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we interrupt this program to bring you a special report coach you knew this one wasn't going to be easy but it came down to the wire and what can you say about the performance from your quarterback Kyle McCord to finish that drive toughness toughness that's it physicality cross the board finishing off having guts you know like I like to know where Lou Holtz is right now what he said about our team what he said about our team I cannot believe listen tough team right here we're proud to be from Ohio it's always been Ohio Against the World and it'll continue to be Ohio against the world but I'll tell you what I love those kids we get a tough team boom we are back baby welcome to the best damn College pregame show it's your boy Ron James here with my guy Chris Drew Chris we have a new home we do we do we did it what is what is kind of your home we're here yeah we're here we have this show has a new home right exactly exactly yeah last year bro this was me you and our closest 20 friends and so I'm excited about that I know I'm a little nervous it's more than our 20 closest friends today but we're here man college football is officially back man breaking news to start the morning Georgia running back etn suspended to start the first game against Clemson your thoughts there um that's important for a couple reasons um and we'll we'll do a deep dive in kind of the games a deep dive a Ron and Chris dive into the games here in a little bit but one of the things that I thought about was wow like Kirby must think they gonna beat these [ __ ] ass if he's will to suspend bro and like have him watch the ass one from the sideline right cuz usually what's the SC reputation it's like all yeah like if you get in trouble we'll suspend you if it's a bad team but you're GNA play if it's a good team like olly Gordon had the driving incident and like you know Southern School Mike Gundy real SEC style coach he's like you know what his punishment is gonna be 50 carries so I mean we're at the point where Kirby must think they're gonna get crazy on Dabo and them right I mean is that is that where your mind went or M dbo probably woke up and said oh I'm [ __ ] you don't need your running back you guys are just going to come in here and beat us without him like in it in it I guess it says something about Kirby we've seen how many incidents at that school and not many suspensions recently so for him to put his foot down he must have not a care in the world about this game because we've seen plenty of people that have had things that have warranted suspensions and nothing from Kirby comes out and suspends his star running back to start this season I mean clearly he has no respect for Dabo no dude no respect and honestly you know it happens like things tend to happen twice and I feel like Dabo is just turning into and and be and bear with me here slightly more successful Jimbo Fischer Jimbo Fischer won a Natty at Florida state had the undefeated season then got embarrassed in the playoffs and then they went away it was like once jamus and them were gone like it was cooked it was over it was done now we saw with Dabo he managed to get two out of them two for a dollar but since then it's been that same kind of archaic offense can't make the right hes quarterback plays sweet as Creme Brule like we're talking about like like he's really just dabble with a full head of hair you really just called this man a two pack of Jimbo which is insane Jimbo I mean he has two natties that's the only thing that sets him apart I wouldn't go that far as disrespecting Dabba that much I have more respect for him as a coach than Jimbo but it seems like he's lost with the times and doesn't want to get with it and Kirby's looking over there like you got two I got two like that that don't oppress me like I'm the big dog in college football now and honestly you're gonna have to knock me off my off my perch because I'm ruling the sport right now and again to your to your reply like dab waking up oh I'm [ __ ] Kirby if he could have heard that he'd been like yeah you are exactly I don't think he has any hesitation in telling Dabo how he feels about where he stands in this sport but we will get to that game later in the show today man college football we're saying college football is here but man it's been back the bus took on uh North Dakota State I believe right yeah Dakota State on Thursday Shor Sanders went absolutely nuts 445 yards four touchdowns were you impressed with the bus they don't get the cover spread nine and a half to start the game what are your thoughts on that game honestly bro I have so much fun watching Colorado CU and I you know I like them for the sake that it's like always exciting I think every college football fan needs two teams one team that's dominant and a lot of those games are going to be fun and then one team that's going to remind you what college athletics is and how you explain your third team my third team my third team is I'm celebrating every win they get shout out akan every time every time I see a dub in the wi com it's like oh nice but for for that other college team it's like I want to be reminded of what college athletics is like I want to see a white number 38 Corner out there you know I want to see a 511 guard out there and that's kind of what Colorado feels like they're so good on offense shador is really really good Jimmy horn is crazy Travis Hunter is ridiculous um and they're going to be the entertaining team of the Big 12 the Big 12 is gonna be crazy conference but I was really impressed with shador um now it was North Dakota State University but whenever someone throws for 400 yards I'm like oh yeah like y'all got it and four touchdowns one pick the only pick being one that went off Bros leg insane I saw someone say next time you see college football 25 cheat you with a crazy play and you say stuff like this doesn't happen in the game put this play on because stuff like that absolutely happens and I remember when the game first came out you saw a play just like that where the ball ricochets off someone and flies like 20 yards and to see it happen in week one it's like all right maybe the game's not cheating dude that's literally called Athletics like people people forget like like honestly Madden's not realistic because you got the best players in the world doing the best player things right college football absolutely realistic because you got the the not the best players in the world and the goofiest [ __ ] always tends to happen absolutely you talked about how impressive the 400 yards from shador was what about almost 200 yards in week one from Jimmy horn in three touchdowns I mean a lot of hype around Travis Hunter but Jimmy horn had himself a day were you impressed with performance yeah bro Jimmy and Travis and I came with saying this and maybe this is my overreaction absolutely I I feel like I know what you're gonna say go ahead they're a top three Duo at wide receiver in the sport I thought you were about to disrespect the Buckey oh no no but these two top three duo in the sport dog and I heard a caller on the show Chris Greenley on your show say that he wants milin Graham to be like Jimmy horn and I like that's a great take by him where do you think Jimmy horn would be in the Ohio State wide room right now um knowing how disrespectful we are probably fourth is that you being disrespectful or Ohio State being disrespectful that's Ohio State being disrespectful me Jimmy horn front of the line stop it don't disrespect sfb come on you know you know what it is around here of line Jimmy Travis Hunter out there uh one touchdown 132 yards playing on both sides of the ball almost the entire game are they going to be able to keep this up the entire season we talked so much about how everyone thought Garrett Wilson was slower than he was because he had dead legs by the end of the season because we don't rotate our wide receivers at Ohio State how is he gon to be able to maintain playing both sides of the ball for 12 games notless unless he's taking peptides with a HGH base like there's really no way dog like he played 50 snaps on defense and he was so how do so how do they manage this going forward do you think he take do you think they take more snaps away from him on the defensive side of the ball the offensive side of the ball I mean anytime down I don't think they can afford to take snaps away from him on defense like you take him out on offense you still got Jimmy horn out there and the omaran guy who you know had a big freshman year last year in some games like can can play the play the position and if shador is as good as you know he's talked about being as a true first rounder he should be able to elevate those guys but that defense needs help Capital HP they're they're they're bad on that side so he's got to be a playmaker on that side of the ball I think will they be able to control themselves of not putting him on the in the game anytime they need a play every time it's third down you hear the announcer saying this is Travis Hunter time do you think Prime will be able to control himself and not put him in the game if they have him on a pitch count but they need a big play and he's screaming to put me in the put me in the game dog it's like it's like World Series Baseball you know like it's like the last series and like I'll never forget like when the Giants brought out Madison bumgardner on one day's rest to go close a game or go be a relief pitcher when he's a starting pitcher even though he already threw like a 100 pitches the night before because it's like he's like I need to get out there I need to get out there I need to get out there so absolutely not if Travis Hunter starts spazz on the sideline with the game in doubt and he needs to play we will see brother out there right I mean I I I think so there's no that I feel like they're not going to be able to control that's why I feel like he's gonna end up with dead legs by the end of the year I while I think they need to manage it and taking offensive snaps would definitely be the way to go also mentioned it on the broadcast that going to be doing what he needs to do to make sure that both of these guys are going to New York right oh two two to New York I mean is it out of the question we've seen the Buckeyes do it the Bucky the Buckey said two to New York not including their 2,000 yard rusher yeah well you're right crazy which is ridiculous actually and then we didn't win a National Championship but hey it's a new season positive vibes oh um it's a new day it should have been me um here's the thing about that Ohio State team they were undefeated this Colorado team will not be undefeated right it's like you could justify two going to New York if it's like oh yeah like Matt ler and Reggie Bush well USC's been absolutely ridiculous but it's like we're Sting the two guys to New York and they got five losses but how much of the record um how much of the record criteria has to do with national attention you know what I mean you're able to produce the same level of national attention as The Undefeated undefeated teams is the record still going to weigh in as much whoa what happened no I I got a text from Brad maner we're live yeah I know I my bad it's a and I don't usually do that I'm a Pros Pro got a Levi Davis text he he tried to he tried to call me just now so I'll have to I'll have to text him but no to your point also a really interesting point because they have national attention do you think that'll Garner the ability to get both to New York is that what you're saying because that's what I'm asking will the national attention and Prime being Prime be enough to outweigh is the record actually what gets these guys to New York or is it the national attention that comes with being one of the best teams in the country that's kind of honestly Ron that just [ __ ] me up and I don't know if we'll know until this year that's a great point because like part of it is like because I think about the guys who won Heisman on not great teams lar Jackson did it that Louisville team wasn't overly impressive I think no they weren't and I feel like Prime getting this Colorado team with the deficiencies that we all know it has to a bll game would be equally as impressive as what Louisville did that year no and you can go back even further like that Baylor team was not very good when RG3 RG3 yeah but they had national attention because they were so exciting to watch and I feel like you're you're dealing with such high ends of the spectrum as far as what we're talking about with what's going on in Colorado with a guy playing on both sides of the field something that we haven't seen and definitely at this caliber I don't think ever honestly playing that high of a caliber a quarterback and making that much of a difference on offense and then you have a quarterback that's potentially a top five pick in the draft if you have two guys that caliber regardless of the record I mean it's not the best player on the best team award it's the best player in college football and I would argue that if Travis Hunter was on any team regardless of record he's probably the best player in college football if not the most valuable you're right he's just going to get blown out and not look like the best player and he's he's going to be guy that I think gets nitpicked but that's wild that's wild to think about I guess I never viewed it as like national attention that that's kind of like a different a different kind of take on things and because of that it's such it's a it's a voters and a writers award they're gonna have so many writers looking to try to get one of those guys to New York but both both feel feels like a stretch absolutely Ely I it definitely would be a stretch but I definitely don't think we can roll it out especially if Travis is playing on both sides of the ball and you have another quarterback uh at 400 stolen for 400 yards a game another uh buff I wanted to talk about former Ohio State running back D Hayden transfers to Colorado nine carries 20 yards we've known the offensive line struggles at Colorado did di Hayden get caught up in the hype of prime and make a bad football decision as far as his college choice I mean it looks fun in the end zone when he's celebrating with shador and Travis but I don't know how fun it is when you're running behind a line that has you running at 1.8 yards per carry yeah dude like what do you have like 20 yards yeah D um D bit the cheese D fell for it um can't blame him too much because Prime I'm sure is a great salesman well they bring in like four new offensive linemen and then they started seating on the left side yeah four four transfer offensive lineman and then a true freshman starting a left tackle yeah but I mean they pass Pro pretty decently but they cannot move anybody off the ball and that's what looked against NDSU it's gonna look real ugly real weird against some other teams I think how did you think Satan looked on Thursday um I I have to go back and watch but he didn't give up a sack I don't think until late I mean to even be out there as a true freshman a lot of people I mean that was one of the more uh highly followed uh recruitments this past cycle and I heard a lot of people say I don't want an offensive lineman that wears Airy jeans and I'm like I do send him over here I'll take him he look if he would have sat if he sat for a year he's playing in Colorado right now as a starter and maybe on a bow Team if he sat for a year and hung out with Mick in Columbus who knows what he would look like I don't care what kind of designer jeans he's wearing bro a talent like that that dude could play running back with the way he runs at the size of a tackle I send him send him to Columbus I'll take him so all of you fans out there that don't want uh tackles wearing Airy jeans send them to Columbus because if they can move like Jordan Sean at that size I'll take them bro what is my you know Philly Philly's always talking about like like a like I don't want my tackles to have any kind of Swag I want to be dirty man simm he do like that Simmons wears a towel man Trent Williams be dancing walking outside the tunnel likeo Samuels I don't care man if you are that Talent You Can Dance you could have swag I don't care if you could if you're that if you can move like that at that size absolutely I think the only position I maybe don't want my someone wearing a Mir jeans I don't want my Center wearing a mirie jeans maybe maybe my either don't know I need my Kicker locked in bro I don't need my Kicker feeling himself either yeah like yeah I don't need my Kicker wearing a Mary jeans for sure I don't even want my Kicker to have a haircut like I want you to look rough OG also if my fullback has a m jeans I'm switching to tight end he prob he probably should be a tight end if he's wearing uh uh were you impressed though with Colorado's outing I know they didn't cover does this look like a bull Team to you yeah yeah like a B team I know that they they have a tough draw on the schedule wise um in terms of like big 12 schedule just because the Big 12 is going to be so like tight-knit um I think they draw Utah one of the you know what I'm really really excited for and I was telling my boy that I that I hope that his legs are not dead by then by the Utah game no no Colorado Arizona M McMillan vers Travis Hunter do what do you do you think that game is where do you what what do you think it's most important for him to put on film going a little ahead in the show notes he's obviously going to be a top five pick in the draft what do you think he projects best as in the NFL and if you're an NFL GM where are you playing Travis hunter in the NFL I want him a receiver I mean I think I I think he's I think he's top eight with the ball in his hand in the world regardless of level that's really saying something right there see I think when you have a talent like that and someone that can play the position of corner so naturally when it's so difficult for people to backpedal take the opportunity because they don't Travis Hunters don't grow on trees as far as uh cornerbacks go I mean I feel like we've seen run uh wide receivers come into the NFL and produced from all levels all uh backgrounds and success so to have a corner with a proven track record and pedigree and the athleticism and ball skills of a wide receiver how can you pass that up a corner who would you rather have Garrett Wilson or S Gardner and there's your answer yeah well you got me there I think it's a legit question no and I and I think the question is easily answered with Garrett Wilson I'm taking Garrett Wilson 10 times out of 10 okay well and if you're the Jets you get both so whoever dter you get both I mean is it really worth it though if you got to be a Jets fan yeah but wait there's more well we might as well jump right into Jersey our Rucker Scarlet Knights played as well they beat Howard 44 to7 those who follow Menace know about Chris's parlay Chris why don't you tell them about it oh dude bro so I've got a bunch of ruter parlays I've got bro Georgia Tech Ruckers make the playoffs everybody eats all 30 closest friends are taking us all to hide Park you guys had the pull on the show on Friday did you end up riding out your bet cuz people were telling you to pull your money on Syracuse and Ruckers dude I dude I wrote it out D I wrote it out no no no they wanted me to pull the money out no they wanted me to pull the money out of the cash out of uh the parlay so bro there's a parlay I have okay let's hear it Georgia Tech money line Florida money line no Georgia Tech money line Notre Dame money line and West Virginia money line we're here we're here $18 to win $685 we are going to get into that West Virginia game later in the day but I a lot of people think that this weekend is going to be chalk and I feel like it has the potential to be complete chaos in week one but the Scarlet Knights get it done despite having nine injured starters week one new transfer quarterback from Minnesota comes in and completely revamps that offense offense that had literally no pulse if they had to do anything other than run able to go out there I think three plus passing touchdowns uh on Thursday were you impressed with that performance do you think this off this Improvement in offense for Ruckers could carry them they have potentially the easiest schedule in all of the Big 10 I've been joking that I think that Ruckers might end up seeing the Buckeyes in Indie with how cake their schedule is if they can get through USC and Virginia Tech Ruckers has an absolute Cakewalk to Indianapolis dude and if and guess what if you make it to India you're a playoff team he just bring everybody involved and if Ruckers is a playoff team Chris is Big banded up I feel like though that Ruckers doesn't have the pedigree that the college football playoff committee would have no problem disrespecting them and putting two if not three other big 10 teams in before them even if they make it the Indie if they go and get blown out and don't look like they belong on the field with Ohio State yeah and I mean this is disrespectfully as possible if Rucker makes it to Indy and they don't make the playoffs I'm driving to wherever those dudes meet I'm parking my Phantom on the curb and I'm sitting on every member as they leave the room to go home I'm spitting on all of them I'm talking like a nasty one too dude like there's literally no way like you telling me they made it to Indie but they can't make it to the playoffs and we're g we're gonna take three other schools in the Big 10 and put them in absolutely not absolutely not do I think they'll make it to Indie I don't know I hope so because I got $10 on them and Georgia te to do it $10 to win me a grand a thow a band Big banded up I'm trying to have these band of my Mary jeans on the o line but I think they even though the pedigree is not there I think they'd get in off the strength of me believing that hope is gonna carry them there speaking of hope we got to Crown a national champion for the offseason I like to say the offseason is the best time of year for loser programs because they can't they don't have to play games they can be whoever they want themselves to be for the entire offseason until football has to get played Chris do you have an offseason Champion what fan base do you think not only did their team improve enough but their fans are so hopeful that they won the offseason and had the funnest off season I mean I feel like there's only one answer here we are off seon Champs right tell me why I don't I don't agree but go ahead tell me why it's us in Miami I was gonna say the Hurricanes yeah it's us in Miami now Miami got her quarterback but Miami didn't get jeremi Smith so that's why we're lowkey off season jams because that [ __ ] is hilarious because he was anointed the chosen one but no I mean no Miami bro because they're talking about this 12 and0 [ __ ] they think they have like six all ACC players they have four all-americans yeah they're offseason Champs and it'd be awesome for the offseason Champs to lose week one bro that would make my entire weekend but Miami fans let them tell you they took the quarterback that we wanted they think that they got the better quarterback in the transfer portal and when you look at what Ohio state was able to do in a transfer portal this year arguably the most impressive offseason in the transfer portal but Miami thinks they got the better quarterback they added another great running back just like the Buckeyes do it look still in our whole flow word for word bar for bar what do you think do did they have the better offseason they have more to be hopeful for the Buckeyes are coming off uh threee to Michigan haven't won a big 10 Championship they're trying to write the ship and get back to what they know they could be Miami been off the road for 20 years they have way more to be hopeful for it feels like the Buckeyes are in Do or Die mode where Miami is on the up they think they're back and we're like we're here but we're not well let me ask you what student had the more impressive semester the student that increases GPA from 3.4 to 3. eight or the student that increases GPA from 1.4 to 3.1 the 3.8 obviously because it's harder to bring your GPA up when you're when your GPA is that high so I mean I guess you can give it to the Buckey but no no so so so here we go so like early like Miami had more chance to have a better offseason because they had more chance to grow there was more room because they were so [ __ ] ass it's like if you if you've been bad for so long and like you transform everything even though you're not as good as like the other guys you still have like a big transformation so they probably had more to celebrate because they're they're they started at the very bottom like we're near the top already exactly that's why I feel like it's a bigger offseason for them because while I maybe we yeah I I guess you got me yeah like they we didn't go up as much but Miami they have a lot more to celebrate because they've ascended significantly more this offseason yeah all right I got you so Pat just texted me menah just texted me Pat Mena Mena well was it Pat or was it his cousin which one um he said his he just locked in a bro so we he just said he locked in a parlay and I'm like bro what is it what is it what's in the box what's in the box what's the 38 do 38 leg parlay do is it a 38 leg parlay no see my eyes lit up you you if Pat sends me a 38 leg parlay with seven WNBA games mixed in there hold up let me see let me ask if he wants the link we might tag him in yeah send Pat the link get Pat in here or is it gonna be Mena or Pat what are we get it'll be Pat we're getting Pat in here Jordan thanks for the two Chris tap in mafa ATD I could see him getting two and anytime touchdown bro so one of the worst things that happen to me Ron is them getting rid of props in Ohio yeah see we never had them in Pennsylvania so we've never been able to bet College props so this isn't a loss for me but Pat he had he he almost had a breakdown on the Buckeye roast when he was talking about how stud he is being in Ohio and no longer being able to bet College props yeah that [ __ ] that [ __ ] is rough dude [ __ ] is really rough like I I couldn't believe it bro because not only that like the for the for the bet I had to place and Ron I'll I'll give you this one um the odds were 25 win a th000 now it's 25 wins be like $800 the over 69 and a half on the akan Ohio State game and two defensive touchdowns 25 for $800 from Ohio State yeah walk me through it two defensive touch Downs two two defensive TVs Chris I'm I'm aware of what you said I'm saying who do you think I'm aware of how prop worked sir I talking about walking me through it if you're putting money on it who do you think's gonna do it buddy like that's like Nick Mill we heard you the first time buddy have to say it again um I got a Caleb DS pick six and I got uh [ __ ] it Ty Williams scooping up a fumble and R big man touchdown that gets everyone going early in the season too a lower ranked opponent big man touchdown Ty Williams uh I mean there's no roof in the shoe but if there was that would take the roof off of the place yeah that would take the roof off yeah two touchdowns two defensive touchdowns and over 69 points if you're over 69 points how many points you got the Buckey scoring and how many you got us getting scored on because one of my questions later in the show was how many points scored by akan would be a disappointing performance from the buckout I think it's I think it's 60 to 10 60 to 10 you have two touchdowns no two touchdowns by akaran or you have a touchdown and a field goal by akaran yeah like late two scores um [ __ ] me scor I got a I got a Ben Finley touchdown a Ben Finley touchdown okay so we got we got o we got the over on the akan Ohio State game we're going over 69 and a half I don't know if I'm going out on the limb with you on there bro I had to get some juice somewhere so I went with all the juice I want to the juice bar have you heard back from Pat is he joining us today yeah yeah he's yeah he's about to he's about to he's about to you know okay well while while we wait on Pat I want to ask you some questions about what's going on with nil the nil Wars have officially started in college football it feels like things are finally settling down as far as collectives being stood up and people getting a hang on with this nio is versus the Wild Wild West that was the Florida debacle the Texas A&M bot class it seems like we're settling into what this L nil landscape looks like and on three released a top 10 nil collectives and notably the reigning National Champion Michigan Wolverines were not on that list did Michigan fumble Golden Goose coming out of this national championship are you kidding me not only do they fumble it they threw an intentional they they they Nathan Peterman did and I meant that disrespectfully wrong so not it's a Pittsburgh guy Nathan Peterman what are you talking about bro you know how I feel about Nathan Peterman I think he was a better pick quarterback then can you pick it but that's a discussion for another day they absolutely fumbled it and I feel like even with the Scandal I don't even think that's an excuse for them not to be able because they have used this entire offseason and Scandal as a rally and cry around this team and University how they haven't been able to translate not the joy and the us against the world mentality that they have created in the state of Michigan how they haven't been able to Parlay that into one of the top nil collectives in the country is mind-blowing to me and also I what is even more mind-blowing to me is that they acted like they were like so I read all the press releases that they send off to like these these Sports you know Affiliates or whatever to see like what they're pumping and that's what you see nil collectives do so here's the game Ron so these universities send these press press releases to news outlets to basically brag and flex about their nio for a two and a half month stretch every other Friday on the dot I would see a new press release from one of the Michigan collectors talking about all the money they were raising and it was so confusing because when I talk to Michigan people it's like no nil's a disaster Ward manual was in way like this that the third you out of this this excuse that excuse but then I was reading the press release they were sending out and it's like oh we just raised $175,000 there we just raised $180,000 there like every other weekend and I was so confused and then it dawned upon me oh they don't have one of the top collectives but they want recruits to think they have one of the top collectives so they're getting these articles out there so in recruiting meetings they be like look our Collective is doing things the right way they're going to be there so they lied about it they tried not only did they not have it they [ __ ] catfished it and this is the first case second case of the nil catfish but it's not all doom and gloom for the piss gunks they still have the 13th class in the country coming off a national championship you would expect something better than that but it does seem like things are starting to roll a little bit there recently flipping Notre Dame Legacy Ivan Taylor son of Pittsburgh Steeler Legend Ike Taylor I guess that's their get back for CJ Carr I still don't think they'll ever get back for that but they get they get someone that obviously probably didn't come cheap in this class so it seems like they do have some sort of funds and they haven't overspent on this class with them sitting at 13 even without the best nil Collective it seems like they might be able to sneak into the top 10 before this cycle is over yeah I hope not that would not be good I would love to not I would love for them to not get any money and to see that class continue to slip but as of recently they did go on a little run towards the end of uh July and into August so it'll be interesting to see how this class plays out uh once the Smoke Clears from the or once the Smoke Clears from the investigation do you think that will help them out or do you think that'll push boosters away if they have a Fallout um it'll push boosters away boosters will want want clearance especially when it comes out um like I don't know there once sanctions hit everybody's going to take a a big step back including boosters I think but you unless you're unless you have one booster that's like I'm not letting this ship sink here's a billion dollars but Michigan has not shown to kind of have that kind of commitment to the football team right exactly they they they seem to back off anytime the smoke really starts to get in their face especially we've heard we're gonna Sue we're gonna Sue we're gonna Sue and then we hear Ward Manuel start to walk it back already and talking about having to accept penalties if they've actually broken rules yeah bro honestly did you watch The W manual uh scam web interview no it was I'm not gonna lie and maybe I'm a I'm a sick [ __ ] it was the funniest hour I've ever seen it's like it's like Sam web was his little homie like talking to his big homie like yeah cuz we gonna beat they ass right and Ward's like not that they got guns like he trying to hypee him up and War was they had Sam web over there come shoot my uncle about it come shoot my uncle about it he right here he right really doing it he's like [ __ ] no like he should have he basically was like bro bro if we cheated we cheated like what y'all want me to do uh we got a super chat here from our guy Travis about Michigan y'all heard Chiron Moore doesn't even have a contract said they know he's about to get show CAU so they ain't paying bro that life I highly doubt he's out here volunteering volunteering to be the head coach at the University of Michigan I can almost guarantee shmore has a contract bro you got to have a contract what do he get a 1099 and a [ __ ] contracted worker yeah I definitely don't think bro is volunteering as much as I like to think that Michigan is a YMCA program I don't think they're that Mickey Mouse yeah no way I want to ask you a couple more questions about that nil Liz Missouri a sleeper at number 10 are they a power to be reckoned with they just beat the Buckeyes in the cotton bow they have one of the more impressive nil operations going in college football is that a sleeper team in the sa that not many people are talking about yeah Brady cook um Darkhorse Heisman just so you know he's got all the tools he's gonna have the numbers um they're gonna rely on him a lot without Cody shraer being there the the the white running back that was really good um he's going to be asked to do more and I think honestly they have probably a top three receiver in all college football Luther Burton depending on depending on your preference right thoughts on that room as a whole including Ohio State transfer mookie Cooper um I think they're a oneman band but I don't know too much about him I'll have to read more on him um just just before I give like more more of a take but I do know Luther Burton I do know that that room last year as a whole got absolutely put in handcuffs by ABIA I'm interested to see how much the new college football 25 impacts starw of some of these players I know a lot of people that know the name Luther buron now because of that game and being one of the top cards in Ultimate Team one of the best wide receivers in the game is this game going to start making more college football stars because I know tons of people that follow college football casually but play the game now and are more than aware of who Luther Burton is yeah bro honestly like Luther Burton I think was was GNA be famous enough but the sellers kid from South Carolina is getting so much hype and love solely from the game and I blame 25% of it on you in that four bir attack you run with them I don't know know revolutionizing the sport with the four verticals offense yeah that's that's a that's a fact so so we we know we know that but um yeah no I mean honestly like so you the way I got into the NFL because I was always a college guy was through Ultimate Team and I can see that happening more and more with college football as Gamers who play the game are now have more eyes on college football so so yeah I def I definitely see it I mean it's hard not to because it's another Avenue I'm up things how embarrassing is it going to be for the first person that like someone that's like maybe a sophomore or Junior that's pretty highly rated in the game just based off of like star power and people thinking they're going to play this year and then they come out and lay a dookie and they come back next year rank like a 67 bro did we get a hannes king team of the week card not that I'm aware of bro because that's what I was waiting on bro I know they used to do that in old madens bro that's all I wanted bro haes King team of the week card the game of the week cards came out this week and the game of the week is Florida and Miami so I don't think we'll be getting a hes King card I think he's gon oh wait they don't do team of the week cards anymore or is that way old uh they do game of the week right now now is the promo that is running cuz I know like in the old in the old mads bro they used to be like team of the week cards so like if an ass player would pop off for one game they get a [ __ ] P like football Outsiders team of the week card or whatever G like player of the week so I would I my team was full of ass players with like high ratings dog that's how we're [ __ ] getting down we talked a little earlier in the show about this West Virginia Penn State game I don't know if I'm lying to myself just because of my personal bias for the two schools I almost went to West Virginia I kind of got accepted to Penn State I was accepted to Penn State but couldn't go to Maine immediately year one so I always hold that against Penn State as the only school I did not officially get into so I'm Ru for the Mountaineers I don't like this Penn State team a lot I think they have a ton of questions on the offensive line I think they are experienced but not very talented on the interior of their defense I think they can be had West Virginia was nine and3 last year they played their worst game the first game of the year against Penn State I know a lot of Penn State fans are referencing that game as far as uh a peak into what could happen this year also referencing that was one of Drew all's best games but uh West Virginia went on that season to finish off the year nine and three only two other losses both one score games could Penn State be had today I think so this is a couple things Ron whenever I sit down and think about upsets I need a couple things to be true especially ear in those first three weeks I need experienced teams experienced teams at home with experienced quarterbacks I think always give make me feel better about early like those games early in the season West Virginia has that they have returning production on both sides of the ball they've got an experienced quarterback and that game is at home and is that game at home or is that game at Penn State no that game's in West Virginia it's morg time Pat McAfee they cancelled school because of the traffic for the game day setup because Pat McAfee was returning home to WVU growing up in Pittsburgh being right next to that like three team rivalry the hate of Penn State West Virginia and pit like if you're choosing between those three schools West Virginia like they know how to party like I if they win this game they're going to be burning couches in the street over a week one game like the way they do it like West Virginia I feel like you know how you talk about you got to have that team that like just embodies College tradition like that is what I think about like West Virginia is one of those schools where the football team is the biggest thing in the town it is a huge event in the town when they play they have big rivalries the Backyard Brawl before they stopped playing it was one of the best rivalries in college football and then they know how to party and then when they do win they celebrate so I feel like they embody all the traditions and like some of the craziness that people dislike about the the flipping cars the burning the burning couches bro when they destroy Morgantown after a win me personally I love it I love it's not my town so how to live there you know what you signed up for when you when you signed up to live in Morgantown West Virginia it is a it is a frat town is how I would describe it is this their Super Bowl this year absolutely I mean pit they don't like while pit is the bigger rivalry this game means more to them like I don't think that they view pit as the caliber of opponent as they do Penn State this year and the ragging rights what it means for recruiting like a lot of people like get lost in the big stars of recruiting in the Big Time programs but like these Regional games have massive impacts on Regional recruiting for the like Maryland Penn State a game that people don't talk about but Maryland and Penn State go head-to-head for recruits all the time these Regional games and Regional matchups have so much of a ripple effect that I can't wait to see the Fallout of this game West Virginia money line you you're you're bet your money Ron I got this for you stat-wise last year West Virginia averaged 31 and a half points per game do you know how many more points that was than the Penn State average I want to say Penn State probably averaged around 26 and a half points less what because their average they scored 18 more points per game than the nitty Lions oh never mind I'm bugging wrong stat oh okay I had it thought I had a good stat did not have a good stat did not have a good stat bad do you expect Drew Aller to have a big game against West Virginia I mean a lot has been made of his performance towards the end of the year but I mean a lot of teams that criticize Drew Aller would kill to lock in 24 touchdowns four interceptions from their quarterback so I mean can Drew Aller build on the season that he had last year he adds Julian Fleming Trey Wallace is healthy Trey Wallace was out most of last year and he had his best game of the season against West Virginia last year can these guys find some sort of success this year morg so I think people are down on Drew all because people only watched drawler in two games last year and I think those two games were likely the Ohio State and the Michigan game both he didn't look very good and looked like a like a true freshman lost quarterback even though he was a retro freshman and I think basing your assumption on Drew Aller off those games is dangerous because what do we all say about those two defenses they faced they're two of the best defenses in the country two of the top three at least like so they make everybody look bad so like don't discredit their quarterback and your defense when it's really just one of them but Dre's got a lot to fix and I think a lot of that was Mike yuch who we saw Ryan Day fire of course um I like drawler I think drawler is going to be a top a top 10 quarterback this year do do you think this new uh coordinator from Kansas Benefits his play style I mean Kansas likes to move the quarterback uh I don't dude I think I think Andy style is so different bro I mean what they did they used like like Jason bean and Jaylen Daniels like it's much closer to like what poua is the backup quarterback yes Bo poua yeah like he would be the one that I think would really Feast on this now Ron you know what I'm expecting today I'm expecting a Zone read with Drew Aller and pulip back there two quarterbacks on the field yes okay Zone Reed and if it's a hand off to the outside I'm expecting B to throw the ball downfield off the Zone read I hope the West Virginia coaching staff is not listening because that sounds like inside information [Laughter] but man this could get crazy and get spooky if you could find the prop bets in West Virginia I'd bet on a proa passing touchdown yeah yeah hold up I gotta find it but yeah man I think and here's a question that I have as far as Drew Aller I feel like he's being over criticized based on expectations because if you change your expectation from Drew Aller leaving for the NFL in year three and adjust that to Drew Aller is gonna red shirt and play for four years at Penn State and go the traditional Penn State path I was just talking to a buddy I was like if Drew Aller goes on the Shawn Clifford path and follows the path of Penn State quarterbacks before him Penn State's gonna have four quarterbacks in two decades with how long these guys are going to be here and if Drew Aller stays for four years if the Baseline is what we just saw from a uh a red shirt freshman and he stays another three years what is the ceiling for Drew Aller I don't people writing him off with the expectation of oh he's going to leave for college or leave for the NFL after three years if he stays and develops I don't see why after what he put on film last year that Drew Allard cannot be still a day one day two pick bro do you know who the top five passers in uh in Penn State history are um I feel like I probably do know that Trace Murley sha Clifford Matt MCL uh the guy that stole tp's position in Oakland um you have oh man I'm missing one right there in the middle like what in the 2010 Trace murle Sean Clifford help me out here I'm missing what how many how many do I have four or three um Sean Drew all's obviously one of them right already no no no who were the Trac is one Trace murly two you're missing three you said Matt McGloin mlo um I'm fumbling who are they dog Christian Hackenberg oh my God how bro and see I knew that I should have known this because Christian Hackenberg was an absolute tool when he was at Penn State my buddy was there when he was there and they said Christian Hackenberg gave a speech in public speaking that his only goal was to bag as many chicks as possible there like how I forgot that name because he was in school when I was in school yeah Christian Hackenberg man uh nitty lion Legend and then who was the other one that I'm missing is it a way backer um no the other one is Zach Mills when was that 2001 2004 okay and the reason I asked this question is because you said you feel like quarterbacks stay there for forever and it's like literally the stretch is like Matt mloy 09 to 2012 and then you had Hackenberg from then to 2015 and then you had Trace murly from 15 to 18 then you had Clifford from 18 to 22 it's like a long staying thing it's like just bull that's what I'm saying and if Drew all's there till 26 it's like yeah it's like damn like you could play a pick up basketball game with the quarterbacks from Penn State the last 20 years bro it's so funny dude it's so funny because like they're literally just there forever so where are you on this game are you are you on the Penn State money line no I took I took uh West Virginia money line do you think this is a close game I do a really close game I think this is like a weird college game where like Penn State is down four on their own 18 yard line with a game on the line I think that's what you're looking at and one thing that I feel like is not being talked about enough with this game is the crowd this is the most expensive ticket in college football this weekend that's insane well like that's why I think if this game is happens late the home crowd I think always favors the defense and Penn State doesn't have receivers think about how crazy this is Julian Fleming started at Ohio State wide receiver youu Julian Fleming might not start today against West Virginia when he's at Penn State who desperately needs receivers which makes you question why Carell Tate wasn't on the field more last year and we were so invested in all of the snaps that went to Julian Fleming the last three years in this program so invested dude like so invested and I you know how I know he's not a starter because let him take a picture with that goofy ass haircut it hasn't been released officially yet I don't think so maybe they maybe he's cut his hair since I I don't know if that was a leak or what was that officially on their website yeah I don't know how how that Buckeye account got it if if someone from Penn State is leaking photos of players before things happen we've hit a new high or low well his hairlines hit a new they need to tap in with me if you watch the show you know that I cropped his hair out of the picture and gave him a Photoshop bald haircut and I feel like bro needs to just come on home talking from a guy that doesn't have the greatest hairline but yeah man the the Horseshoe afro I don't know what that is dude being on the golf course yesterday and people coming up to me and like hey like did you did you hear what Ron said about did you hear what Ron said about Julian Fleming and I was like yeah dog I was in there they said he was like bro I woke up in the morning turned it on that was the first thing I saw cuz I Jo in the middle of the show and I started [ __ ] dying and so all day on the golf course dog I was showing people a picture of me next to Julian Fleming hairline wise we in the same state I got to be careful how I talk about Julian Fleming he might snuff me while I'm out y are in the same state hey if you want hey Julian if you got issue with Ron James go see his uncle about it come see my cousin about it go see cousin truther oh man yeah so that is absolutely my upset alert for the week do you have anyone else on upset alert um I don't I I have Miami on upset alert well I also have Miami as one of games of the week so let's just jump right into it Miami takes on Florida tonight in what I would potentially argue is the game of the year am I going too far with that assessment I and look and this could be an offseason overreaction because you know Miami was my offseason Championship pick they're coming off an an offseason Natty there's a ton of hype around this team but Florida has the opportunity to do quite possibly the funniest thing in all of sports this has a chance to be the most poetic most incredible most Sensational I'm talking ESP awardwinning beautiful story in college sports for Miami to be as loud as they've been to be as disrespectful as they've been to lose to Big 10 Legend Graham Merz and Company in the swamp at home it's going to be rocking it's a rivalry game and these two fan bases are both insufferable Florida winning this game early and then going on to have an all-time Bad season would not just feed families it would feed other it it would feed the whole North which fan base is more insufferable because I've honestly become partial to the Florida fan base just because they have had more recent success than Miami and they found a way to Humble themselves where Miami it's been screaming we're back for 20 straight years my favorite part of this is you you you've been around for the joke I always joke about bro y' man Miami been down for so long that Nebraska died came back died again and if Nebraska ends up being back before Miami these [ __ ] done died twice we're going to have to revisit that funeral because while that is our game of the week we are going to revisit that later because we have a special guest Chris got my guy my guy Carter Smith we were at the golf outing yesterday and he's a Notre Dame guy and we rocked out and he's going to come in here and talk some [ __ ] about Notre Dame because I got Notre Dame money line they're the our here we go want to ask you Ron before we bring him up here I'm gonna ask him too if if Notre Dame wins the game is it considered an upset or not no they're ranked higher but Vegas so that's where I'm at because I don't three point favorite cuz I was look I I was I told you I was like I got homework to do for tomorrow's show I was like I got to do I was like I got to brush up on my Texas A&M because I haven't done too too much research about them and the first thing I do is I'm like let me look at the line of this game I'm looking at the ranking and I'm looking at the money line score or the uh I'm looking at the spread and I'm like minus three they're almost 10 they're 10 spots behind them almost in the rankings but they are the favorite to win this game and no I don't think it's upset I don't know want to get the not Dame expert up here I'm G toss him up here Ron yes sir what up Carter hey what up guys how's it going good man H liveing the dream um your team plays today and I want you to know that I do have a parlay on them I got them money line so do I oh okay hell yeah we'll get to your probably in a sec but I got them money line WV money line paed up with my Georgia Tech money line okay you didn't cash it out no I even though the vote said yeah I opted to just [ __ ] the chat I love the chat no cashing outs for [ __ ] so no you ride that [ __ ] that's I got the I got the same two that you have left I have WVU and Notre Dame I had WVU Notre Dame and North Dakota State but North Dakota State yeah that one didn't go well on Thursday night was real juice we don't bet against Colorado on this platform but uh I do but definitely not dorm black history here black history baby black history all right dog from the Notre Dame view did it concern you seeing that Vegas has you guys as the underdog uh no I'm not concerned at all about that uh I agree though that it's not an upset when Notre Dame wins um like they in my mind Notre Dame should be the favorite it's just they're getting three points because it's at Kyle Field but and don't you guys AR starting a really young offensive line too right now yeah so they're going to be starting a true freshman a sophomore and then three Juniors at offens line uh who will all have a combined six starts in their career um your best returning offensive lineman had an injury this off season correct yeah that was Char uh Charles Jaga he was gonna be the starting left tackle that was going to replace Joe Al and he tore his Peck early in Camp he's done for the year so they uh they had another transfer Junior that was maybe going to start uh Tony Baker I think his the name um but the Freshman that came in just beat him out I mean so they they talked about starting a more veteran offensive line because of the environment at Kyle Field but at the end of the day the o line coach and the offensive coordinator uh Den Brock just decided these young kids are better they gonna they're going to play the best five regardless of age experience all that and so it's a very young inexperienced offensive line um and it's going up against what I think is a pretty pretty good defensive line uh there at Texas A&M um so it that's the main concern is how does the offensive line handle it and can they protect Riley Leonard high hopes for Riley is he gonna is he gonna have a Jaden D Jaden Daniels type year the white Jaden Daniels the white JD yeah I think that's probably a little a little overzealous or a little like if he can have half of that that'd be good but um no I think I think ultimately there's a lot of lot of high hopes for Riley and I think he's supposedly he's 100% healthy surgeries went well this offseason he sat out the entire spring didn't he have 17 ankle surgeries every time I saw D his feet were up in the air like he was the Shan Watson bro like my had several ankle surgeries yeah he ended up having to go back and having another another one uh at the this winter so he had an initial ankle surgery it didn't do what it was supposed to apparently and so he had to have a second ankle surgery sometime in Winter and then he sat out the entire spring um learn Den Brock system from the books and just mental reps I guess um but ultimately the uh the expectations are very high for him um I mean they really hoping that he can be Sam Hartman 2.0 and kind of do what everybody wanted Sam Hartman to do last year but we'll see is there a storyline in here because oh yeah Riley Leonard played for Elco yeah yeah that that's uh that's one of the big story lines is he played for Elco at Duke and almost they almost beat Notre Dame last year um in the game that actually Riley Leonard got hurt in so it was the last play of the game I think he got rolled up on messed his ankle up and he had a he had a funny comment about it he was asked about like is it weird that you're playing for the team that ultimately ended your year last year for injury and he said yeah they hurt me and then they had to pay for the surgeries because Notre Dame's health insurance given that injury history and the concerns at offensive line how worried are you guys about making it through the season with a healthy Riley Leonard yeah that's uh I mean that that's my main concern uh obviously offensive Line's huge concern but it given the type of player Riley Leonard is he likes to move around he likes to extend plays I mean his his legs are a big part of what makes him a good quarterback and so that kind of quarterback just takes more hits in general than you know somebody like a Honda McCord who just stands in the pocket um but it it's really concerning I I think and they they have a decent quarterback room behind him Ang jelli is not bad he's a I think he's a sophomore junior um and he he could come in and he he could be serviceable I think with the team that they have around him ultimately Notre Dame's defense is excellent it's going to be one of the top five defenses in the country I think you could put Angeli in you could try to throw CJ Carr in um and how CJ car had a good offseason he had a really good spring um so yeah and and I haven't heard much about him in Fall Camp because the focus has been so on getting Riley up to speed because he didn't he miss the entire spring um but no yeah he was pushing for the that backup quarterback spot in Spring um and they went with Angeli just because he's had more experience and more time in the program but I think if Riley Leonard got hurt I wouldn't be surprised if I saw CJ Carr come out and and at least get a couple series to see how he does um ultimately I think the quarterback depth is fine I I think they uh to make a playoff run and to accomplish the goals that this team has I think Riley Leonard has to stay healthy final score prediction and a surprise player that manace Army should keep tabs on for the season for Notre Dame um so final score prediction I have Notre Dame winning 247 I think it'll be kind of a low-scoring game just because both defenses are really good um and I think offensive line and the Notre Dame's offense will struggle to move the ball early um a surprise player that I think has to break out if Notre Dame wants to get to the level they want to be at is Bo Collins the transfer from Clemson he's gonna have to become a wide receiver one uh I think him and Chris Mitchell the other transfer uh wide receiver have to step in and take that wide receiver play to the next level because that's been something that hurts Notre Dame for years is they just don't have dudes at the skill position at Le I have a fun I have a fun Bo Collins story okay way back in the day I don't know have I told you this one before Ron way back in the day he was in the same class with AA right and AA was the top wide receiver on Ohio State's board the number two wide receiver on Ohio State's board was B you know why that's important because Marvin Harrison Jr was also in that class and Bo was the X he was the guy was like oh like that's the X and so when Bo Collins committed to Clemson they liked they liked Marvel a lot obviously it there wasn't a panic button but it was like it was Bo or Marv was gonna be their ex and the way the chips fell Bo ended up at Clemson Marv ended up at uh at Ohio State and then Troy stellato ended up at Clemson 2 who was also on Ohio State's board so Clemson and Ohio State split their board in half and somehow Clemson ended up with Troy Stato Bo Bo Collins and Ohio ended up with acha and Marv and I think we know who won that split yeah yeah that's not even close [ __ ] crazy so that's uh that that's my little that's my that's my little short story that's my little short Bo Callum story so I'm hopeful for Bo cols for real yeah he's uh he he came in late he missed most the spring because he was finishing up something at Clemson I think class or something but uh so he didn't get in right away so he wasn't in the spring game or anything like that but fall camp they they've been real high on him he's been balling out and so I think he has to come in and be an impact player for them if they want the passing game to be anything yeah absolutely do you have any closing questions Ron before we get our Michigan guy in here and then let Carter enjoy his Saturday my final question where do you rank this Notre Dame defense nationally is this one a top five defense in the country yeah I have them number two I think they're absolutely a a top five defense I think if they play up to expectations and up to their what they can be I think they're probably top two defense I I I have Ohio State's defense as the number one defense in the country I think that's going to be how it shakes out but I definitely noted him with all I mean they they returned so much experience on the defensive line and in the secondary Benjamin Morrison is going to be fighting for best corner in the in the nation with Will Johnson de elberg Travis Hunter those Tykes um so yeah I definitely think they're absolutely a top five defense I I absolutely agree I was super impressed by Benjamin Morrison last year and I agree I think he's the top Corner in the country right now absolutely that's real well Carter I'm rolling with the Fighting Irish today big dog I appreciate you coming in you you also do a podcast I can tell everybody where oh yeah yeah so it's the Andre Duke Show with Carter Smith it's on YouTube Spotify podcast Apple podcast all that stuff we go live we're actually going live today at 5: to preview the game before it gets going at 7:30 um so yeah hop on over to YouTube Andre Duke Show with Carter Smith and and come chop it up with us fantastic big doc I appreciate you bro and hopefully I'll be shooting you a text after this Notre Dame Victory my one step closer to making me Rich that's the closing leg Yeah that's the last leg Yeah the last leg that's you same bolt yeah exactly this game before absolutely thank you guys so much for having me it's good to get on here and chop it up with you guys and you know go Irish absolutely appreciate you joining yeah absolutely Bow Bow Bow Bow you buying it bro Notre Dame you like it no I don't know I like Mike Elco dude Mike El so you know you know what Mike Mike ELO is gonna be like there's no in between he's either gonna be a terrible coach or he's going to be the Kyle Whittingham of the SEC yeah I'm gonna go with the Kyle Whittingham of the SEC you're an Elco guy huh I like I like what he did at Duke I I look Duke football is a fun program to watch because they have no expect like honestly like I always ask people like that don't root for like the front running teams how they enjoy rooting for college football when you have nothing to play for I feel like Duke's one of those programs where like coaches go and make a name for themselves and give fans something to get excited about like Duke's a program with low expectations it's a basketball school and then they find a way to kind of get it done they're an academic School a a med school a basketball school all these different things before they're a football school and anytime a coach down there goes down there and gets things riled up I love it so I'm you I'm already you can already know where this is going I'm excited for Manny and I think he's gonna do great things down there but yeah man I like Duke coaches I think Mike ELO is gonna do good things at Texas A&M especially with those resources if you're able to do that at Duke you have oil money despite I not liking their cheerleaders and all that crazy stuff they got going on down there I like what Mike ELO can do for that program dude if if Manny brings Duke back or like brings Duke to a good play well Duke's in a good place if if Manny continues Duke's success in Miami's ass bro that'll be awesome but bro we got we got to talk some Michigan ball bro because these [ __ ] still haven't named a starting quarterback so we got our resident Michigan expert Dary darier is like the chat likes to call him Daryl what's up fellas what's up gang and them what's up bro bro I'm trying to figure out if y'all celebrate Black History or not because I just know a black quarterback over there has not been named a starter in quite some time and I'm just patiently waiting I thought y I thought y'all celebrated the day man look you know I I might have let the cat out the bag a couple weeks ago and told everybody who the starter was going to be you know people didn't want to listen to me and looks like uh my prediction is is coming true so what's the prediction I'm going run my victory laugh bro just took it he said let me get on this platform and start with a victory laugh like yeah I'm coming on here as raining champ but I also like to flex my predictions yeah Grammy right now what is the prediction so so I was you know I would I'm gonna kind of not say everything I was told but I had got a you know a little bird dropped in my ear that it probably was going to be uh a Tuttle at one point right this is before the injury and and it was GNA be like a platoon situation and then I heard all of this Alex orgy and I like orgy but don't we all exper but yeah I I definitely heard that it was worn and then people was beating the chest about it still in orgy and it looks like it's probably going to be worn but I I guess we'll see when they they uh kick things off here in a couple hours or so I just started hearing this Warren guy's name recently and Darnell opened up his monologue with uh it's been a while since a black quarterback and I'm like is am I missing something do they got another I know jayen Davis is black I know Alex orgy is what's up with this Davis waren guy and I switched to the other screen and like you squint a little bit I'm not sure if that's not JJ McCarthy who is this little doppelganger that you guys got out of here like did did they leave a cloning machine when they ran Harbaugh out of the door you guys got value time JJ McCarthy and I'm convinced if you start this little dweeb at quarterback it's only because he looks like JJ no man the kid can actually they can actually I mean he can actually spin the ball he can spin the ball I mean y'all got you you got me on such a big what year is this kid because I was told a couple months ago that jayen Davis was Baby Jesus and Alex orgy was just holding the Reigns because he was value time Joe Milton and now all of a sudden we got this bootleg JJ McCarthy out of nowhere and allegedly he can spin it you guys have been running the Run raid for three years and now you're talking to me about a quarterback throwing the ball I'm not buying it Chris where are you on this because I am like in disbelief with what is going on here with this Michigan football team I'm starting the orgy man if I'm shiron Moore let me ask you this Ron and and I like I said y'all got me on this you know it's gonna be clipped and everything so I gotta be very cautious with my words right but I'm going to give you a hypothetical scenario and you tell me what you would do you got quarterback back a and quarterback B I'm not going to tell you which quarterback is which quarterback okay quarterback a uh 707 drills absolutely kills it right accuracy is down can hit an occasional deep pass every once in a while to who to whoever whether it's the tight end whether it's the receiver and and your your wide receivers should not be allowed to wear names on the back of their Jersey this year someone should go the Penn State Route no names until y'all do something even with JJ we still threw the ball down the field when we could right so so quarterback a b pass was a running back pass but go ahead I hear you quarterback a is is running roughly about 70% in 707 and quarterback B is running roughly about 55 60% quarterback one quarterback they both are mobile okay wait the there 70 and 50 you guys are are you guys doing extra practices did I just hear 120% reps or you guys is that an NCA violation no no no no no I think he's talking about you talking about Compu percentage yes oh okay I thought that I thought those were I thought that was the distribution of snaps there I was like oh I might have to make I might have to call you out for that on a big 10 call no no so completion rate right if the only thing that one quarterback has over another other and they're kind of equal On Athletics athleticism who you taking the one with the higher percentage right you want me to believe you want me to believe that dude with frosted tips is a better athlete than Alex orgy bro I should bow your head for that if big homie was here we'd drop your ass off the show I know you didn't just try to convince me that that kid is more athletic than Alex orgy and no I I'm I'm not going because you're asking me about this difference in completion percentage will Howard is my damn quarterback I could tell you Devin Brown had a higher completion percentage in seven on sevens and he's not our quarterback because we don't play seven on seven on Saturdays we play football and Alex orgy can run the ball in seven on seven and the defense doesn't know its pass if he's the quarterback so why Alex why can why can't Alex orgy still do that what do you mean I just want to know why I didn't name a starting quarterback you know they don't name the starting quarterback up there in AR until the third week of the season think about it Chris when the last time we named an official starting quarterback coming Seas I don't know bro do you guys don't name one to start of the Year bro remember when remember that when they fixed a quarterback job for JJ McCarthy and gave I remember that a couple years ago but I feel like before that they were naming starters or they not never named him so so Shir I I guess it's it's just it's just weird because it's like how is that not a distraction for you guys how's there not like a civil war you know because I think the guys already know I think the guys already know I think we don't know well I I don't I don't think you guys are gonna win you guys are not going to win eight games with Davis Warren as your quarterback you guys need you guys need a Dynamic Athlete and mobile threat I mean this like that passing stuff is cool is cool but ory open up the Run game I think I'mma tell you this right now you TR you Trot out that fake JJ McCarthy against him users you guys are getting your [ __ ] blown back like what what are we talking about Chris you know what this sounds like H it's the same [ __ ] that was in 2021 bro you guys have a generational training scandle about to start this year what' you say you guys have a generational cheating scandal that's about to start this year why does this feel like 2021 absolutely you didn't know stallion are still he's still sending that paperwork I wouldn't be surprised you guys have completely abandoned anything of what it means to be a Michigan man and you know took your khaky pant off and traded him in for a jumpsuit apparently [ __ ] cheaters look I will say this in 21 I was like Ryan I was beating the table saying the fresh the true freshman should start because I thought that JJ was JJ was a better athlete than K thought he could throw the ball better than K because K couldn't throw the ball down the downfield and they platooned them the whole goddamn season JJ came in when they needed them to make athletic plays and they kept Kade in the game the whole season because why would they split them if they're comparable athletes or you capping because Alex way better I was trying to not give away for the people in the audience who I'm talking about because this does get clipped and I don't want to get clipped from the information so while you keep pressing it that's why I'm telling you that I'll tell you this I'll tell you this right now if y'all opt to go with the guy who's a better passer or the guy who's a better athlete when you guys have exactly one and a half receivers out there it's gonna be a long boring year for you guys their best receivers Donovan Edwards I was that's how I was in 2021 it was bro if you go back and look at those games we were winning games with the most boringest way we could ever win them right and they liked it because it was winning football I wanted the kid that could go put the points up and and play Within the offense but the one thing that JJ had in 21 that was holding him back that he he figured out after that year was he was turning the ball over in practice right and when you got that type of Defense you don't need to turn the ball up so they put him in certain positions where he could go make plays and not turn the ball over the only time he turned the ball over that year was when they brought him in because uh Kay got hurt in the Michigan State game and it wasn't a normal package for them bringing in he fumbled the ball that's how we lost the Michigan State game but overall if you go back and look at those games Michigan played a boring style of football it was a boring season until we got to y'all and played yall at the last game of the season and even that game was kind of boring because all we did was running ball who's your tight into this year uh it's gonna be kleene I think his first name is uh Mar Martin Klein maybe like I know his last name is Klein he's LEL and Klein yeah he he's a Klein is a is a good one I think they they realize that this defense is definitely I heard the Notre Dame guys say them being top five y'all being top five with all they return defense it's a top five defense and so when you have a top five defense like that I think our linebackers are better this year than they were last year uh our secondary jar hero hero uh will start on the opposite side of will well okay so I think they're confident in in that defense especially with how wink runs it and I think that they're going to put a quarterback back there that's not gonna make the mistakes I think they're gonna put orgy in to make the big plays because when they are running if you put orgy Edwards and Mullins on the field at the same time it's a problem right he can hand it to Mullins the big back he could take it he can hand it to Edwards I think there will be spe there will be packages where he's going to be on the field not only running the ball but throwing the ball do I think he's gonna be the full-time starter no that's that's my thought process I'm not saying it's the right thought process but I don't get paid the big bucks to make those type of decisions give me your score prediction of the the day and then me and Ron got to jump over and uh and do our do our game of the week yeah what you got uh us and Fresno call it 357 would that be a cover I'm not sure what the spread is on that game would be a cover I think the spirit is 31 so if you wouldn't by 35 you what was the final score you had 37 357 okay so no cover 357 you heard it here first we appreciate our guy darell for joining us our resident expert Michigan expert appreciate you Darnell Chris the game of the week game of the week I bro this it happens to me every year you and cam catch me every time that it happens and like I start drinking Miami Kool-Aid because they're my favorite spaces in the offseason they're fun I love category sports I love I love the big homie show I can't stop watching Miami and if I watch them during the off season I start to believe them because they're the best bases in the offseason and then when it's all I'm hearing I'm listening to the propaganda I'm listening to the propaganda I start to buy the hype but man just for how fun it will be if they lose man if Florida shocks the world and beats Miami week one what is this meltdown gonna look like from that fan base oh it's it's gonna be an alltime meltdown right generational I honestly podcast will end I would imagine yeah like it'll it'll start a war the spaces afterwards will be outrageous like this has a chance to be like the the peak of powers meltdown for the large part because Florida's kind of laid down like a dog all offseason like they're the school that's had the bad off season like they're the school that's like damn like this that this that like we're down we're gonna get blown out like can't wait for Billy to get fired like we're going to lose eight games like that's that's where they're at like they're over under like three and a half I mean it's three and a half but they have one of the most difficult college football schedules not in the country in the history of the sport Chris how unfair is it to be fired by if you're Billy naare if you get fired after this season in that schedule how fair is that and who the hell wants that job like why would you take that job hey come play the hardest schedule in college football I mean you have a talent-rich recruiting ground you're in the South it is a te it is a football power but that schedule is a gauntlet and even with 12 teams that is a hellacious schedule to have to go through and still try to make a 12 team playoff no one will ever make a 12 team playoff with that schedule it's outrageous like so someone did the math like their um their last two months of the Season it would be like an alltime difficult schedule that's disregarding the early G early games in the year like that that's how loaded their schedule is and for Miami you're in the ACC and you've got a pretty manageable schedule a schedule that should you know result in 10- two um as the floor quote unquote and you've got you've got the pieces you want the spending it's Mario Chrystal balls year three his offensive linemen are Juniors at this point the class that he recruited like it just feels too much it feels too much like Miami is heading in a good place they're gonna stub their toe they're gonna have to stub their toe this this seems crazy coming from an Ohio State fan but is this the game of the year it's it's yeah what I mean what are your other I mean obviously Ohio State Michigan to end the season Ohio State Oregon on the 12th where where do if this is not the best I say arguably is just mayly be because of my bias and I think it's it's not game it's not Game of the Year it's not Game of the Year game of the year on Twitter it's Twitter game of the the Twitter game of the year because in my in my blogosphere my piosphere whatever you want to call it in my college football Universe while the cover Theses and the other Nationals are going to be talking about uh the big games and and the national powers that are likely going to be competing for national championships man the the regional Wars that are going to break out on Twitter over this game we talked earlier about what that Pence State West Virginia game means for regional recruiting in the north I mean we're talking about the same thing down here in the South with Florida in Miami the ripple effect of this game the momentum that whatever team wins because if this could be a a a job-saving win by Billy with the Good Vibes and the hype that would follow a win from Florida I don't know no I what do you think I mean I I think yeah I think if Florida's able to get this done the ripple effect of the how the fan base is going to feel after this and obviously I feel like it would be an indication that this team might be better than they're projected to be on paper maybe they do I mean I think five six wins is a success from Billy Napier with the schedule that they have this season and if they're able to get it off get the season started with a win against a ranked opponent in Miami I think that would be a huge start to the season for them and potentially keep Billy in Florida I mean it definitely I don't know if it keeps Billy in Florida it definitely strengthens his case but what it does it [ __ ] heats the seat up Mario you think it heats the seat up for Mario I feel like if Miami loses this game they still have everything ahead of them being that this isn't a conference loss for them the ACC is weak and if they still win if they still make the playoffs despite an early stumble out the gate Mario still has the potential even with an early loss and the expectations what we have with this team a lot of young guys on defense that are going to be getting their feet wet early in the year if they're still able to write the ship win the ACC despite the loss and what the and that's why I think this is the Twitter game of the year because there are going to be crazy people ready to fire Mario if he loses this game with their everything in their entire season still ahead of them even if they lose this game and I think that's why it means so much and it's one of those great rivalries in the sport and I think the idea that Mario and people having hot seat conversations about Mario despite still having everything on the table is what makes this such a big game this year I guess like like opt optically though you think Mario can survive a loss to this Florida team you think so I mean he I think people were over the Georgia Tech loss and if with enough success he rebounds with a a great running back Edition in the transfer portal he goes out and gets a cam Ward they win an offseason national championship and they're right back on they're right back on the Mario train so I feel like even if they do lose the the temperature under the seat will get super hot but if they continue to win out and they write the ship and they do what they're expected to do the rest of their schedule and handle the ACC I I feel like it'll go right back to normal and they'll be talking extension if he wins an ACC title they've been in the conference for 20 years and never won it I know losing to uh Florida early in the season would be egg on their face but if they're able to write the ship and get their first ACC Championship they're I mean their trophy case is bare for the last two decades if they're able to put something in there how do you fire the guy just because he lost to Florida you're right you're right I guess I think that if if they lose to Florida I think they will stumble down the road I don't know if Mario will stop the bleeding but that's just like a pure projection no that's also one of my fears that they the team quits on him but I feel like they have so much to play for if this game was week three week four maybe later in the year and they stumble like this it may have a more lingering effect but with them having cupcakes earlier in the season and ability to write the ship after I still think there's hope for the team to still buy in and not give up on the season after one game my gu Daniel Henry in the chat saying if Miami loses today light foot and Justin Scott need to go on and come home we could cancel practice on Monday I want every coach on the Ohio State staff on a first go take a vacation to Miami and if you happen to bump into any of their players bring JoJo too yeah bring JoJo while you're down there yeah man if they lose I mean people are gonna be making the phone calls it's gonna be tampering season how how early do you think the phone calls started tampering season Chris today they already call did they already call are they already calling are there people already making calls to other rosters life man Monday if lifei gets under 10 snaps LJ better be on the horn you mean a lot of other great games in the college football landscape Chris a few others up on the graphic we talked a little bit about A&M how are you feeling about this USC LSU game I want to see if Brian Kelly is able to get our guy perk 40 back to back to the guy that we thought he should be I mean he bowed out his freshman year and then Brian Kelly fires his entire defensive staff because he went missing last season do we see that LSU defense return the form they have one of the best offensive lines in the country is this a team that USC should be worried about yeah I mean aren't they the same team like we're looking at two halves of the same coin bad defense Heisman Trophy transfer quarterbacks both off to the NFL exciting players on each side of the ball but only one spot I mean this is literally the same team except for one team has a better Coach I think Brian Kelly's a better Coach than Lincoln riy Spider-Man mem M Miller Moss same thing like what are we talking about do you believe that because like how impressed were you with the Miller Moss performance and like they both have low absolutely loaded wide receiver rooms yeah Zachariah branch do you feel like we see that gamebreaking speed really take hold this season it didn't really I mean obviously it showed in the punt return game but he didn't have an overly explosive freshman year do you feel like he gets that going this year I do I I and I do think Miller Moss is a good quarterback but also like nus me threw for 300 against Georgia like nus has a cannon like nus is really is really really different um I know he had kind of a sputter offseason I know they made some calls but I think with that group of receivers um unproven I think USC's got the more proven receivers but LSU's receivers are are there but I I would think that Zachariah branch is like the one player that could ruin a game I mean he's like he's like more he's like the more stocky version of Jimmy horn like that that's what kind of speed he has LSU minus four in this game where are you winning with this one I I I want big 10 Supremacy to always reain on but I think LSU wins the game because I think Brian Kelly's a better football coach than you than uh than Lincoln riy what do you think you think Brian Kelly's a better football coach than Lincoln Riley yeah that it's crazy where we have arrived because Chris we've known each other what almost three years now and one of the people's favorite things to ask us in spaces when we first met was is Lincoln Riley a better Coach than Ryan day bro when been asked that question in a year when's the last time you've heard that question it's been about a year bro and crazy fall because people wanted to anoint Lincoln Riley ahead of so many coaches that have done more than him that have had more success that have had better teams have had more complete teams this guy has not shown an ability to fi a defense and still has not and he has completely fallen from grace to the point that we're asking he's no longer being compared to Ryan Day who is potentially the national championship favorite coming into this season are you better than Brian the guy that they rejoice in Notre Dame when he left it's funny because when people describe Ryan day like all the negatives all they're describing is Lincoln Riley soft program no defense pass happy like but the Heisman the Heisman F A he what that 38 do no I think BR I think briyan K's a better Coach Lincoln Riley I I am not very I'm selling stock on on Lincoln Riley and replacing with Dam Ling stock word to Q I think he does all that kind of stuff yeah the big stock guy on our show big stock guy big stock guy so no I've got LSU winning that game but I hope USC wins yeah um I I I I it would be interesting to see LSU come out with a win early and then be another team that could maybe the boat in the SEC I think this could be I I feel like this is gearing up to be a year of Mayhem and college football a lot of teams with tus schedules no real juggernaut exide for my Buckey in the sport so I don't know how good any of these teams actually are like I'm so excited for this Florida Miami game because one thing that I feel like a lot of people aren't yes gr Merz is grah Merz grah Merz has played a million games in college football like this I know Kim ward has played a ton but this is his first time with that program so I'm really interested to see how a lot of these teams look coming out of the gates early in the season because it's hard to know what to expect with these guys early in the season and if people start stumbling and these uh rankings especially now that most of these conferences don't have divisions he could see college football get real spooky this year real [ __ ] spooky dog that's what I'm excited for like that that I mean like the same way we get like March m in basketball I want just some form of Madness in football and I think like the 12 teamer like extends it a little bit and makes a lot of these like matches between like the 10 and 15 teams way more important than they were before absolutely so I think we are in for an absolutely chaotic year in college football and I am here for it but Chris did you know the Buckeyes play at 3:30 today news to me yeah didn't it was news to me I've been talking and Countdown the days to this game and I woke up and me and Chris are getting ready for the show and I'm like huh know the Bucky play at 3:30 today it like it should have been a noon game so I get you you know what say I thought it was gonna be a noon game I just assume like akd noon game a give it and I'm like getting ready for the show getting ready for the morning and I'm like huh three o'clock start that's real that's for the Bucky have a lot of new faces on this team a new offensive coordinator new quarterback new running back what day B not sure what we're calling him these days a superstar generational freshman wide receiver and the best defense in college football what are you looking for today from the Buckeyes what am I looking for today I'm looking for Jeremiah Smith early that's that's really it I want Jeremiah Smith early um and and I want I want like downfield passing game to these wide outs cuz he and Carell Ted I think have a chance I think probably are the two best X receivers in the country or project to be and we have one at x one at Z and I want to see downfield passing attack and then I also want to see what they do about the guards because I don't think Donovan Jackson's gonna play today so that would do you think they bumped Tegra over to left or do you have him start at Right Guard the position he projects to play and put one of the backups I would assume Austin srael is the next guy yeah probably Austin or Carson Hinman played a lot last year okay I mean and it is Acron so he should be able to get away with one of those guys like playing guard for a game like just filling in that Donovan Jackson spot so I I think you I think you leave T where he's at and then just like do just a quick flip with um with Donovan and whoever is is the backup whether that is Montgomery or if it's Austin um or you know Hinman I I think that SP and I also want to see how much Gap in power we run instead of just running the stretch stuff I mean Georgia Tech put on that Gap that Gap scheme Clinic against Ford State and you felt them moving guys off the ball and I want to see if Ohio State's got some of that in there as well you talked about Jeremiah Smith I want to peel the curtain back a little bit Juck pressed me on my own show the other day and he caught me he caught me lacking and held my feet to the fire he asked me how many targets would I be okay with if Jeremiah received a game this year and I thought he meant catches and I said three yeah and then I was too proud to admit that I thought he meant catches not targets and he held my feet to the fire and said you can't only throw the ball to a generational Talent like that three times is Jeremiah Smith going to receive Mar level targets if he is the X re starting x- receiver this is the Ohio state offense do you see a more balanced distribution from these wide receivers or do you think that we see only do you think that we see Jeremiah step right into that marvelall and see that level of production or that level of targets for him um I think I think if he is if he is the true x no you won't see Marvel level targets bro because honestly those Marvel level targets came from the fact that jsn got hurt Oh I thought you were gonna say because his high school quarterback was throwing him the ball no no no no I'm talking about the year before like jsn got hurt cuz obviously think this offense like more favors the slot um and when jsn got hurt you you saw the volume of targets outside and then that next time around um honestly like there was no dominant slot presence so I think he and like comic Court I guess was told to throw in the ball every trip on the defensive side of the ball we talked about it a little bit earlier in the game you have the over in this game which would require I mean I don't see Ohio State scoring 70 points themselves not rolling it out though but if akan were to put 10 on the board even in garbage time with how much hype has been made I mean we can tease a question that we're going to talk about on another program here in the future but does Ohio State have a top five defense in the Big 10 with their second string defense if they give up 10 to akan I feel like fans might still be a little bit upset I feel like this is kind of the nitpicky type of team that Ohio State has that this team is so Elite that fans are going to have to nitpick to find something to complain about but when you're constantly viewing this team through the lens of can they win a National Championship people are constantly nickp picking and I feel like even if we do see a defensive laps that allows uh akan to put up 10 points I feel like I think that's probably too high for my liking 17 and a half was our over under every year for or every game last year for points scored on his defense I would be shocked if akan touches double digits well I think it depends on like who they score against right like if they score against like the threes like late late in the game do you Ryan Day talked a lot about the importance of building depth on this team early in the season do you see do you see threes playing today yeah I think I think threes will play like those last like four drives in the fourth I I think so um I think I think if if they score if akan scores early you're going to see the Meltdown um just like you saw with like like when Howard scor people are like oh not a playoff team it's like all right bet um I think if you see the punter in the first half for allio St I think people going to have a melt down like oh the offense isn't clicking or or whatever but um it is important to remember that there's gonna be some like weird first game stuff we have a two-headed monster in the backfield this projects to be a game where backups play Early how do you think they handled this running back rotation in years past I wouldn't necessarily call them two-headed monsters but in years past when they have a dynamic one back they usually have a power Runner that beats up on the defense towards the end of the game I don't feel like either one of those guys is fit for that role not fit I feel like they're both more than capable but I don't think you're putting either one of them in to beat up on defenses late in the game how early do you see both of them come out of the game do you feel like they both lose their helmets at the same time uh during blowouts and it's the James people show because like I asked Q on the buck I roast earlier in the week over under one and a half or over under two and a half 100 yard games from James peoples D Hayden ran for three as a true freshman with those guys both projecting to be NFL backs next year potential day one day two picks you're not going to be running them into the ground does this open the door for James people to make a name for himself early in his career as a buckeye I think so I think that D and excuse me not D I think that Trey and Q lose their helmets uh after the first drive of the second half and then I think you're going to see um him and Sam Z Dixon getting of work just because like you want to keep Trey and Q healthy so I think there's a good chance to get them work too I mean Ryan Day might be forced to do the thing that he hasn't done all all his whole career and like get young guys experience because you got to get guys he you guys got to stay healthy so I expect them to lose their homet at the same time I think James peop will do a lot for himself and become a household name and I think we'll have to like deal with some tampering well no never mind most years we'd have to but not not this year what do you think will Howard is going to show the Buckeye fan base that impresses them the most today against akan it depends on how you feel about Ryan day like I think like do you think Ryan day is gonna try to prove a point like he did with with uh with ran day doesn't call plays at Ohio State so I know but he's part of like putting together the game like that whole like hello Columbus moment you had like with Justin Fields hello Columbus but do you feel like Ryan day because I feel like we've seen a tonal shift in Ryan day this off season where Ryan day seems more confident and sure of himself and it's almost like you know like when you go somewhere and you don't knowbody know anybody and you're a little bit nervous but then if you roll up deep you're with your boys like I don't care if I know anyone here like it's not going to be a problem like Ryan day has his big homie up in this Press Box calling the plays it seems like Ryan day is walking around with a different confidence and I don't feel like he needs to prove himself to Lou Holtz on at 3:00 today like I feel like Ryan day has a job out there that he's completely aware of what he's required to do this season and I don't think he's out here trying to prove a point to anyone I think Ryan day didn't come out and show hey I'm a CEO of this program and it's gonna look how it needs to look to win I don't think he needs to prove anything I think Ryan you disagree no I think I think Ryan wants to get with Howard to New York really I do I do would seem to be an odd choice of the quarterbacks that you've had to try to make it happen I mean well I think he's trying to get everybody to New York except for Kyle I'm so glad I took a breath there because I almost said something crazy I almost look I I'll share I I almost just said it off the top of my brain and I caught myself because that was like that would have sounded crazy I almost said Kyle has a better chance of going to New York this year than will that is not true is it not it's not I mean what is that the kombucha girl bro I cannot I have I have a cal mcord meme just sitting in the chamber that I just cannot wait for him to have his crazy game to let loose on people but yeah no I don't I don't think that I don't think that Ryan is going to be going out of his way to get willah Heisman and I definitely don't think with his massive quarterback room he has five scholarship quarterbacks it's not like five just anybody scholarship quarterbacks he has a who's who of 247 quarterbacks and will Howard in his room so like I don't think he's going to be able to have the opportunity to make a name for will I feel like will if he does make a name for himself as a Heisman candidate it will be playing within his game I don't think he can come here and look like Ohio State quarterbacks of past I think he's gonna have to look at the most look like the most maximized version of will Howard and I don't think Ryan day is gonna have to or Chip Kelly has to call the game out of his body to do that I think they're going to end up getting him to New York but not off calling the game out of his body right like like I think because like naturally he's going to stumble in like 3600 yards and like 300 rushing yards and probably around like 35 touchdowns I think that plus being Ohio State quarterback and undefeated will get him to New York do I think I'll win it no but I think I think Ryan Day wants to at least get him there and I think he wants to show that like look like Kansas State didn't push this kid out if they did they're idiots because look how good he is I think Kirby said they did H said they did he did he he stood on business he he stood on that bro I couldn't believe it we have a guest here his camera's just loading I don't know if you're ready to bring him up and let him talk some Buckey parl me what up Pat what's up guys how we doing Pat man how you doing I'm good boys how we doing this morning good good just going through the Ohio State Akon game man we're just getting to the running back where how do you think this distribution of carries is going to go which running back of the two-headed monster or do you think James peoples leads the team in rushing who do you guys have leading the team in rushing today against Aura dude it might be he's gonna yeah he's gonna take oh [ __ ] will Howard mighten Howard break one early let's go I'm down Columbus I feel like I got a money maker I'm about to open a sports book Ron sports book let me know who you want to bet on is the leading rord for the Buckeyes today because I feel like ain't no one getting it right but what is the best choice there dude I don't know I'm thinking I feel like they're gonna give quinon a lot of the carries early so I feel like if he breaks off one in the first half that he'll probably lead the league or lead the team in rushing um but you're right James peoples might take over in the second half it's a blowout so it could be him Chris who you got leading the team in rushing today against a I mean I I hope it's Trey I don't know I have no clue because like like workload like people's just gonna get the most work isn't he that's what I'm saying that's why I thought it might be an interesting question because you're not sure what the distribution is is even if they go in with a game plan when you're playing a team like akan you have no idea what play is GNA break loose so if they go out there with a plan to get someone x amount of touches and then it's a blowout before they know it I'm interested to see if they truly are able to get the touches that they want for both backs earlyer does this game get out of hand quickly Devin Brown most rushing yards DB is gonna pop one he's gonna he's gonna break one there's been a lot made on the timeline this week about the tight ends at Ohio State a name that seemed like to fall out of Grace coming out of spring but then has been coming back into the fold as of late will casmer I think I got that right will casmer at tight end it sounding like he's pushing to be a starter if not the next guy in in that in those 12 Personnel packages where is galani Thurman in this rotation and is G Scott position as tight end one safe because it sounds like someone's making a push dude will did the thing and he hit the love button bro he got up in a press conference and said I love Kate Stover and I love blocking and they said oh that's him he's little bro he literally got up there and said that like that absolutely had an impact on everything like that was the day they were like wait a second he might be honest he's pushing so I've watching a lot of cage St tape and I love blocking what's his quote I mean you saw you saw how they called this game last year it'd be like I know we got more but we need the scheme open Kate Stover here in the red zone and I would constantly be like always Kate St the top five pick on this team Kate Stover or Marvin Harrison Jr because I couldn't tell by the play calling when this team got into Red Zone this so I another question for you guys who is the new Kate Stover in the red zone for the Buckey this year what is their go-to because it seemed like anytime you went into the Red Zone they were looking for Cade who becomes that Target for the Buckey this year I mean I don't know I I hope it's I hope it's one of our receivers let's not lock in on a tight end in the Red Zone this year man like give it to JJ let him ball out man slot Fades from JJ to JJ all game I I'll be done with that yeah that's what I'm saying it's going to be a tight end and it's going to be G Scott and it's like like us having G Scott is like like oh yeah like they got KD but we got Jaden McDaniels like that's that's the equivalent that's what we're doing umide ends and not and not um and not receivers we saw Devon Brown get hurt last year in the Red Zone because our red zone offense was so anemic earlier early in the year that they wanted to use Devon Brown's athleticism to shake things up and he did it with success before getting injured and probably would have been a pack that we saw more last year had he not gotten hurt how big of a factor is Will are will Howard's legs going to be in the Red Zone this season for the Buckey and do you think that adds a new element to the offense because that was the first name to came to mind maybe G Scott or maybe the tight end isn't the biggest target but the biggest asset in the Red Zone will be will Howard's legs this year I mean like yeah that's what it should be that's why we brought him in like I I want to see this I want to see the quarterbacks run in the in the Ohio State offense again like make make run make quarterbacks run again that's that's my uh Ohio State slogan this year scramble drill I just want to see some scramble drill to be honest yeah man I I think will is going to really add an element of this offense but I'm definitely interested to see they made an emphasis about the Run game being a big part of the offense and all of the quarterback needing to be able to do it I'm interested to see how much they run the other guys too once they start to get in the game who do you think we see first Lincoln or uh or Julian it's gonna be Julian Chris what have I been telling you my biggest fear regarding Julian saying is around this team I don't wanna I don't want to botch it you go you go I'm nervous that Buckeye fans the irrational ones are going to boo anyone that comes in the game before Julian Julian saying and I will vomit if that happens like they're the coaches and they're going to play them in the order that they think they're in there but I can't rule out Lincoln keing holds throwing a pass before Julian saying I don't know I think is you got to get Julian you gotta get Julian reps early on but do you is the is the question of who throws a who takes a snap first and who throws the first pass the same question no it is not no it is not shout out Quinn yours so P which one are you going with is the third quarterback if a third quarterback plays against akan for the Buckey who do you think that will be I think it's going to be Julian I I want I want to see him I want to see him get action early on because I just think he is more Talent than Lincoln and I mean I get I I feel like everyone has a bad taste and myself included because of how Lincoln performed in the Cotton Bowl so it's just like I don't know I'm ready I'm ready to see what Julian can provide and if he balls out I think it'd be cool to see him as the qb3 qb3 I feel like if he comes in and balls out at qb3 there's going to be people screaming and at the games with signs that say qb2 on it he is but the thing is like you got like will Howard and Devon Brown can run the offense the same way like they're not gonna like it's it's not the same offense that jul got run so it's like yeah that's fair that's fair um gang do you have a parlay before we get us out of here oh hell yeah I lock one in this morning what you got here the quit the see it's funny when we asked you for the quit the job Harley we wanted you to tell us it not just place it yourself and then we text Pat yesterday like hey for the show I'm sending it to you guys right now all right bro bro just placed it bro was trying to get off Menace was like yo I got theet out of here and I'm not sharing it with Chris bro really just placed it and like didn't what you want I just over five it's a five legger started off two two games at noon we're going one with juice and one with not uh West Virginia money line and Georgia money line I don't trust the spread with the Georgia game because I don't know double digit spreads always scare me and I think Clemson might keep it close but Georgia's gonna win that game and uh I think West Virginia is gonna pull off the upset against Penn State I know we've talked about it on the show all week let's go it's it's it's got to be West Virginia man morgantown's going to be bumping I want to hear a little Take Me Home Country Roads so those are the two that I got for the noon game all right this one I found it this morning I love it Ohio State first drive result offensive touchdown let's see this new offense hum to start the game it's minus 170 I think that's a steal but I added that uh and then the two for two games at night uh Notre D money line uh against A&M and Fresno State plus 20 and a half against Michigan because [ __ ] this is no betting expert he just watched the show and stole all our picks Chris is that what you guys I mean basically that's basically what I got that's awesome hey this is not a quit your job Pary this is like for $200 well no if youl bro to quit his job to get another job like this is not he said us I can't quit my J what do you think I do qu my job for $200 oh my God apparently that I work for $200 a week put it all on uh Devin Brown Heisman and then then then you quit your job I'm about to pull out the inflation calculator to figure out what year we got to be living in for $200 to allow you to quit your job Chris get us out of here because I got to go to work on Monday now cuz P can't do anything right Jesus Christ I'm I'm Chris that's Pat that's Ron Pat's want to quit a job and be homeless I guess I noty as always football is officially back man Chris let the people know where they could find us after the game oh yeah we're going be a Bach report after the game right after the game um doing a little postgame reaction hopefully it's really positive fills you know fill with lots of laughs and uh and uh you know dubs's and all that so Bach report right after the show right after the game right after the game make sure you guys tap in we appreciate all of our guests for joining us today Pat Darnell uh our guy Chris a ton of people joining us so a great show appreciate everyone joining us awesome to be in a new home you guys are welcoming me into your home for the best damn College pregame show here on menace to sports it has been awesome to get the college football season started with you guys you know how we end the show go Bucks and oh iio I we interrupt this program to bring you a special report Co coach you knew this one wasn't going to be easy but it came down to the wire and what can you say about the performance from your quarterback Kyle McCord to finish that drive toughness toughness that's it physicality cross the Board finish it off having guts you know I like to know where Lou Holtz is right now what he said about our team what he said about our team I cannot believe this is a tough team right here it's proud to be from Ohio it's always been Ohio Against the World and it'll continue to be Ohio against the world but I'll tell you what I love those kids who get a tough team