Football Friday Preview: Maryland vs UConn

welcome to football Friday we're one day away from yukon's season opener how will the huskys fair against Maryland you're locked on Yukon you are locked on Yukon your daily podcast on the Yukon Huskies part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day thanks for making locked on Yukon your first listen every day we are free and available wherever you get your podcast and on YouTube part of the lock on podcast Network your team every day before we dive in today to Today's Show just want to take a moment to ask you for a quick favor if you're enjoying the content here please take a second to subscribe to the show follow the audio versions wherever you get your podcast it really helps the show grow and I can't tell you how much I appreciate your support it means the world to me and it keeps us going strong every day thanks so much for being part of this locked on Yukon community community today today's episode is brought to you by 5H Hour Energy it fixes tired fast with zero sugar and a convenient portable size it's the perfect pickme up for getting stuff done go to a 5out energy.com and use promo code locked on CFB to receive 20% off your order this offer is only valid until September 30th in on one order and cannot be used with other promotions go to 5our energy.com today well let's bring in our co-host for football Friday just like last week we bring in Bobby Wilson and Pete Callen from the TNT college football podcast they are resident college football experts in the Yukon Universe Pete is a Yukon DB uh Alum love to have you guys and and happy to have you guys back first question out of the gates I think what most people have on their mind when it comes to this this opening matchup is what are we going to expect out of this Yukon team a lot of new faces I'm going to go to first what what are we what what can we expect from this Yukon team offensively and defensively just one one thing that everyone is going to be keyed in on I think the one thing that everybody's going to be key on quite simply is how these players operate with one another you know what what do they do to do the basic operations of offense and defense to make it work uh work together uh work at a level intense enough to compete and uh win the game um really basic stuff I mean and in terms of you know players which players will shine basically who's gonna who's going to shine out who's going to be that alpha dog that's going to take things on their shoulders and um do their part to try to do uh their job so well they start taking over the game uh if they have that capability so that's what I think people are gonna be looking for this first game what about you Pete this is a this is a big one for them you know there's not a ton of uh power five or power four games on the on the schedule this is an opportunity for them against a Maryland team that was eight and five last year I think they were in the middle of the pack in the Big 10 but it's a good team what what um what what can we expect well I I think that this personally my opinion I think this is the hardest game on our schedule this is a a talented Marland team uh with Billy Edwards a quarterback mixing in MJ Morris the NC State transfer both have really good run pass option uh Billy throws a really good deep ball they got some really talented receivers that can go get it uh and then defensively they got a really Stout front seven so I mean it's going to be interesting to see how we how like Pete and I always talk about the operations aspect and it's something we're really big on how we operate with our new offensive system and our new defensive system against a high quality opponent do you think and just open-ended either you can go first um do you think that uh the new signal calling where now there's a headset is going to help with some of those operations I know they've gone away from probably in part because of the sign stealing scandal with Michigan where everyone's kind of got their their their signs up but now you can actually talk to the to the quarterback during just like the NFL does do you think that's going to help with some of the communication at least initially I think definitely um especially with newer players players younger players uh players that are you know coming in despite their experience learning T new terminology um position coaches relating to the offensive coordinator offensive coordinator relating particularly the quarterback just certain Tendencies the defense might be showing that he may not be able to see under Center that people can see up top from the Press box or from the sidelines so I think it'll definitely be helpful from an offensive standpoint and uh even the defensive standpoint as well with the signal callers on on the defense with the safeties and the linebackers getting the defense lined up um in accordance to whatever formations they may face um getting them in the right position to make plays and and helping them out as well what about you Bobby what do you think about that I I agree looking at it from the quarterback perspective uh from my time as a as back in my days and just thinking about like having somebody in your ear to help and guide you through some of those different things I think it's re a really really important aspect to have uh those coaches be able to like hey we see this how about you look at this just a different perspective seeing different uh from different Vantage points I think that's big from an offensive perspective and like Pete said I agree defensively I think it helps as well uh just from communicating um we had some breakdowns last year in our defense and and I'm really intrigued to see how that translates this season yeah I I would I'm curious also um and correct I I don't know the answer to this question so you guys can can answer it for me I know again in at the NFL level the the Mike linebacker typically has the the headset is that also happening in the in college level where the defense can be relayed electronically or is it still is it just for the quarterback good question I assume that it it was um for both positions for both units I think if you didn't have it both units it'll give an extreme advantage to the offense for them to be wired and the defense not be wired so I'm I'm assuming that it you know the linebackers or at least one positional player on defense has communication and uh access to a coach as well as the quarterback yeah I mean it could be I guess it could be a different player at the college level if you you know if you trust your strong safety to call plays and relay that to to the linebackers and who relate that to the defensive line that that could be the way it goes but yeah I think you're right I think it would be silly for them to Institute this Rule and then only have it for one side of the ball but so maybe not that great of a question but I I really don't know the answer to it so maybe we'll find that out um Bobby yeah it is a thing for the defense as well H they're able to choose which player they want it to be so just okay the way to look for it is just look for the Green Dot on the back of their helmet yep y whoever it may be I I don't know who it will be but yes it will be there real quick uh back to Pete defense defensively what worries me is new linebackers and the secondary especially with this Maryland uh offense that does have a good you know good deep ball throw on Billy Edwards Jr um and quite a few receivers that can take the top off the defense what do you expect from them in terms of the type of coverages do you like I I feel like I always kind of go back to do you want to have an aggressive defense that can get burned and then you kind of take some chances to maybe make the quarterback rush or do you kind of have that bend but don't break defense like what what's the philosophy with Yukon in this 335 I think number one the one number one thing they're going to look for is stopping the run as Bobby alluded to earlier there Maryland has historically been a very good running team Mike loley Mike loxley's offenses in particular feature the Run particularly with dual threat quarterbacks incorporating the rpos off of that so their first priority is going to be stopping the run and then from that you know how many people is it going to take to stop the run are they gonna be able to stay in three-man fronts they have to walk up a fourth man or fifth man stop it you know and consequently you know how's the offense going to adapt to that in terms of you know going off a play action passes and exporting those weaknesses and those bubbles in the defense so it's going to be that chest game that the defense is going to have to play and then you know in obvious passing situations what kind of you know lines what kind of line numbers can they get away with rushing the quarterback is it going to be four is it going to be five did they have to bring six so it's going to be that kind of feel that they're going to have to get over the course of the game to see how their matchups are on defense and see you know what they can do to to attack Maryland watch you Bobby what are your thoughts on that I I agree with Pete that our first line at defense will be stopping the Run um just just based off of how we've played in the past but then at the same time I I think that's where we're very strong is on the defensive line and I I think our linebackers I know Pete and I have talked about this uh on on my show about how originally we didn't think it was as deep as uh as we thought but when you look at it a little bit deeper we got some really talented guys there and I'm really really excited to see how that group handles things um who's a name to watch in the line who's the name to watch in the linebacking Corp tuy famina Brown he just recently got uh nominated for the Polynesian award uh he's on a watch list um he's I expect him to have that Green Dot being the guy communicating defensively uh that would just be my guess and I know uh some of the guys that I've talked to have really talked him up and just saying how great he's been playing it's fantastic well we're going to get into all I appreciate that overview guys we're going to talk about the Maryland terapin and what they bring to the table coming up after this hey everyone with a new baby on the way I'm trying to minimize meal prep and still eat healthy and nutritious meals that's why I'm loving factors no prep No Mess meals they're fresh they're never Frozen ready to eat in just two minutes perfect for my busy schedule whether I'm looking to stay on track with calorie smart Protein Plus or keto options for me it's keto Factor has me covered plus with 35 different meals and over 60 add-ons each week I'm always exploring new flavors ready to Kickstart your Healthy routine head to factor meals.com SL lockon col 50 and use lockon College 50 for 50% off your first box and 20% off your next 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wanted to bring up we went over a kind of the overview of what to expect for for Yukon um a little bit of of of what you know some names to watch offensively and defensively if you're watching this game on Saturday and you're psyched about Yukon football who's our opponent uh we say we know it's Maryland we know they're a big 10 opponent we know they're pretty talented what can we expect from them Bobby I'm going to start with you first just give me like a quick overview of of this their style of play um and and maybe some some guys that we can can kind of keep our eyes on that are that are gonna be tough to tough to stop offensively they got some really talented athletes running back Roman henby is a all big 10 caliber back running catching he can do a little bit of everything um Billy Edwards at quarterback he's a really good run pass threat um performed well in their bowl game um and then I I've heard that they're gonna mix in MJ Morris their the transfer from MC State as well kind of provides the same type of thing just might not know the Playbook as well just because he's just been brought in there they have some really really talented wide receivers Kaden Prather he's 63 he's an NFL prospect uh there's going to be lots of eyes on him he really really talented player and then uh Ty Felton is another really talented guy they have some good tight ends as well um this is a talented offense that's going to look to spread it out get get it in space use their speed but then also they've been known to take deep shots it'll be interesting to see now that tuua tabala is now longer no longer there obviously he took a lot of deep shots so it' be interesting to see if they continue to implement that moving forward Pete when you're thinking about this think about it from a DB perspective um they have a lot of guys on the other side wide receivers that uh Bobby just mentioned that are you know last year they were doing a lot of deep balls if do you go into this looking at some of the the film from last year and kind of getting Tendencies or do you kind of go into this almost like fresh late where we don't really know and we have to just trust our keys and and react like what what what's your mindset going into this game I think me being the wiser now than I was back when I was a player I think the one thing you always look at is who's calling the plays and they have a very creative mindset on that offensive staff um and Ken suin the F the former head coach at Texas A&M is on that staff as an assistant head coach um so so you know in terms of the creativity you know the one thing that stood out to me particularly watching film from last year was the bowl game and how they just totally dismantled Auburn during that that bowl game how creative they were with different screen packages to get uh their star players the ball particularly the running back um how they took shots and attacked with their receivers uh against SEC an SEC caliber you know secondary and and they just totally rolled the floor with auburn totally dominated the game so um a lot of those players young players got experience in that bowl game last year a lot of them are going to have roles uh to play in this offense so it's going to be a challenge for our defense uh particularly switching to a new system U we got to make sure that you as a unit we take care of our own business again make sure our operations are sound and um Elevate the level of play from there okay um Maryland's defense uh talk to me uh what's what what do they do they play a like an aggressive front um are they more of a three four defense are they doing something 335 like us or are they traditional 4-3 Bobby breakdown uh to your best knowledge you're you're you're kind of defensive preview on Maryland they they can mix it up between 34 and 43 with their personnel they're two the two main guys on their defensive line they got two 320 pound tackle nosu combo guys and Tommy enam basate and then Jordan Phillips these two guys are really talented players and uh all big 10 level players I mean these guys can both play on Sunday um I I think initially it's G to be hard for us to run up the middle against those guys um something Pete and I have talked about is speeding up speeding them up trying to get them tired um trying to get them to sub as much as we stand and then being able to hit him uh quickly uh with some gash plays um but those two in particular defensive linemen are really really talented they got a good linebacker Roman Roman H highlight or Ruben H highlight I'm sorry he's a captain multi-year starter uh he's just always around the football um those are three guys in particular I would look at uh their secondary they do have some new faces so we might be able to uh EXP exploit some of those matchups potentially I like our I I love our new options at receiver I think we're going to be able to get guys in space and really make some noise in that regard before I ask Pete about one more aspect of Maryland I just have to let everyone know as as you guys know college football is back and it's not too late to catch up before the season kicks off SEC ACC Big 10 Big 12 you can get it all here from locked on from lock on stable of college experts by subscribing to lock on college football podcast who has a chance to make the college football playoff what teams will cause chaos in their new conference everything you need to know all in one place be sure to follow And subscribe to the lock on college football podcast part of the lockdown podcast Network your team every day Pete um talk to me about our ability to get after this quarterback um whoever whoever it is whether it's Billy Edwards or if they bring in uh I forget his name Bobby um the NC State transfer if they if they kind of mix it up bottom line is you put pressure on a quarterback sometimes they Wilt what kind of what kind of pressure can we create here or can we how is how is Maryland's offensive line compared to what we can potentially do to disrupt what they like to do well they have a bunch of new starters on offense on offensive line I think we pointed out on previous shows that they had what four Bobby four new starters on offense so yeah that uh could be exploited if we put them in those past situations again as we said before the our main focus and our main mission is going to be stopping the run and all the plays that uh proceed off of that particularly run pass options we definitely have the experience in the secondary to kind of enforce our influence on that in stopping those plays and I think if we get them in pressure situations I kind of like our our situation in terms of the 335 because then that's when we can stem in different fronts different um numbers in the Box uh if we scouted them well enough to know what kind of adjustments they make to protections you know based on you know where the numbers lie on one side of the ball or the other that's when we can really exploit them and exploit uh possibly their inability to communicate with each other effectively and get someone one or two people to sneak in and get some hits on the quarterback if we do all that let's say let's say we do stop the run because you guys did mention that so let's say let's say that's happened and we're and and we're doing a good job of stopping the run here does the defense kind of play some games as kind of in that regard where a 335 is it similar to like when you know you watch some of these exotic defenses where it's kind of like an amoeba where you don't necessarily know who's who's coming who's not who's dropping is it going to be more Zone Blitz uh from from that perspective uh Bobby why don't you why don't you give me your answer on that I think that that's where it can get really fun for us because we can play that game where they're not knowing where our guys are coming from and especially being the first game I mean they're not going to have film and all that on it obviously to know our Tendencies and whatnot but I if we're able to do the things that that Pete and I think we can do when it comes to stopping the run it's GNA put us in a in a really good spot because then we have we have an advantage then at that point because like Pete said I like our back end our our those guys back there we have guys with a lot of experience back there um that can make some plays but then we have a really good mixture of guys that we can throw in on the defensive line that can do different things and then we have some really t that albe a lot of them we haven't seen a much much of from the linebacker position uh but we got some really good talent there okay Pete anything to add there no I really like our chances if we get them in passing situations um I don't think either quarterback will be comfortable staying in the pocket uh trying to deliver passes if we get them in that situation is um like I said Loxley likes to put pressure on the offense on a defense excuse me by making them play 11 on 11 and if we can make them onedimensional and make that quarterback have to sit back in the pocket and start delivering the ball I I like our chances last question on this um Pete I'm gonna I'm gonna come back to you do you think and this is this is this is just your guess because like you like Bobby said we don't have film we don't have Tendencies if we if we do all these good things I may not be a a college football expert but what I do know about football is sometimes you can do all the right things especially at the college level and that quarterback sneaks out and is hurting you with his legs with either one of these quarterbacks because they do run an RPO are we gonna have to spy are we gonna have to have some discipline to stay in our lanes and not rush up field too much or give him ability to kind of in other words contain him with our rush so not just go with your hair on fire because no disrespect because he's the greatest quarterback of all time but a Tom Brady who's not mobile um but do you know you don't you don't see Lamar Jackson get hit clean because he can escape so does does that make sense like are we G to have to do some of that do you think they're going to have to play games where they leave like a a hybrid linebacker safety and kind of spy or or or can we play straight up with these guys the first thing we want to try to do because of the T types of players we brought in is to try to play straight up with them try to rush for have them be disciplined in their Rush lanes and keep them contain in the pocket um if they do Escape you know hopefully they'll Escape up field away from the line of scrimmage enough to you know to Bubble back and you know give the rest of the Defenders chance to adjust uh with their play and with their responsibility so yeah it's definitely going to be you know basically be disciplined take the straightest line possible try to use the lineman in front of you to you know create extra pressure on that quarterback to make him feel um condensed space and um try to influence Tempo and and uh momentum that way okay all right I like it I think we have a pretty good idea of of what to expect when we come back I'm gonna ask probably like one or two key matchups and get some predictions and yes we will talk about the betting line and and Best Bets for this game and if you're feeling frisky what the money line is for Yukon win coming up after this ever hit that afternoon slump and just can't seem to push through trust me I've been there in fact I've been called the yawning podcaster before so I definitely need five energy sometimes it's my go-to for tackling the endless to-do list or powering through a workout with motivations low and when I'm catching the big game or staying up late hell doing a podcast it keeps me alert and in the Zone plus with zero sugar and flavors like watermelon and tropical burst there's something for everyone head head over to their website whenever you can customize your own 12 or 24 pack so what are you waiting for try 5our energy today hey Yukon fans if you want to show off your husky pride and style check it out we're talking about HomeField apparel they've got the most comfortable vintage style inspired gear perfect for any true Yukon supporter and here's the best part you can get 15% off your first first order with the promo code Yukon 24 just head over to HomeField apparel.com and use the code Yukon 24 at checkout I got a a a back to back to football box they they wrapped it perfectly it was beautiful I got this sweatshirt a long sleeve and I believe that Koozie that's up there they hook you up and if hey if you got another fan in the house or someone who went to a different school no worries HomeField has over 180 schools to choose from so there's something for everyone don't miss out on upgrading your game day wardrobe okay we're back with the guys from the TNT podcast Bobby Wilson Pete Callen all right guys last segment before we watch some football and see how our huskys do here um what are some key matchups Bobby you go first I I want to give you I'm I'm basically just going to give you names against the others offense or defense there's no that's I think that's kind of the biggest thing because like the first thing for me is Nick Evers in his offensive line because a quarterback can't it by himself against Maryland's defense what what's the what's the key matchup there in respect to what can we expect from the former fourstar Oklahoma QB uh via Wisconsin transfer let us know what to expect with Nick against this Maryland defense I think Nick is going to look to try to get it to our receivers in space um I'm thinking we're going to utilize the RPO more we'll see um because he has that ability he's very quick good on his feet I I think it's going to keep Marilyn on their toes in that regard um from our offensive line perspective our tackles are both professional prospects in Valentin sen and Chase Lunt Chase Lunt is absolutely on NFL draft Radars um and then our interior offensive line against those particularly those two interior defensive linemen I mentioned earlier I think is a really important thing to watch in this game Pete and I are both big on games are one in the trenches and I firmly fir I firmly believe that this game will be that way what about you Pete when you when you look at this game uh and it's Nick ever's first start at Yukon um what do you want to see from him forget about the matchup what do you what do you want to see from him like that you were like all right he's settled down like the the start of the game has happened you know Maryland fans are hooting Hollin it's a packed house although didn't their coach say that they're like imploring fans to come to the game so maybe it won't be a packed house but it'll be pretty it'll be a lot of people there um and if anyone sees Mike Martinez my uncle out there he's about a 72 year old guy he's at he's gonna be tailgating he's a former board of directors at Yukon so he'll be at that game um if I didn't have a pregnant wife I'd be with him so uh say hi to him for me but if in this game it's going to be it's a lot of pressure he's it's his first Yukon start if you see him do what you're going to be like like oh he's going to be fine just keep his composure not try to press and make plays Beyond what his role is um and just try to let his natural Talent kind of synthesize with the play calling with the offense um I think if he starts to do that naturally he'll start to gain the Rhythm More and start to make plays on his own and you'll start to see other components of the offense other players on the offense you know probably join that momentum along with them and and and start making plays I think the biggest thing with him is just keeping his composure taking care of the football um operationally and his role and you know delivering the passes he needs to move change make plays when he has to I think if he starts making throws that he's supposed to make I'll be happy if he starts making throws that you're like wow that was a tight window and he still completed it and we're moving the ball because of that I'd be like really encouraged so um those are the things I'd be looking at you know in terms of his play and judging whether or not things are going well Bobby let me ask you this and Pete you can give me your opinion on this as well um as far as the tempo of this game are they going to give what's what's yukon's offensive philosophy I know the defensive philos philosophy is stop the run first so we can get into passing situations and kind of play some games um from that from from that side of the ball offensively are they going to try to get him comfortable with easy completions or kind of be more conservative and give a lot of RPO run potentially get him some quarterback run so he kind of gets hit a little bit so he kind of is like oh I'm involved in the game now like what what are they going to try to do like I know some coaches philosophy is first shot of the game best time to do it play action you throw a bomb like what's what what's the philos here that we can potentially look for I I think initially that will be how we look to do things uh just to get him in at Rhythm I think that that's gonna be really so conservative initially initially yes yeah I think so initially uh I think if the game goes on we'll open it up and do more things I just think to get him the personally my opinion if just to get him the confidence that he needs p don't I don't love that uh and and not because I don't want Nick to be comfortable and not to get a couple completions but there's something about going into someone's uh Arena and being like and saying you know what we don't even care we don't care who you are we don't care if you're from the Big 10 SEC whatever the first play of the game we're going up top and if it gets picked off it's like a punt I I that would be my philosophy I you know I know you want to get these guys in the in the flow in the Rhythm but it kind of sends a message that you just don't care and that you know you care but you don't care it's like this is we're having some fun we're we're trying to get these guys some confidence what are your thoughts on that you know what what would your philosophy be in this situation My Philosophy is if you want to protect your quarterback best protection is to run the football um and utilize the reputation that you have running the football to set up uh play action passes the differences between this Yukon team and LA in Yukon teams in previous years is that in the receiving core now we have people now that can take routes over the top of the defense and we possibly have quarterbacks also that can deliver that those balls over those safeties so I will say this even though we're going to try to protect them with the running game if they see one of our burners get past those safeties believe you me they're gonna take their shots okay and loosen that defense up because um it's going to take the extra safeties out of the box and open up the Run game more and it's just going to create more opportunities to score and like you said build that momentum I would just you know maybe think that they'll take their time a little bit more to see what their matchups are because you know we're still learning about our team particularly in game situations as much as anybody else so yeah I mean listen I'm a I'm a dieh hard Giants fan from the last for the last 30 40 years so like you know I understand three yards in a pile of dust more than probably anybody in that regard you know that that's that's the that's always been the Giants philosophy right you know run the ball play good defense so I I get it like I I but I also feel like when you watch college football and some of the successful teams their trenches inside the numbers The Trenches like you said is great but they also have that option to say you know we're GNA pop it over the top so I hope that that's part of the the offensive scheme and I look forward to it um Bobby back to you we're gonna ask one more question on this um what do you feel if if a if you're if talk to Yukon fans only on this if you're watching this game and we're it just say it's like close to halftime what's the score that you would be like man they have an actual shot to kind of stay in this thing for 60 minutes and potentially steal a game I I think that we will be at that point uh especially early I I really really firmly believe that I think that it'll be a touchdown game let's just say going into half time and obviously if we're at that point we feel really really good about that I firmly believe that that will be Cas Pete same question but I'm gonna ask it a different way as far as Tempo goes if we're doing all the things that you guys say running the ball protecting the quarterback taking our shots but it's a low-scoring game do you feel good about that because Maryland is is can be a high-powered offense do is that where you think we need to be or do you do you want to kind of get into a mini shootout like I I don't I don't think we want to do that but I'm I'm curious what your thoughts are I would mind a low-scoring first half at all um that would tell me signal to me defensively especially that we're matching up very well against like you said a very potent offensive system and uh offense in Maryland so again I go back to that bowl game and how impressive they were against Auburn if we we we hold them to single digits or you know low double digits and we're pretty close I would say I would definitely be happy with that result all right guys I'm going to go to you first Bobby what's your prediction for Saturday's game I I we're definitely gonna cover the spread that that's without without a doubt I mean jump in jump in the gun here man I even ask about the point spread what what's your no I'm I I just firmly firmly believe that we have improved significantly on every aspect of our of this team and I firmly believe that we're gonna go out there we are going to compete with this Maryland team and hang with them my prediction is is that that we're right there with them till the end does it does it balloon maybe in the fourth quarter to maybe a double digit loss I could potentially see that uh but at the same time I am a firm believer that we are going to be there right until the end of this game you heard it here first on lockdown Yukon Bobby say said Hammer the spread make sure you have you're betting your savings your 401k onus 20 and a half Pete Pete what's your prediction are you gonna be as aggressive I'm curious you know I'm probably going to be a moment by moment kind of Observer of this game um as a as a former player and and even more involved as a coach the the the matchups I look at are the minds going against each other I'm particularly interested in looking at how Matt Brock is going to match chess moves with Josh gtis their offensive coordinator now Josh gtis is a former boals Award winner for everybody that knows that's a top assistant um in the nation and he did so at Michigan at a time when we played Michigan two years ago he was the offensive coordinator so um I'm very interested to see that matchup and in that chess chess match between those two minds and how they get their players in position to play one another and um I think honestly that's going to dictate the game so um whoever whoever has the better play calls and the better horses that perform is going to win that win the game all right so what's your prediction i appre i i i yeah my prediction let's go on a limb Yukon 34 Maryland 33 baby uh all right well listen I'm going to tell you guys this Yukon is plus 950 so I'm not telling you guys to spend thousands of dollars betting on this but a $100 bet wins what almost a thousand bucks so it's not a bad play um so I you know bet with caution with the money line I also believe like Bobby that we're going to hang with with Maryland and potentially lose a close game um but I am going to be rooting hard and may throw a few shekels on plus 950 just because it's more fun um but before we go I I you know you guys obviously know um that our show along with locked on Big 12 kind of broke the initial story of of Yukon being in talks with the big 12 and what it's all about is what we talk about every week it's about football it's about being getting a seat at the table for when Revenue sharing comes down the pike for when I mean Ross Dinger talked about this the other day there's always going to be something else that's going to require more money and more investment if that's play pay forplay with players it could be um something along the lines of you know now people are not naming nil is gone and now these guys are actual employees and they have Union and collective bargaining where would Yukon be without getting into a power three or power four conference so everyone knows my opinion I feel like we should go I want to hear from you guys give me uh a cliff notes version of of what your thoughts are because I know we're about to end the show and we didn't do it off the top because I wanted the focus to be about the the game tomorrow but I'd love to hear your thoughts on Yukon to the Big 12 Bobby you go first it's like you said it's a money it's a money game and you need to go where that power three power four money is Big 12 provides us that opportunity we need to pursue it in every aspect in every way that we can get uh a year and a half ago I I had a source as well that told me Yukon was in talks with the big 12 pursuing that option so I think they they have to do it if pres if it's presented they got to do it Pete you know I hear a lot of talk from Yukon fans about protecting Nostalgia protecting image protecting Legacy um the the one thing I'll say very fairly very strongly and hopefully not offensively is that that Legacy is going to be gone you're going to be priced out if you don't make those moves because um it's going to be like Nebraska football you're G to have those memories but you know times are going to move on and other programs are going to take your place and you can you know go to your grave happy dying you know the memory of six championships but I don't think that's fair to Future Generations that may want and like the current Prestige of Yukon Athletics how it's rising and would like something more even if it's just focused on the basketball you know programs because like it or not you need those monies you need that money from the football operations to pay the current coach and future coaches to You Know Field your team recruit your players and build those championship teams in the future and um I would say this also it's not fair to blame football for this current Dynamic it's the TV Executives that are using this model that they feel to gain money it's not a slap in the face Yukon it's not the football player slapping the face slapp in the face of Yukon Basketball it's the TV Executives that are using this financial model to gain money um I as a football player don't like it I like the old school way of doing things you know student athletes but then again they've they've earned their right to exploit the value they have on the field and this is the way that it's going to get done and if you feel that you are a big time player in athletics you have to play this game period amen we're gonna end on that I really appreciate you guys coming on um I didn't give my score prediction so I'm going to do it now that that way we end on a positive should I should I roll the dice with Pete or should I go more on the Bobby I'm gonna go in like in between you guys um I think Yukon is going to play a very tough game it's going to come down to it but I think Maryland is going to win I think they're going to not back door cover if it was a if it was a truly if they really kind of wanted this this should be about a 10 point spread 10 and a half uh in my opinion so I think this is a Maryland seven to 10o win and I think they push it like like Bobby said to maybe like they kick a field goal late to give them a a nine or 10-point lead um but I think they're in this right to the end because I feel like they control Tempo I think Nick Evers gives them a good um opportunity to extend plays when when plays break down and I'm excited guys I'm excited to start this uh season with you guys and really kind of follow Yukon football like I never have before so appreciate you both this has been another episode of lock on Yukon I'm your host Mark zeneto for Bobby Wilson and P Callen of TNT college football podcast we're asking you to stay locked in stay connected make make sure your toughness meter is always rising and as always go hust PE