just 20 million bucks from the school that'll operate like a salary cap seemingly for these schools and for these teams and they're allowed the ones to be negotiating with the players as opposed to a thirdparty entity like a collective or something else it'll be more so driven by the school and they think it'll be regular ated a lot better when that comes to you got sued by Brett farre I got sued by the photographer who took the picture of my pose in the Ohio State game that went off as side hey shout out to all the lawyers out there you guys are great absolutely and the other thing too to wrap that up something that might function somewhat similar to a contract a little bit more there might be a little there might be Financial skin in the game for the players if they want to enter the transfer portal leave after it's going to get figured out but right now it is chaos right now it is it's a little bit different we look at Florida State Alex Atkins are offensive coordinator serving the suspension allegedly according for reports could the drove recruit somewhere dropped him off for an nil meeting seems ridiculous anyway here are the home do Depot doers of the week who all came all the way from United States to be part of this special show the first International edition of college game day here in Dublin today we thank them for being happy birthday to Mom there celebrating are the Bulldogs headed back on top we'll talk about the SEC they have a milro Quinn you Jackson Dart I'd have a 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meats it's I love this game it's so hard the one you never ever know about I'm on the next level now what a strike it's so on left fo It [Applause] [Music] Go week zero beating through our chest for college game day in Dublin let's go we knew the Irish knew how to party he didn't have anything to do with them not getting in playoffs and I didn't either do we have real football happening today don't know too big of a [Applause] [Music] break nearing the top of the hour College Green Downtown Dublin Ireland steps away from Trinity University about a mile and a half away from AA Stadium where that goldfish perhaps will be making the track over to see Georgia Tekken Florida State pain since earlier before the show it down took a picture with them I'm celebrating an anniversary here Great Signs in the crowd and keeping with our tradition good to see that been able to carry that on over [Music] here oh they're here to come to game day and get married we T we showed you a s old couple that got married earlier Desmond says play Warren Davis Warren Davis is that right is that what you're say is that your guy or or could be guy negative negative the committee stole my other side that's right it wasn't Kirk it was the committee dad oh omage to Bobby Bowen with the dad gmit garnet and Gold Have going to find that opening pot of gold here oh Pat marus he getting a little love over here we miss you Corel he'll be here next week scooter for State Legend will be back next week and know look at this from T I'm looking for man in football trust fun 56 blue eyes Nikki s hey I love it sorry lady he's taken by Miss right there what a wonderful L tou sa it also say 62 it's all lies all lies all she got on me because she says I never asked her to dance after you asked her the dance so you got me in trouble me and Miss Terry Irish yday hey Nick it won't be the last time you get you in trouble you know football is something that's being learned here it has a history dating back to 1988 with American college football but there are some games J Sims that are a little more ingrained in the Irish culture so Ree picture this Steve Dez and I walk onto a field to play a game right but it's not baseball it's not football it's not lacrosse it's not soccer it's not rugby it's all of those Sports Plus hockey minus the pads it's called hurling and Ireland has been playing the sport for over 3,000 years welcome to Parnell Park home of the dobes we're with our guy Nisha Nisha what are we doing today today we're going to learn all about Ireland's national sport which is [Music] hling but to get started we have a few Superstars to help so you need to get dressed we are dressed no I need properly dressed all righty where's the rest of the kit oh you're going to find out all right this is a h this is a slitter we're going to practice Rising the jab lift all right so Ashling doblin kogi Captain is going to show us how to do a jab lift all right let go okay so dominant hand at the Top non-dominant Hand at the bottom HL flat with the ground going to use the skinny part under it and flick it up do you want to do a competition oh yeah okay come on somebody count 10 you have to use two hands 10 no no no you can do one hand if you want but keep I'm there always way in the crowd there always three two one oh just hit mine one two Jess is hammering you by the way four five let's go how many did she get seven let's go wow now that we've got the slitter on our hand you want to run with it okay so we're going to do what's called a solar run where you put the slitter on your H my man Nigel here from Tipper area is going to show you exactly what I'm talking about what up though all right guys most importantly grip in the middle protect it on the H and off you go speed speed speed we go here we go that was rehearsal natur natur now we're on to the most important part scoring one point between the uprights three points into the net we have our man here eight time all irand Champion Aiden fogy going to show you how to strike and we have two time all irand champion and Dublin goalkeeper sha Brennan he's going to try stop your shots one shot each face guys right ball in the hand show it up like baseball just strike it through okay woo good [Music] baby Nisha crew this was so much fun clearly we're going to keep our day jobs guys hurling good way better you don't want to record that one do you Jeff it's only week zero and my team is already doing me dirty let me set the record straight okay once I had the proper sized hurl I was cracking that thing okay and asked Stephen does this I went 3 and0 in that jab LIF competition my PR is 10 hey I was bragging on her when an athlete she was absolutely until she took a swing I am she is the guy who was teaching us Nisha yeah he's actually a huge Green Bay Packers Fan oh okay it's because we saw Desmond Howard play with the Green Bay Packers tomorrow's his no and tomorrow's his birthday that's what he told me happy bir happy birthday happy birthday Nisha what a sport this is the slitter here yes what the name of the ball slitter slitter slitter slitter it doesn't bounce until Stanford Steve throws in a meeting yesterday and it bounces and destroys a mock yep good thing you didn't throw it near that Crystal helmet you hey man that thing be moving though for real I was not listening they had incredible skills yeah it is it's good B they bounce the ball around the set here there might be a lot of bouncing around in the FC with Texas and Oklahoma officially becoming members the 16 team conference boy what a rude welcome Oklahoma gets they play six teams ranked in the preseason poll four of them away from Norman four in the top 11 too at least they missed Georgia Mike Elco one of three new head coaches in the SEC as big sa leaves Alabama kayin de boor there Jeff Bevy takes over at Mississippi State Elco coming from duke to Texas A&M and in the preseason top 25 Georgia number W 46 62 votes Bama Old Miss Missouri LSU Tennessee in the top 15 and Oklahoma in also rank the last 20 years two decades only twice has the SEC gone consecutive years without winning a national championship so if you believe that history they're due and with the expanded field uh used to be the argument Nick about whether the SEC would get two teams in it might be a much higher number this time around well and I think this is my big thing about the way we set up the playoffs I'm glad we have the playoffs and I guess politically we had to do it the way we did it to get it where it is but you have conferences that have the first team ranked number 14 we have four or five teams ranked before 14 so to get the best teams in and they're all going to play each other we cannot put so much emphasis on record you you you have to go by quality of opponent quality wins you know strength of schedule because Georgia Texas Alabama OMS LSU Missouri I mean all these teams Oklahoma they all have a chance to have a good enough season to be in the playoffs but they're all going to play each other so somebody's got to lose so anyway that's just my pet peeve about getting the best teams in the playoffs yeah he he he needs to join you guys on Tuesday nights when you guys do that thing next week will be a a good discussion to kind of talk about the new playoff and what they're mandating you know they want the best teams and regardless of their well you look at the additions right Texas is I think built to play in the SEC the big thing about Texas is they understood like we can beat Oklahoma but we need to beat the SEC teams and they built their roster to be able to sustain that level of play in the SEC so I think that Texas is going to have a measure of success I still think Georgia is the top dog be aware of Missouri you mentioned Missouri they had 11 wins a year ago they bring back Luther bird who may be the best receiver in college football and Brady cook and don't forget when they played Georgia a year ago Kirby Smart was very complimentary of the way Missouri play and they they beat Ohio State in the bowl game so this is a team to keep an eye on the Missouri Tigers yeah I agree with you I BR cook has a chance to really lead that team some great things B they're loaded we've been bracing for this and now it's here Texas and Oklahoma we've been debating who's built for it who's ready for it and now we're going to find out but if you look at the schedules between Oklahoma and Texas boy Oklahoma has a grind uh Texas has a trip to an arbor on top of going into the SEC but I think we're all anxious to see how Texas and Oklahoma their styles of play I heard you talking yesterday about Oklahoma's very skilled but are they build in the trenches for the week in and week out pounding that they'll take in that conference and I think Sark because of his experience with you probably ahead of time has built the trenches on both sides to be prepared for this but time will tell but I can't wait to see those brands in that conference competing I mean somebody on this table had Texas and Georgia in the SEC Championship it I didn't say did you say that I didn't say that did you say that did you say that I that was this guy this guy knows more about the SEC than anybody in the history of the SEC and has Texas making it to the championship which would be obviously an insane run to come into the Southeastern Conference with how great it always is from top to bottom and be able to make it the whole way I think the big question for me is obviously Georgia is going to be Georgia but like Kaylin dor coming in to the SEC with the Alabama team I'm very fascinated they're still ranked very very high milro is back yet again there's some leaders that have stuck around there with his absence I'll be excited to see if Alabama Remains the team in the SEC well I think we all I want to come to you on this I think we all think kayin dor is a great coach a great coach absolutely but stepping into that that the shadow of Nick Sav I'm just curious what you think they have great players they're gonna have a great team but what is he G to experience being the coach after you there in tuscal well all I can tell you is I went and watched last week's scrimmage on Saturday and that team still has the same culture you know they had when I was the coach they play with toughness they play with great effort they execute well they've got good discipline so kin has done a really good job he's had to replace some players because so many guys transferred but I really think Alabama with Jaylen milro uh the two running backs that they have I was worried about the defense but I think the defense really impressed me you know in this scrimmage that they have come along so if they can play the kind of Defense especially in the secondary because they lost so many players in the secondary they're going to be right up there challenging people but I'm going to say something about the SEC and the scheduling if you look at everybody's schedule Missouri has the easiest path to get in the championship game Georgia has one of the toughest paths to get in the champion sh game they got to go to oh miss they got to go to Texas they got to go to Alabama so it's not all equal in the way these schedules are kind of set up as hard as people tried to make them that way it was just difficult with all the changes so that's going to have something to say about who gets in the championship game and then is it going to be an advantage to get in the SEC Championship game or a disadvantage we talked about that before too but I see six or seven teams that have a chance to win this but somebody has to prove they can beat Georgia the only people who have beaten Georgia in the last two or three years is Alabama so somebody's got to prove that they can Georg what about Lane kein this year right this feels like the the old Miss year preseason top 10 not when yeah Bingo it feels like this is the year for o Miss and for Lane kein to kind of do it two transfers on the defensive line too I think for Texas A&M and Florida so they beef up that entire thing is this the year for Old Miss but to your point schedule not easy at all down there but you know what to that point Steve old misses schedule they don't play Alabama this year they don't play Texas they get Georgia who goes on the road for everybody and Oklahoma at home so it's it's set up pretty well for them we've talked about the portal all day and he's the portal King self-proclaimed right Lan kein but when you look at what he's done and bringing papon the defensive line helping there I think in three three transfer Cycles he's brought in 26 four and five star guys I believe Jackson Dart has the goods now to compete with they have they've struggled against Alabama and Georgia you mentioned don't play Alabama they get Georgia to their place I believe Old Miss is set up for a monster season they make the championship game yes okay look out for for some depth we talked depth in all these other conferences look out for Tennesseee quarterback play is going to be interesting A&M what's been missing in A&M in I think our opinions has just been that togetherness that old school kind of what you'd expect from A&M I think mik Elco will create that they got a heck of a quarterback there and I think all is a team everybody's forgetting about Hugh freeze calling plays Payton Thorne almost as if people just dismiss him he's got receivers to throw to now Auburn could be a thorn in the side in that conference was it four what last year against Auburn I think Auburn's going to be the most improved team in the league I I really do but back to Old Miss Old Miss is going to look like an SEC team up front they've got new offensive linemen they got defensive linemen they couldn't beat us and they couldn't beat Georgia not because of their skill not because of their play call not because of the way they were coached but they couldn't match up in the trenches and I think they'll be able to do that this year so they're going to be right there couple of those big transfers Walter noan from A&M going to Old Miss Prince Ley mommy Ellen coming from Florida great pass rusher too so old Miss set up we went ahead and said it not now whenn for hotti tody gosh Mighty they've never been championship game I'm sure hey Lane win okay jeez have have a have a Coke and a smile Lane it's game day in College Station next Saturday morning 9:00 a.m. eastern time Fighting Irish coming down there looking forward to going down and saying howdy to our friends 12 team playoff picks hypothetical situations predictions before them to play things that Nick may or may not be getting used to and our guest picker Sheamus from here in duin this man took me around time last night and we tried to drink it dry I don't think anybody's ever accomplished that and here come the simal unconquered top 10 in the country getting ready to take on [Applause] [Music] Geor 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highest ranked Conference champions plus the next seven highest ranked teams as determined by the cfp selection committee the four highest ranked Conference champions will be seated 1 through four and receive first round buys with the fifth highest ranked conference Champion being seated where it was ranked or at number 12 if its final ranking lands outside of the top 12 so that's who gets in which brings us to where and when the games we play the eight team seated 5 through 12 12 will play in the first round starting on December 20th with the team seated 5 through 8 hosting a home game meeting the pageantry of oncampus college football is coming to the playoff for the first time man that is going to be incredible from there the playoff will play out as dictated by the bracket with no receding between rounds the quarterfinals and semifinals will be played at traditional New Year 6 bowl game locations followed by the national championship game in Atlanta where our first 12 team college football playoff National Champion will be crowned on January 20th only on ESPN Kirk did a beautiful job explaining that let me show you how this would look in practice let's say we had that system with the conference affiliations that we had a year ago now the rankings from the college football playoff committee on the left side of your screen this is pretty straightforward Michigan Washington Texas Alabama the four highest ranked conference Champion that's not controversial that's numbers 1 2 3 and four with Florida State getting the fifth spot number five but here's what you have to get ready for is starting to look at what it would have looked like in 2022 the previous year now the college football playoff rankings on the left again pretty easy at the start Georgia SCC Champion number one Michigan Big 10 Champion number two but why are Clemson and Utah getting the buys because if you look at the rankings TCU Ohio state Alabama Tennessee not Conference champions therefore they can't get the buy into the quarterfinal then you start seeing them after that Clemson would have been the third seed as the champions of the ACC and with the Pack 12 still in existence Utah would have been the fourth seed then you go back to the rankings and fill out the rest and in this case Jan which would have been ranked just outside the top 12 would have gotten the the final bit we're showing you this because I want you to get ready the rankings may not look like the seedings so that's a important piece of terminology to think about rankings versus seed yeah so if Notre Dame's two at the end they're five they're five not that's what Nick was talking about earlier Notre Dame cannot be receivable by into the quarterfinals of the bracket the highest they can be seated is five Desmond 12 Team Bracket who's in yours first of all the tutorial you did Kirk was brilliant I was on my phone I had to par to take notes it was brilliant our 12 teams Oregon Georgia Miami Utah Texas oh miss let's go Lane Ohio State Michigan Oklahoma Clemson notra Dame and Liberty like I like where your heads at there with your Champions who's a champion you got Utah you said you liked them earlier out of the Big 12 fascinating got to keep cam healthy he's a pig farmer right no no is he the pig farmer no no we had a great time out of Utah last he was on the show yeah they were fantastic beautiful too Nick who you got your 12 team Brack well I I've got Georgia Ohio State Florida State Utah those are my four byy teams then Texas Oregon Alabama and Old Miss the next four the two teams that haven't been talked about very much is Penn State and LSU I think I think Penn State has got a really good team a good culture they would have been in the playoff with the 12 team playoff the last couple years years I think LSU I think Garrett nesm is going to be one of the alltime sleepers in college football this year a quarterback LSU always had skilled guys they're talking about all the receivers they lost you could shake a tree in Louisiana and and guys will fall out so I got Liberty getting in and then you know you're going to have some teams that are in that 12 spot like Missouri Clemson Tennessee I mean and it's going to be it's going to be crazy how much do you love that huh making the predictions isn't that fun have fun this is the ultimate hypothetical situation and Matt Garrett and Jonathan Wy yeah if you were in the press conference right now you would be getting eight out by me yeah absolutely big red behind the scenes tells we need these answers producer Aid out I'd be wearing them out G just had a dream come true though yeah yeah I'm gonna I'm going to start uh the four teams that I think are good to buy with the conference Championship I'm going to go with Georgia coming out of the SEC I'm with you Ohio State Clemson I have in the ACC Utah coming out of the Big 12 and then after that I got Oregon Texas Missouri and Penn State you mentioned Penn State I have them all getting the buys and there's the teams that are going to have to go to ride Boise state is that group of five at 12 they'll be on the road Michigan I do have in the playoff Florida State I have in the playoff Notre Dame I have in the playoff at 9 and I two that are just on the outside I got Old Miss cuz I want to like you guys said if not when kind of thing to see if this year they can get over the hump and beat some of those big teams and Oklahoma state two on the outside I have P State and Alabama I didn't mention those two okay all right we'll thank you for the heads up you you you totally disrespected Alabama man I can't believe that well you know what Kirk did put Florida State in there though I did Nick did not so they they've left to head to the stadium already they got a game to K just tried to win them back over they're gone being honest chance I have a little different uh confence Champions I I see the same picture you guys see Georgia I think obviously Ohio state with the big 10 West Virginia is going to win the Big 12 Virginia Tech I think wins the ACC now they're at plus a th right now so that's quite a long shot if you want to go ahead and pull the trigger on a team with 20 starters returning Boise State I think they're the power five group or a group of five that's coming out Old Miss dancing Florida State Michigan Alabama Oregon Utah in Texas round it out and then look out for Oklahoma State and if Penn State can survive that week one matchup in Morgan toown there's a chance they they get in there as well but what I think what we're all saying here is we have dreamt of this situation last year when we were talking about what the 12 team playoff could look like in the middle of the Season we put it up and we were just like that would be awesome all of those different 12 team brackets right there would be awesome the home field advantage too in that first round so we really get to celebrate what college football is about it's going to be a wonderful season I love what coach keeps bringing up at all of our meetings you know whether it's been Zoom or even this week he he you love the idea that instead of talking four and then maybe five six and seven and everyone else it's almost like you're eighth or ninth in the country it's like it's irrelevant now it's going to open up September October into November it's not just the 12 it's going to be 13 14 15 16 178 maybe into the 20s of thinking man if we can win that game and finish 9 and three we we're still in this thing we still got a shot and in the past that hope was gone they had no chance of being in that discussion that's that's exciting yeah if you lost one game unless you lost ear like we did to Texas last year if you lost one game anywhere toward the back half of the Season you're out and I but I do think that that's going to create something for teams like Georgia that are going to have to bounce back if they have a loss and be able to you know go play keep getting better because that's how it is in the NFL you know in the NFL if the owners could have their way everybody' be eight and8 after 16 weeks so that every fan basee is still there week 17 all right so you're going to have more of that in college football now which we've never had before which is going to be fantastic well I think the reason why you bring it up too is because coaches talking to their team after one devastating loss in a lot of cases it's like well what do we still want to play what do we still now it's like you got something to play for boom still got messaging still got dreams everything in front of you yep your mic's off C off again I think the biggest thing also guys is the idea with all those teams and the multiple teams from the conference is nobody's saying we're going to have a undefeated team like there's going to be te fans fans are going to have to get used to seeing multiple losses next to teams in that bracket which we haven't seen to your point coach you talked about losing in one game at the end and you're out now you're going to see teams with multiple losses even losing late that was to question and the other the other point is how are we going to perceive the teams that lose the conference Championship Game forever it's been you're out you and now I almost STI you're automatically in knowing the road it is with no more divisions and how how well you have to play season yeah there have been a few instances you know where teams have lost Conference Championship Georgia you know lost Conference Championship Game Bas not last year we're going to have nine and three teams in this playoff and we how great is that you know Nick I just mean it's that's we we may never see a team just go undefeated and win it all it's really incumbent on the ready to look at how you played how you won who you played when you did it all of those things instead of just stacking them up say all the zeros go ahead of all the ones not what it is that's been the biggest Travis how many games you win not strength or schedule where you played who you lost to how you lost all those things matter yeah well you got to you got to remember though with this great sport that we all love we are trying to undo about a hundred years of history and tradition of the way they've been stacked up and used to vote for national championships we're closing in on the kickoff of St Georgia Teck old Crimson piecing together a schedule the two pack the pack two still left along here they are straight now the crowd has stood out because the stadium is about a mile and a half away getting ready for the start of week zero man they put on a show for us this morning here at College Green EXO factors of this weak zero start between Florida State and Georgia Tech we've heard a little bit from norell and from Brent key about some of those things and Sheamus will be here at our celebrity guest pick Arby's is full of choices you can get your favorite stuff three for $5 PR good incredible value reach 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matches in this quiet little neighborhood where Dubliners can reach out their window and touch the stadium on the weekends this place turns into a Cathedral of noise and [Applause] energy all the work all the planning has led to this day and this place it feels poetic this week as college football this most American of games comes back to the country where so many American families began where so many continue to nurture and protect their Roots Ireland is a mythical place of churches and cows ghosts and family secrets and traditions of people who both Revere home and also leave it generation after generation the college game sure feels at home here a place where a pregame drink or three or seven sounds about right [Applause] so raise a glass to the college game finally being back irand and Dublin are a place rooted in tribalism faith and in honoring the triumphs and Sorrows of the [Music] [Applause] past there were triumphs there were Sorrows for the seminal a year ago and now putting it behind them starting this 2024 season against Yellow Jackets as Florida State taking the field and Georgia Tech hoping to pull the upset against a 10th ranked team in the country they're led by Haynes King who visited with Katie George Haynes you led a record-breaking offense a year ago what can we expect from your group today given all the key pieces are back just go out there have fun play fast and be disciplined Florida State lost a lot of key pieces on defense still extremely talented what are some points of emphasis for you today against this defense just control what we can control uh got to execute uh communication is going to be big um coming on and off the field and that that's the main thing just be us speaking of communication there's some subtle differences this season especially for quarterbacks what's it been like using the inh helmet communication oh it's wonderful you know I I get to play earlier uh now we get to have a faster operation just because of that well best of luck today thanks thank you coach's son from the state of Texas started his career Texas A&M he's been terrific he's going to have to when he played well last year they had an opportunity to win Kirk when he didn't they really did yeah I I just listen to him talk there with Katie just has a a presence about it you know I mean and to be able to deal with high school football in the state of Texas with a dad who's around that his whole life he's got composure he's got Poise so I don't think this atmosphere of the travel or any of that to have him leading your to give you a chance to compete I think is big I think at the end of the day we had Brent Keon earlier it's about the line of scrimmage especially in week one can they physically match up against Florida State who is completely reloaded with Adam Fuller their defensive coordinator we know about the edge guys with Marvin Jones coming over from Georgia we know about Patrick pyton but the interior can Brent key take some of the pressure off of hannes K with a 16 turnover or interceptions last year by getting that running game with Jamal Haynes going today well you know what I think is because because the way this quarterback plays they're in Wildcat people don't know what Wildcat is but they're running quarterback runs every other play multiple formations multiple motions and I think one of the things that defensive coordinators have really gotten into with all these no huddle looks is they they call the picture in other words a team comes out and what I call dolphin which is 2x two four wide and that's what that they call the defense that works best against that you're going to see with the communication to the quarterback you're going to see more huddles you're going to see more speed breaks you're going to see more shifts and motions on offense so that the defensive coordinators can't do that and I think Georgia Tech does that as well as anybody they have an extra Gap every time they run the ball because of the quarterback runs so if they can make some explosive plays they have an advantage for themselves but I think Florida State obviously has the bigger faster team yeah and on the other side they're showing DJ OU angal right there a fantastic name but also very mature you know if you think about what happened with B Nicks when he was at Auburn runs out of town gets sent up to Oregon now obviously plays a lot of ball there DJ Clemson out of town lot of ball in Oregon state gets better comes back with Norville the team they have the size they have the maturity that DJ oui angal has on the football field now it's going to be a great this is going to be a fantastic game to start the entire season I agree with you and don't forget now they want to run the ball don't get it twisted Florida State they were return four offensive lineman from a year ago they have a stable of running backs people talk about how DJ is built he can run the ball too he's a dual threat quarterback but he's more of a pocket passer he wants to sit back there because of his maturity now he wants to go through his progression read the defenses see things that maybe a younger quarterback wouldn't be able to see and that's what he brings to this Florida State offense now Florida State didn't run the ball well last year it was the worst rushing offense norell had had since at Memphis in 2016 to point Memphis Toof is the guy you're seeing there but royell Williams who was on coaches uh backfield last year he's a guy to watch I'm telling you we just saw him briefly there you're looking at Patrick pton on the defense side right now but to go back to the offense Jaylen Douglas 13 if there's a name to remember today you're going to say who the heck's that transfer out of IU he gets his hands on the ball very different royell Williams more of a thumper can get North and South this Jaylen Douglas they get him in space they got three big time a back it and go Lucas jayen Lucas Jay Lucas apologize Jaylen Lucas I was really impressed with DJ and watching practice yesterday but they have three Alabama players starting for Florida State on offense guard wide receiver and tail back all have been mentioned yeah Malik Benson do just fine on offense how's that make you feel how's that make you feel that's a compliment right obviously a compliment you take it that way yeah I love them okay good they got another receiver too a transfer from LSU named Jaylen Brown Miami kid Lo a lid off on top of a defense make sure you watch out for Jaylen Brown too he may get the start today that's a great call Florida State guys when their offensive coaches told me last night he's had an unbelievable Camp a great call to watch out for him the LSU transfer there is there is Haynes King Kirk you mentioned he turned it over a little bit more than certainly Brent Kier Georgia Tech would have like there's Jamal Han visited with his parents pregame show before they went over to the stadium they were down here in the front row college game day big play threat for the Yellow Jack yeah and and you know coming in they're going to have that Underdog mentality that blue collar approach the brink key has they're going to have to stay in this game they cannot get shocked there's Benson the Alabama transfer who with with with the Keon Coleman stepping away and Johnny Wilson these guys going to the NFL Benson really has to become that vertical threat with that size so Georgia Tech the only way they stay in this game they got to be in it at half not let the game get away from them because of the overall athletic ability this big play ability of Florida State watching this warm-up right is making me feel a certain way you know I listen to that Haynes interview and then now I'm watching how Florida state is acting right now yeah it it appears if the seminal are uh vibing I I do believe is a that that they they were very good high energy in practice yesterday no question but one thing about Georgia Tech that I think Brent key has brought to them they embrace the physical style of play which has helped them I think run the ball more effectively hopefully it'll help them play a little better on defense which could really help them be a lot more successful this year that's the big question is just can they hold up defensively against so much speed size fla yeah size up front Florida State stretches you uh horizontally stretch you vertically and then you got the Run game to deal with with the line of scrimmage that favors them up front number 10 Florida State against Georgia Tech he's never lost to a ranked ACCC opponent we use it because that note is either going to be obsolete or it's going to be foreshadow there seals and like yellow jackets at the top I mean it's real football Happ just watch a real warm up right there I am so excited we're in the middle of Dublin right now it's been a long summer it has been a long summer it's time to get football going and you love hypotheticals you like 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refreshment choose chill celebrate responsibly [Music] been a great morning here in Dublin time now for our AT&T game day checkdown as you watch the work that the crew did they didn't close the street until last night so overnight they built this great set right in the middle of town what great work these guys do part of our family we appreciate all of joined us with the at game day checkdown ree as you mentioned earlier in the show FSU receiver hem Williams is out with a minor injury he's expected back soon but will not be out there at receiver for FSU today for Georgia Tech we heard coach Savin mention Haynes king and the advantages he brings in the Run game I've been told to expect Zack pyron the reserve quarterback to come in situationally save HS King some hits and still give them that advantage in the Run game and then we'll end with Alex Atkins the offensive coordinator for Florida State he starts a three-game suspension today it's an NCA suspension from a violation of nil which is now of course legal Gabe fertita will be the backup offensive line coach he will fill in for Atkins Mike norell obviously calls the plays so the operation will stay consistent Atkins a rising star in the coaching industry might even have to sneak into a pup watch the game today he's been a big part of the pregame preparation this is the goal celebrity guest picker from last year our friend Joel mcale Washington Husky won the won the competition 11 and two he was holding a dog you remember remember that I painted painted whole body body paint holding a dog 11 and two phenomenal work but now ready to set the standard as he has so many times in the squared Circle the stages and the rings of the WWE there's your friend Sheamus that's right that's a little white noise there there's a bro kick this guy makes people's Souls leave their bodies and uh last night he showed us the town he grew up in and Sheamus is a good time sh Sheamus is a great time but he's also prepared very prepared I just say that uh you're were like Lazarus last night just kept coming back from the dead over and over and over again I thought You' like gone about three or four times just kept coming back it's great to be home which I assume you feel the exact same way amazing mate nothing like you and this is how the weather always is yeah I think it's a miracle happened here in AR it's normally raining every single day this probably the best day we've got in about 20 years you're ready to set the standard on these Sheamus you ready to set the standard on these picks yeah I'm going to give it a go mate you know what I mean a go got to beat the Rock Let's Do It here's where we're going to start with a few of the games that will be played before next Saturday starting on Thursday night North Carolina takes its only road trip longer than 10 miles until the end of October when they take on PJ Fleck and minota who you got as a winner you know the biggest problem with Minnesota last year was the quarterback play Cole Kramer got hurt so then they they just fell off the map they went out and got a quarterback from the FCS named Max brosmer now Max was a finalist for the Walter Payton award down in New Hampshire that's the FCS equivalent to a Heisman so this is going to be the difference in this game he's also an artist he has a song out called Old Jack Daniels too why check it out on YouTube yeah about Jack Daniels absolutely guys he plays the guitar and everything bro yeah so I got Minnesota I love that guy I like I like North Carolina I just think you know M Brown's done a really good job there for a long time does a good job of recruiting I know they got some key players to replace including the quarterback um but I just I just like North Carolina I just think the speed will be the difference hey that was really good that was your first pick congratulations there you go you love it he L fa part another hypothetical yeah uh I was picking Minnesota to row the boat uh before I learned that their quarterback sings about Jack Daniels I love everything about that uh Drake may obviously was their team for a while LED them in rushing two years ago absolute Superstar quarterback they weren't able to win all their games last year with him there I think they'll have to readjust reassess give me Minnesota to rad the boat yeah I'm going to going to jump on pot thing there Minnesota for sure Drake May's gone now so UNCC are going to have a really hard time so Minnesota for me I I you know this is a this is an interesting game for North Carolina m brown I on the road you look at their schedule after this game they could get on a little bit of a run if they settle a quarterback I think the athletic ability maybe the best back in all the college football Marian Hampton at North Carolina I think they win this game with M Johnson stepping in a quarterback I think they're 7 and0 when they go to Tallahassee how about that that would be a story 80% of the people so far in the fans picking North Carolina to win that game Colorado and North Dakota State now remember because of the portal maybe the FCS schools some of the talent has spread out a little bit great history for the Bison shadur Sanderson sco Buffs who you got yeah North Dakota State's going to be tough they're going to be disciplined they're going to come out there on the mission I just think that Colorado has too much skill I mean I think people forget just how talented Travis Hunter is because he got injured a year ago shador Sanders first first round draft pick so I think that Colorado will overwhelm North Dakota State I've I feel the same way although I hated these kind of games as a coach where you played a really good FBS team that you know could be very competitive with you but uh I'm all for Coach Prime man he's he's doing a great job at Colorado uh his son is a great quarterback uh and I think that'll be the difference in the game and I think they'll take the next step in terms of a team this year and he'll start out with a win first week a FL uh so coach rule when he came on my show we know yeah coach Ru got it when he came on uh my show to chitchat about the job at Nebraska he said one of the first conversations he had with the athletic director was our non-conference games I don't want any of the teams to have a Dakota in it I don't I I don't want there to be a South Dakota I don't want there to be a North Dakota if there's a West Dakota I don't want any of them North Dakota South Dakota they're great football teams they obviously have great coaching great tradition with that being said Warren saps around the Colorado program Ed Reed has been around the Colorado program over the last couple days primes there another year give me Colorado but this is going to be a much better game I think than a lot of the Colorado fans could imagine I just feel like I'm ripping you off all the time cuz I was at at Colorado picked as well um huge uh they beefed up their offense line and defense line so they just look like there's a bunch of monsters prep hang out with hanging out with toone little bit more me not team you know what I mean I think we all see this about the same we have respect for for North North Dakota State but the athletic ability and the big playability of what coach Prime's team has with his son the receivers that he has I'm with you Pat I think it's a little bit closer they're going to have to fight for this but I got to see you Stanford moving to the ACC plays its first game as a member of that conference taking on TCU these two have opened up a few times this will be a Friday night game 10:30 Eastern Time on ESPN looks like the frogs are about a nine-point favorite right now you know you wonder what happened to TCU I mean after they got embarrassed in the national championship game by Georgia they opened up the next season losing the embarrassing game to Colorado and Deion Sanders so they only won three conference games last year it's almost like they took 2023 off I think they bounced back though in 2024 I think they're going to beat staford and they're going to have a really good year yeah I I'm all for TCU on this one I think Sunny Dykes is a really good coach and I think these guys will have a lot to prove you know this season after some of the disappointments of a year ago and the way they performed in the national championship against Georgia so I do think that U TCU will come out with a Vengeance and get a win on this one Stanford Steve any reason I should pick Stanford here no all right I'll take I'll take TCU I'll take TCU yeah TCU time for just stinky yeah just pretty much sucks it up I'll go I'll go TCU great school though big brains really cool campus yeah just a we're talking we're just talking about the team football football football this is usually where I go the other way I I Steve can't do it do that's back to back back to back Graphics we zero can't do it maybe now though so let's pick some Conference champions got a hint at this you guys unveiled your 12 team playoff bracket so ACC plays at the top of the hour down at theiva Stadium Florida State and Georgia Tech playing who ends up winning the Atlantic Coast Conference neither one of those two teams I have Cam a ward in the Miami Hurricanes okay go you the you is back coach the you is back well I I think that Florida State and Clemson are neck and neck with Miami also very competitive but since they Clemson has to go to Florida State I pick Florida State they may play again in the championship game but they may get Miami so one of those three teams going to come out of this but I'm picking Florida State love NC State love Clemson love Florida State love this Georgia Tech Team because they got DAV Shanahan the punter from Ireland bombing balls for them but for me long shot Virginia Tech is who I uh absolutely love this year a lot of returning starters read option quarterback all offensive lineman are back going to be tough to handle especially with a home field advantage that they have yeah I I'm going to go with the team who has Kirk's biggest supporter club and that's FSU so I'm going to go FSU for thec I thought I was going to have to have you hanging around me if I stayed here much than more more than 10 hours I haven't been here long pay me pay me hang around uh I long as they're buying as well man I'm good I think uh yeah we can do that for sure I I got the the depth of this conference this year is going to be much better than it's been you just heard the guys go through the the list of teams some of the obvious ones with Clemson and Florida State Miami you're right about Virginia Tech North Carolina State North Carolina Georgia Tech this is a different League this year than it's been in the past with that being said I think people are sleeping on Clemson making fun of davo it's exactly what he wants playing right into Clemson Clemson's going to win the ACC they're going to be a get a Buy in that playoff Big 10 Champion Big 10 champ I'm going with um the Oregon Ducks I think they're going to surprise a lot of people I think Oregon going to win the conference I got the Oregon Ducks made their day over there look you you would never ever able to pick Ohio State ever ever they flew all the way over there there would be nothing that could get you to do that it would be like giving the benefit of a doubt to someone who just earned Reasonable Doubt I get you well I think Ohio State and Oregon are the two teams in this league that um obviously have the best opportunity to win a championship but I think Ohio State's going to be a little better in the trenches I think that's going to be Oregon's problem up front offensive line defensive line playing in this league week in and week out so I'm picking Ohio State Michigan going to be a lot better than anybody thinks I'm on the same side as Kirk herb stre from earlier Oregon's awesome love what landing's doing coming into a new conference though that's that would be a wild move just come in and just win the Big 10 outright immediately it it has to be the Ohio State Buckey just strictly because of the amount of investment the amount of time everything that's taken place over the last few years I think the Buckeyes have to finally win one here yeah Ohio have the best I think they've got the best roster in years they just they look really really impressive uh my next door neighbor is a huge Ohio State fan she takes care of my dog so uh when I'm away so I'm going to have to go to Ohio State smart what kind of what kind of dogs you have we've got muts lot of muts you know how many you got we had four we now have three any sweet names like any super uh yeah Frodo uh great name basahel mix short legs big feet named after it looked like a hobbit of a dog and then we got Betty and we got uh we got Don who's the the leader of the pack the dog that's the alpha that's she's the alpha yeah I uh we we love dogs on this show I I I'm going to go with Ohio state but I am going to say that Oregon we'll talk about in a second Michigan I talked about earlier I think Michigan is going to a team that gets into the playoff I think they're going to be much better despite all the losses but boy Penn State if Drew Aller and those receivers come along James Franklin could have a great team this year let's think of this as if we're in a two-minute offense here Big 12 Champion oh so talked a lot about this team earlier so a lot is going to be dependent upon their quarterback's Health Utah yeah I'm all with Utah you know with Cam Rising coming back and the physical play that Utah the way they played defense in the past I I just think they're they're the team to beat in that League Derek Green's running wild brother West Virginia is winning the Big 12 no players ranked in the top 100 Neil Brown grew a goatee he put an American flag hat on and said I'm sick of the disrespect my West Virginia wins Big 12 oh it's all the goatee it's all the lack of respect he he's like I don't know who's voting on this you said the goatee though yeah oh yeah that's the yeah that's the key the difference yeah West Virginia Pap Bri me on the way over he said if I picked West Virginia today I get free ride uh free plane rides to ride every week so you're in good business I'm in hey that's good business baby it's not bad it's not bad forget it I got Utah Cam rising's being back he's healthy I think Utah is the team to beat coming out of the pack 12 into the Big 12 all right what about the SEC quickly sec I'm going with Georgia like I said before Georgia Texas and Alabama but somebody's got to prove that they can beat Georgia so I got to I got to pick Georgia What's that coming down to track coach Georgia Georgia Bulldogs for me AJ Styles one of the guys that work with massive GE uh Bulldogs guy and uh obviously they've been so impressed with national champions over last couple of years as well Champions I I've got George as well four that was an easy one right Road games they just have to get to the conference Championship game who wins the national championship you didn't like my how my pick for the uh Big 10 you're not going to like my national champion pick I've got Oregon the Ducks winning it all I'm going Dylan Gabriel baby let's go that's go you like them skill guys there you have it but they do have a great quarterback and they do have some fantastic skill but I still go with the fact that somebody has got the prove that they can beat Georgia who they playing who coach who who you got him play in the national championship game I got Oregon playing Georgia I think that's the top two teams or Oregon and Georgia okay to your point um about Georgia and proving it it's like the way last year ended for the Georgia Bulldogs with the way Kirby Smart coaches with the way that locker room is pieced together they weren't even allowed to complain about not being in a college football playoff because the Florida State fans were complaining so loud they were the reigning Champs undefeated lose to a great Alabama team last week of the year I think Kirby has used all of that all off season I think you got some mean dogs showing up this year with a lot to prove give me Georgia Nel Chumps we're in Dolan City we're in Ireland I got to go with the fight in Irish snow today I'm tell you listen last year this street here Dame street is one of the most historic streets in this this city they changed this street from Dame Street to no to Dame Street and Marcus Freeman has just it's created a a a culture in Ultra Dame but s b it's unbelievable one of the he's going to be the guy to bring the gold back and there's going to be two plates two ND plates on this championship at the end of the year I love it let's go IR that I don't know how I follow that I I'm with Dez I I I picked Ohio State to win the Big 10 but remember now they get into the playoff who makes the run into the playoff I have Dan Lanning Dylan Gabriel and Oregon playing Georgia in the national championship I got Oregon winning it all okay and so now that we've looked ahead let's look to the precious present what's about to kick off at AA Stadium po light Saturday selection Florida state Georgia Tech here in Dublin who WI game do you know we talked about the trenches and I just think that Florida state is just way too big in the trenches on both sides of the ball for for Georgia Tech I got Florida State winning this game but it's going to be a competitive game I think Georgia Tech is going to do a great job in this game of being able to run the ball control the ball if they don't turn it over if they can play a little better defense but I really State's got too much speed and too much size for Georgia Tech to overcome the first game of the season really looking forward to watching Florida state run the football you know with with this offensive line The Backs they had taken some of the heat off look for Dj to use that running game to set up play action take shots I think Haynes King can hang around with Jamal Haynes but I think Florida State wins this game I believe that I was going to pick Georgia Tech this morning because of a doofus at the hotel who was a Florida State fan with that being said everything that's happened this off season a lot has been said this crowd was remarkable and then when I saw those warm-up clips of that Florida State team and the way they were acting give me the seminal buy a lot I I like Florida State buy a lot uh here in Ireland but shout out to this Georgia Tech team in the faceb you know my head says FSU my head says FSU but my heart my heart says Georgia Tech because listen this country this guy I mean this guy against the gra let me hear you alone I can't hear you I can't hear you I need some of that thing is this country is built on Underdog stories and Georgia Tech are an underdog and we have a carry man doing you you know what used to do pting for Georgia Tech we got to go for Georgia Tech I got to go taking I would be back in the country if I didn't pick Georgia Tech Georgia Tech is a pick from Sheamus and we are ready to kick off Jessie Palmer have the call Joe take it away my friend thank you very much Reese