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So they got their want to know they'll beat Duquesne. Let's say they beat West Kentucky at home. They beat Syracuse at home. They win one of North Carolina pit at home. That gets them to five wins. That means they need to beat one of Michigan State at home at Virginia, at Virginia Tech, Louisville at home at SMU and then the other North Carolina pick game. That's a lot more possible now. So yeah, look, yes, Florida State was soft and but Boston College took advantage and played hard and Florida State answered to make it 21-13 and Boston College came right back. I mean, so I was impressed by what they did. I was, I didn't still don't have a lot of faith in Bill O'Brien, but look, like you can't hold on to your beliefs to the point where you're just ignoring data. One week doesn't change completely the belief, but I'm more open to the idea that Bill O'Brien might actually be good there based on one game. Now I just need to see a little bit more consistently. They should beat Duquesne this week and then how do they do against Missouri and Michigan State back to back games. That'll really tell us if what we saw Monday night was legit or not, but they look good, man. They, they were physical, very physical by so hold the Texas pipeline for Notre Dame recruiting will grow in the next few years because they beat Texas A&M. It helps. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, look, you can't ignore that. It absolutely helps. Now it could get negated next year if you lose it home to Texas A&M, so you got to keep it rolling. But yeah, it certainly helps. Absolutely helps. No doubt about it. Prize picks is America's number one daily fantasy sports app with over 5 million active members. Prize picks is the easiest and most exciting way to play daily fantasy sports. Unlike other apps on prize picks, it's just you against the numbers. All you do is pick more or less on two to six player stat projections and watch the winnings roll in. 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Marcus Freeman, bice ahold. Marcus Freeman will always play to not make mistakes in big games. Well, look, the evidence by so far, I mean, I don't know if he always will, but for now, yeah, I buy that because look, that's the only evidence we have. That's what he's done in big game so far. Yeah, I can't. Now, what I will say this about Marcus Freeman is I do think that he is also someone who's not so stubborn that he won't learn from his mistakes. And if they go out and play a game where they actually execute and still lose because of that, then I think he'll he'll change. But until we see evidence otherwise, yeah, that's pretty much what we've seen from him in his 10 year at Notre Dame. So especially if they're playing a team with a good defense, like he's been more aggressive in some of these bigger games or perceived big games when the team's defense isn't very good. But, you know, against teams that have really good defenses, you know, he puts a lot on his defense. And I don't think that's necessarily the best way to go. But we'll see bice ahold and now Washington becomes a head coach somewhere. He will struggle with the organization part of recruiting and knowing what recruits prioritize. I'll saw that. I mean, number one, I don't think that's necessarily something that we know about him. And number two, I mean, that's what you hire a recruiting coordinator for. That's, I don't know, I'll saw that. Look, this past year, especially out. Washington has known exactly who he wants. My issue is more of I don't know that he should. I don't agree with him that that's all of who he should want. I've had some disagreements in that regard, certainly, but it's it's been a plan. I just haven't always liked the plan, but it's been a plan. So, yeah, I'll disagree with that to a degree. Let's get to some more here of these by so holds. We have from Ram cray with this wind by so hold with this win over Texas A&M Marcus Freeman has moved Notre Dame and Notre Dame fans beyond PPK PTSD. Nope, I will sell that because with all due respect to my friend, Ram cray, he was free. You were freaking out last week going to the Texas A&M game and you're someone who is already, I believe if I saw correctly in the boards, I could be mistaken. I might have been before the game, but somewhat poo poo in the lot, the win a little bit. So, yeah, the next time they're in place a big game, you that'll still creep up most likely in your head and it'll certainly still creep up on other people's heads because listen, the A&M game was a huge win, folks, but this isn't that we've arrived and we're now, you know, Lou Holt's 88 to 93 Notre Dame. No, there's still a lot to prove this team got a lot to prove. And, you know, no, they've moved beyond it maybe for Northern Illinois, but it'll be back against Louisville and if they handle against Louisville, it'll be back for Georgia Tech and it'll be back for USC and then it'll be back in the playoff. So no, Notre Dame is going to have to do a lot more than beat Texas A&M for that to move all Notre Dame fans pass. I mean, some move move pass it already, some move pass with this game, but there's still a big chunk that's not there yet. So, hey, let's be real. My guy, Chief Brody, he's not there yet. He still has some BKPTSD, Chief of Mom, right? You're in the chat, am I right? You still got a little BKPTSD and you why? Because Notre Dame still has a lot. They have to prove his program and that's factual. I mean, that's not that's not that's just being real. Notre Dame, the standards championships. Notre Dame is a long way away from proving that they that they're a championship football team. So, yeah, I mean, this does does a game like this help? I'll ask Chief Brody, did this game help you? I would think so, but it doesn't remove it from people that that have a really bad. It's like with anything, right? There's degrees to the to the BKPTSD. Some people, it's moderate case. Maybe that's gone, but the people that have the severe case, it's still there. But Chief said, look, it definitely helps. But again, it's not the kind of win that just erases it all. There's still a lot to be a lot to be proof in this football team. South Side, Chai-Rish, by so whole, Notre Dame has three or more freshmen, all Americans counted in the way the national media does it with redshirting being eligible. Well, dude, I think they could have that without that. Look, one of my bold predictions before the year was that Notre Dame would have two, two freshmen, all true freshmen, all Americans on defense. And I'm still sticking to that. It's one game, but I see Kingston doing that. We saw, I think we saw a little bit of Leonard Moore on Saturday, right? We certainly saw he played five snaps on Saturday. He's going to play more, right? We saw a little bit of Bryce Young on Saturday. He's going to keep playing more. So yeah, I, I, and then of course, Anthony Knapp is now starting. Who are some other candidates? I mean, Don Schuller is a candidate certainly based on what your, the way your question was, he'd be a candidate. You would have, I'm trying to think of some other positions. Obviously, Sam Pendleton would be a candidate as a redshirt freshman, but if, if, if the media would count them, but the problem is that Notre Dame doesn't list those guys as redshirt freshmen. So the media will look at the roster and not recognize them as redshirt freshmen. They'll look at them as soft as fresh as sophomores. So that's what makes a little bit challenging. But if the media did it, yeah, I would fully expect there to be three. That certainly one offensive lineman, maybe two, and then, of course, the, at least a couple of guys on, on the defensive side of the ball. So yeah, I think it's certainly possible. I'll buy that one. I'll buy that one. Tatted up Irishman by so hold 23 points would be enough points to win 10 more times this year by certainly by 12 and O is a safer bet than 10 and two for the season now by. I, I look, I still have them at 11 and one. I expected them to beat A&M and I still picked 11 and one because I think, you know, think they'll drop a game. So I'm not quite ready to get there yet. But if I had to, if you said, Hey, Brian, here's a thousand dollars and you have to pick one of these two, you can't keep the money, can't pocket it, can't put it, you know, can't invest it, can't put it in a money market account, can't put it in your capital one thing. You got us, you got to spend it on a bet, you got a bet that nerds are going to 12 or 10 or two right now I put it on their name go 12 and O absolutely because the only way they got the 10 and two in my opinion was they lose. They lost Saturday is the only way in there is going to go 10 to two is if they lost A&M. So yeah, no, I, I am definitely not in the 10 and two category. So yeah, I buy that definitely a safer bet by so hold from tatted up Irishman Riley Leonard will run more this week than the coaches one of two just because he likes running. I'll sell that. I don't know that I mean, I think he likes running, but I don't think he runs just to run. I think he'd be more than comfortable sitting back in a pocket and having success. I'm I have an interesting article that I'm going to put up here in the next day or two that's going to talk about what I think this game for A&M meant for Riley Leonard and what it could maybe mean for them moving forward for him moving forward. But no, I don't think he's going to run just to run. I look to the to the really specific aspects of your question. I could see a scenario where you could say coaches all quarterbacks always like him always run more than coaches want because that's just their nature. But I don't like there's 2023. He only ran four times against Lafayette only ran four times against Yukon because those are games are any blue those team or do blue those teams out. He didn't run a lot in those games. So no, I don't think he'll run necessarily more than the coaches want. I think they'll want him always to if it's not there, take off and get what you can get that should always be there. You don't want to tamp that down. That's what they did to Brandon Windbush. And it was one of the many things that kind of ruined him is they kind of overemphasize don't run. Don't run. Don't run. And then it kind of neutered him and he just then he wouldn't run when he needed to and he wasn't as effective. So you got to be careful with that. And then last by so hold, we will see from tatted up Irishman. Anyway, we will see three quarterbacks this week get snaps in the game. I'm going to hold on that for now because I don't know what their strategy is. And I feel like that's a little disrespectful to Northern Illinois who's a good football team. It's possible. I hope it happens, but I'm going to hold that for now just because. I want to see. Yeah, I want to see how this game goes. I'm not on the everything is like perfect now and this team is going to win the next 15 game. Like there's there's still like everyone else. There's still a work in progress. Irish Gordian not Anthony Knapp by so hold Anthony Knapp earns freshman. All American honors this season. I mean, I'll buy it. It's possible with a lot of these things. I want to pump the brakes on all this kind of stuff like another one from Irish Gordian not. Jalen Steen enters the NFL draft of this season like there's a lot of let's pump the brakes questions that that we saw this time. I mean, there's a lot we still need to see from Jalen's need. He had a some very impressive plays. He had five tackles in the game one tackle for loss. If he does that every game this year and he finishes with 60 tackles in a regular season for 10 tackles for loss. It's possible sure it's possible. But let's pump the brakes a little bit on that and Jalen's game still needs a lot of work, which is a good thing. It's not an insult. That's a good thing. If you can make the kind of place he made and still have a lot, you got to clean up. Sure, sure. But one of the receivers scores three plus touchdowns gets Northern Illinois. I'm going to sell that. I hope that I'm wrong, but I'm going to sell that. Let's get to the next one from eye on the ball by so hold the advance of Nathan and Apple continued to extend to make him the number one starter in 2026 again. Let's pump the brakes a little bit on that. It was one game he held up well. He's got a lot. He's got to improve upon. There's going to be a lot of talent coming in that's already on the roster that will be coming back from injury. So let's just kind of pump the brakes a little bit and just be happy with what we saw on Saturday and not start extending this to some big picture down the road thing. Let's just let the young man get a handful of snaps under his belt and see how he looks and and then go from there. So we have seen Notre Dame starters have game ones where they looked great and then not continue that. I do not think that's going to be the case with anything in that, but I'm just saying like we've seen it before. So let's just let him get a few a few starts under his belt before we started anointing him as the next sec Martin, but I will say this very encouraged by his first start. This is not at all meant to despair. Anthony talked down Anthony just like Sam Pendleton. Sam Pendleton's got a lot. He's got to improve upon was I encouraged by their first starts. Absolutely, but let's just let him, you know, let's let him go. Chief Brody says, Brian, do you know the last 100 yard game from another game receiver? Yes, the bowl game against Oregon State Jordan Faison had a hundred yards and Rico Flores also had a hundred yards. I believe it was against Wake Forest last year. So yeah, they've had a couple in recent games. Yeah, Rico Rico had a 100 against. Yeah, wake eight four hundred two and then Jordan Faison went five four hundred five against Oregon State last year. A second loss key, the passing game by a whole, the passing game improves greatly and this will be the best. They're named offense to 2017 agree on both. I'm buying both of those. Yes, they will improve. They will improve the past game certainly and they will. This will be the best offense since 2017. Yes, I do believe that to be true. Because again, I think that was a really good Texas A&M defensive line and defense as a whole. That's a really good defense and and they did what they needed to do. I mean, I thought there was no way in heck they were going to run for an eight yard, hundred and ninety yards in that game and they did got to get a lot better, but they did. So yeah, I think this is going to be a really good offense. I do. I do. I think people, you know, Nurem's offense isn't that good. You guys are nuts, in my opinion, I'm seeing a lot of nasty people. Oh, they're just going to win with their defense. You're nuts, Northern Illinois is going to find that out this weekend. But yeah, there's not a lot of teams are going to score more than 23 points on Texas A&M, especially when you take take enough consideration. It was the opener with so many new fan. You want to hear something crazy? Notre Dame started the game started the game with nine offensive starters that have freshman or sophomore eligibility. Nine, the only exceptions were two transfers playing their first game at Notre Dame. Started a true sophomore running back two true sophomores at wide receiver, a true sophomore at tight end, a true sophomore at left guard at left guard, a true freshman at left tackle and three red shirt sophomores at center, right guard and right tackle. Nine players that had freshman or sophomore eligibility and starting lineup on offense and they went to Texas A&M and won the game by 10 and had a lot of missed opportunities where they could have rolled in that game. So yeah, they're going to get a lot better think like it and it just hit me last night. I even think about it last night, nine starters on offense against the number 20 team in the country against one of the best defenses in the SEC, my opinion. Against one of the best D lines in all of COTS football, they had nine starters that had freshman or sophomore eligibility. Like everybody talks about the lack of starts in the offensive line. There weren't that many starts on the entire depth chart coming into that game. I mean, like that's impressive there and they're definitely going to get better. There's no doubt in my mind. They're going to get better. Jalen G. Thank you ma'am Mitchell by so hold Mitchell Evans will play fewer than 60 combined snaps in the next three games. I'm buying that because I hope that that's true. I would honestly not play him hardly at all in this game if I played him at all. I'd play him against Purdue and I'd play him against Miami, Ohio to just keep building him to be ready for Louisville. But yes, I would. I would do that. Yeah. Yeah, I would do that. I would I would I would I would limit his his snaps the next couple weeks. I'd get him a couple catches because I don't want him going in Louisville game with like no production at all. Get him a couple catches, but you know, in certainly playing maybe 20 30 snaps against Purdue. But if you only played him 10 snaps against Northern Illinois or none at all and 10 to 15 snaps against against Miami, Ohio and maybe 20 30 snaps against Purdue. I'd be fine with that. I'd buy that. Jalen G also asked or said submission by so hold Jordan Faison will not return it to Louisville. I don't know the answer. I don't like speculating on on that type of injury return. I mean, we know Mitchell Levitt is cleared. We're just they're just kind of being patient with him. Look, I'm not someone who who likes to sit a guy until the game. You need him. If he's ready to go if Jordan Faison's ready to go against Miami, Ohio, I want to play him because he's going to need the work with Riley Leonard. That's why I don't want to completely shut down Mitchell Evans because he needs to work with Riley Leonard. But could there be a scenario where where Jordan Faison's not ready to Louisville? I could see that. I mean, the ankle sprains are not they're not man. They're not they're not things that you want to rush back because they can linger for a long. I mean, it's going to linger to a degree, but if you if you get back too soon from that, it could be. It could and I learned that the hard way because like an idiot, when my ankle started feeling better my sophomore year, I didn't tape it for a game. And of course I got it rolled up on and that wasn't fun and those things can just linger because it felt good. I thought I was good, but then I didn't tape it and you know, it realized it wasn't as strong or sturdy as I thought it would. I thought like a pain meant not, you know, now Notre Dame, they're not going to not let you tape or go. I mean, it's just not an option D three that cares much, you know, but. Yeah, I mean, you want to take your time on that one, but if he's healthy and clear, then you want to get him some work with your quarterback. That's the only reason I'd say in that situation. Got one from Hayden 32 got several Bicell holds emissions. Bicell holding their name opens up the past game and throws for 350 yards as a team. I mean, I could see that I I'm going to sell it because I think this is a better secondary than that, but it's certainly possible. And I don't know that Notre Dame will open it up that much. But it's possible a Bicell hold, we will see CJ card in the second half Saturday. I hope that's a buy, but I don't know that this will be the game where you see CJ, you know, this might be a game where you see Steve first and then Kenny. But yeah, we'll see. I'm going to sell that for now because again, I don't know that they're going to blow northern out that that that you're going to get a third quarterback in the game. I mean, that means you got to be blown that team out in the third quarter and get Steve Angeli in the third quarter and then, you know, because Steve Angeli needs to work. He's the backup. He needs to work first. Then you get those other guys in. Bicell hold, we have two players who surpass 100 yards receiving and two players surpass 100 yards rushing. Well, I could see the rushing one. I don't know that you'll do both. I could see them doing 200 and passing or 200s in rushing, but I don't think you're going to have both in both, not against the guys. I'm telling you, this is a quality defense. Like not one that Notre Dame shouldn't have success against, but this is not some slouch, sucky defense that you're just going to got there and just destroy. Notre Dame does that. I'll say this, Hayden, if they do that right there, then that's going to be a phenomenal performance and we're all going to be super fired up about this game. But look, Notre Dame should beat Northern Illinois. They should beat him convincingly, but this team is not some garbage, bowling green type of team, New Mexico type of team that you're just going to beat by 50 just because you're there. It's not going to be that. It really is. This is a quality football team. Say well coach football team that is in a very experienced football team. They have a lot of guys back to playing a lot of snaps last year. So they have that kind of performance. That's impressive by so hold four plus turnovers on defense. I'm going to sell that. I think maybe get two or three. I don't know if they'll get the four. Northern Illinois is not a team that turns the ball over a whole lot. They were they were actually pretty pretty decent at that last season. Last year, Northern Illinois ranked. Let me go to 23. I believe they were top 40 in in the fewest turnovers. Actually, they were 63rd. Actually, they weren't as good as I thought that 18 turnovers last year. So they weren't as good as I thought that they were, but they never had more than three. They had four games with three that three against Southern Illinois, three against Tulsa, three against Central Michigan, three against Ball State. They haven't had more than four since Toledo middle of 2022. So I'm going to sell that, but it'd be nice if they did. But this is a very experienced football team that I don't see them kind of beating themselves. You're going to have to go out and earn that win and earn a convincing win. And I think their name will bracketed cover three with a few submissions by so hold the opening game. Win over the Aggies was the most important win of Mark Coach Marcus Freeman. John career as a head coach. Yeah, I still I'm still I'm sympathetic to it. And if you feel that way, I will not disagree with you. I'm going to sell it because I still feel like that Clemson game in 2022 is was the most important one. And I'm going to go back to this because if you don't win that one, I don't know that you're here right now as in the position. You know, he's not going to get fired. I mean, like, I don't know that you're in the position you're in. I don't know if you would have had the buy in to finish the season the way they did. I don't know if you would have had the same level of buying in the off season recruiting wise commitment wise that Clemson win was so desperately needed. And I know that kind of, you know, you kind of remember that win and you forget about there was a lot of angst amongst the fan base going into that game. I mean, that that was one of those games where it's kind of like, boy, they better win this one. And I thought they were, but that was, I mean, you think about it Notre Dame at that time was was five and three. They were coming off of a really nice win over Syracuse, which was, which was a good win, but you know, some sloppiness and you were sloppy against UNLV. You know, had just lost a Stanford three weeks prior. People were still pissed about the Marshall game, rightfully so. You lose that game and go to five and four and you've got Navy coming up next. I don't know how that team would handle that and if they would have had the potential collapse after that that they did. I don't know where this football team is. I really don't. I think that win was bigger. And Jonah, I think that's Kuchawitz said, you know, USC last year's big too. Now, looking back, USC wasn't as good as their ranking was, but I think Notre Dame also partly factored into why they collapsed. They were undefeated top 10 team. You lose that game and you've now lost three or four. Again, I don't know that you're here. I don't know that Riley Leonard's here if you do that. I don't know that some of the other guys are still here if you do that. I still go back to say 22 Clemson was the game that that rebounded Notre Dame and kind of got him rolling under Marcus Freeman. I really think that because, I mean, if you go back and look at where Notre Dame is, I mean, they're 11 and three this past year. They three and one, so they're 14 and four since then prior to that game, Freeman as a head coach was five and four. If you count the Oklahoma state game, that was the game that I think kind of launched this thing and got it rolling. That's kind of how I feel about it. So that's still the biggest game for me. But if you want to go A&M, I'm not going to tell you you're wrong. I definitely understand where you're coming from. Hey, Irish breakdown listeners. It's Urban Meyer. This fall, the game changes. Join me, Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram and broadcaster Rob Stone as we bring you a new perspective on football and culture every week. We will be joined by the biggest name in sports and talk about everything inside and outside of the lines. Let us guide you through a new era of college football. Watch triple option on YouTube or listen on Apple podcast, Spotify or wherever you get podcasts. Who? Next one from bracketed cover three. Gidarian Price is their name's best running back in terms of vision instincts and ability to read blocks. I buy, but slightly. I think Jeremiah Love showed me a lot more patience and vision in the second half that I came against against A&M. So it's not that Gidarian's not as good. It's more so Jeremiah is raising himself to the level of. Of. Gidarian Price, but I'd still give Gidarian a slight lead on that one. Yeah. By so holding Mike Denmark and out goal and combined to make up the best coordinator tandem in college football. I'll buy that just because we have more of an established track record of Mike Denmark as a coordinator in recent years compared to Chip Kelly. But, you know, they're there in that conversation. If you count Lincoln Riley as USC's OC. I think they're in the conversation. They're not on Notre Dame's level yet because I wanted to see more from Coach Lynn, but. Yeah, that's fine. I'm comfortable with that. I'll buy that just because I'm in a good mood today. Played like a champion by so holding their name's offense equally productive as Elle's use offense in Denmark's first year of 2022. Equally. Well, I'm going to I'm going to sell it because I think they're going to be better than that offense that that offense of 2022 average 34.5 yards per game or points per game. Excuse me, that have been terrible. Average 453 yards per game, which is good. I can see another name being on par with that, but they average only 6.4 yards per play. I would absolutely expect their name to be better there. And, and I think this team has more. Home run weapons in the run game. That's a big reason why that pass offense was pretty, pretty good. That year, you had obviously Kate Malik neighbors as a sophomore. You had Keisha Abute, who was, you know, bit of a knucklehead, but very talented. You had Mason Taylor at a really good freshman year. You know, Brian Thomas hadn't broken out yet. Kyron Lacey hadn't broken out yet. You know, their number, their number three pass catcher that year amongst the receivers was Jeray Jenkins. So, I mean, I could see Notre Dame having similar. Yards production, but having a higher yards per attempt production. Because, and I expect them to, because I expect them to be better than the 5.97 yards per rush attempt. That LSU was that year. So, yeah, I think they'll be, they won't be as good as Dan Brock's offense last year, but I think they'll be better than his offense in 2022. And he walks into a better situation too defensively, and that helps a really good defense can be a great asset to a really good off to an offense. No question. By so hold, Notre Dame's offense is more productive than LSU's offense in 2022, taking in both teams at performance over the entire entire year into account. Yeah, by that. I should have read the second part before I answered the first part the way that I did. So, I'm selling the first part buying the second one. It'll be better. By so hold from play like a champion, their names wide receivers blocked below average Saturday night sell. They were not below average. I'd say they were slightly above average. They had some whiffs, certainly. They also had some big blocks in the game as well. By so hold, their names tight ends blocked average Saturday night. I'd say on the whole, yes, they had some very good blocks. So, I'm not very good blocks. They had a holding penalty that hurts that. So, I would say both of them blocked probably slightly above average in the game. So, I'm actually going to sell both of those because I think the receiving core was definitely better than below average. And I think that the tight ends were probably slightly above average. Neither were great, but they were above average in the game. I mean, look, just on Jaden Thomas's block alone that sparked the touchdown. That was a huge play. Huge play. They had a great block on that. So, ATX Sam said that that stands for Austin, Texas, Sam. So, I'm going to stick to ATX Sam, but I'll let Vince know that it is not a Texas Sam. But by so hold, only one of Al Golden and Mike Mickens are on the coaching staff next year. I'm going to sell that just because I don't want to think about that right now. There's 11 games resting left in the regular season. I am not worried about next season right now. And I'm going to sell that because right now I'm focused on that and I hope that they're all there. By so hold, Oregon's lackluster showing against Idaho is less of a week one blip and more of a sign that they aren't the elite team. Some make them out to be. I sell that. I don't tend to overreact to week ones that are. You know, I mean, unless you're just really, really bad. But if you look at Oregon in that game, I'm going to pull up the stats from that game. The stats of the game do not reflect the score. If you look at that, Oregon out gain them 487 to 217. They passed for 380 yards through for a lot of attempts. They went seven of 16 on third down. They just couldn't put the ball in the end zone. I mean, that's really what it came down to. They just couldn't put the ball in the end zone. They missed the field goal. They had a fumble deep in territory. They fumbled at the 22 yard line. That was another scoring drive down that a turnover on downs in near midfield at another turnover on downs in their own territory. You know, like they just. They were sloppy. The concerning thing for me from that game. The only thing that gives me kind of. A thought of. Of. Hey, maybe you could be right. Is I didn't think they ran a football well at all. You know, Jordan James was the had some nice runs. He averaged over six yards of carry. No, Whittington was barely over two yards carry. Dylan Gabriel had minus 23 yards in the game. Their offensive line didn't play that well, but again, it's the opener. Let's see how they play in a couple of weeks, but look, it at least gives me pause. Hey, let's see how they do, but their defense was really good in that game. I mean, their defense held Idaho to barely over 200 yards. They had the 117 yards of offense quarterback when 11 of 17. You know, so I mean, your defense did what they needed to do. I just don't think they ran the ball all that great, but no, I don't, I don't tend to not overreact too much to. And look, Idaho was a team that last year and went nine and four DFCS levels. This is not a bum team. They lost a cow by 14 points last year. They lost to Montana by two points. They lost a Weber State by two points and they lost to Albany in the postseason by eight points. That's a decent FCS football teams. I'm not going to overreact to it too much. By so whole Texas A&M wins more than eight games this year. Oh, I buy that. Yeah, I buy that. If you're going to include the postseason, yeah, I think it worse. They're an eight four team at worst. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's archer. I just saw your comment. That is very weird because he never technically played for anyone else. Let's see. This get down to some rocket for Heisman. No starter plays in the fourth quarter aside from special teams. I'll buy that. That's wishful thinking. By so holding their name is found a wide receiver one in Bo Collins. Hold. Could that be the case? Sure. But I need to see a lot more than one game of five catches of 62 yards. No touchdowns. And some very good things from Bo. Some things Bo's going to have to get better at. Does he have a chance to be that? Sure. But he had that coming in the season. What Bo did on Saturday is what I expect Bo Collins to do with some consistency at Notre Dame. Does he have a chance to be that that number one guy? That's a little way too early to tell for me way too early to tell. It's possible, but it's too early to tell that. By so holding way too early over reaction is that Georgia is above and beyond the best team in the country. I saw that. No. They are, they are, I had them as my preseason number one team. So I think they are the best team in the country right now, but above and beyond. No. Again, that is definitely an overreaction to the opener. No, they're not above and beyond better than everybody else. By so holding the ACC has no clue who their best teams are. Texas wins in the big house by three scores. Three scores is a lot. And I, and I do think that Michigan defense can do enough to keep it under three scores, but I don't think this is going to be an overly competitive game. No, I really don't. Michigan's offense is a mess. They are a mess. So, yeah, I just, I don't know that Texas can beat him by three scores though. I hope so. I mean, that's, if you want to, if you want me to do like a wishful thinking by, but I don't know that Michigan's lost a lot of games by three scores in the big house. And while their offense is a, is a problem, their defense is still really good. I mean, heck, their defense put the game away on Saturday. Oregon state scored a fourth quarter touchdown. You know, that's, that's really it. They didn't do a whole lot else outside of that, in my opinion. They had 244 yards of offense. That's it. Michigan's offense stinks. They only had 269 yards of offense. That's a problem. But I don't know that their defense is going to, I mean, I could see them win in. 27 to seven and dominating and Michigan keeps them to 27. I could see that, but I hope that you're right. I just, I can't pick that bad of a beat down. The ACC has no clue. Their best team is, I mean, right now, I think we know the best team in the ACC is right now. It's Miami, which is a problem for the ACC based on how they looked after week one. But I think it's going to be much more of a battle. I think the ACC thinks they're going to ride the Miami train. Don't sleep on Louisville. You know, that's, I think that's right now is where it comes down to for me with, and look, Clemson still might be the best team in the ACC. They got smacked by Georgia, but most teams in the ACC would have got smacked by Georgia in the opener. Let's not discount Clemson just yet, because you got to take into account who they play. Yeah, Clemson did not look nearly as good as Louisville did in the opener. Well, that's because Louisville played Austin P and Clemson played Georgia in Atlanta. And we're having a different conversation. Miami played out Florida. Flip it and have Miami play Georgia in Atlanta and let Clemson go down and play Florida. And we're probably saying, yeah, Clemson's the best team in the ACC right now. So we need to see a little bit more. But, you know, Miami, Clemson, Louisville, those three teams are still really good football teams. And look, that Clemson defense battled their butts off it. If they can get anything out of the quarterback position, they're going to be really, and that's honestly, people are, oh, Dabo needs to do the portal, Dabo needs to find a quarterback. Whether it's developer or high school or high school recruiting, developing or the portal, that's the issue right now. If they had a better quarterback, that game is much more competitive, much more competitive. Somebody says Clemson is a receiver issue. I don't know what game you were watching, but I was watching Clemson's receivers running past Georgia's DBs and then have to try to react to under thrown balls. Like that's what I saw. You put a good quarterback on that Clemson team and they've got three touchdowns because they got three long plays in the past game, at least. So they have a Clemson prop, they have a quarterback problem. That's their problem. They have a quarterback prop and they have an offensive philosophy problem that Dabo still has not changed from. But you put a good quarterback on that offense and that is a good offense. No question about it. Guys, there were so many times where Clemson guys had steps on the Georgia DBs and this is the problem that I don't care what Roddy White saw with all due respect to Roddy White. But I'm watching that game and I watch you all 22 and there were plenty of chances for Clemson to hit those plays and the quarterback couldn't get the ball out. Couldn't get the ball out. And that's going to have to be something that's going to have to get fixed. And I don't know that it can this season. That's the problem. Brother Thomas, if Notre Dame buys ahold of Notre Dame wins a couple playoff games this season but fails to make the national championship game, both Benjamin Morrison and Xavier Watts will return to the 2025 season. Well, that's definitely a sell because Xavier Watts is ineligible. So, yeah, he can't come back in 20 times. So it's a sell that way. But look, as much as I would love for those those kids to come back, even if they could. Once a season is over with, you kind of got to give your players. You got to give your players the best advice for them. And the best advice for both of them, in my opinion, would be to go pro after the season. If they make the if they win a couple playoff games, it means those two guys are really good. And I don't know, like what else can Benjamin Morrison prove in one more year of playing Notre Dame? What can Xavier Watts prove in one more year of playing Notre Dame? It would just be about, okay, I want to win a championship, sure, but, you know, it's kind of like, at some point in time, you got to put their interest ahead of yours as a coach. Just like parents should, you know, should put, you know, when they're giving advice to their kids should put what's best for their kids over over what's maybe best for them. And, I mean, that's what you got to do. So I would be shocked if they, well, Xavier can't come back, but even if he could, for argument's sake, I'd still sell this because I don't think that happens. Salty Virginia peanuts, the great one Jaden Greathouse was the most impactful of the Notre Dame receivers against Texas A&M with three receptions second most and a defensive pass interference on four targets producing three first downs all on scoring tries. I think you can make a case for that. You can make a case for that. Absolutely. Well, look, it's between him and Bo, because Bo's 20 yard catch was huge, but Jaden made fewer mistakes than Bo. That's the difference. You know, Jaden had a clutch first down catch on the first drive, which, you know, second and eight, I think is what it was second and seven and he got an eight yard gain to move the chains got knocked down gets off the ground goes and makes a makes a play. And the like the in the past interference penalty, I don't give him as much credit for because he needs to play that ball better, but it happened and he gets credit for and then of course that third down catch was big. So I'm going to, can I hold it because it's a tie. I think, I think, I don't know that you win that game without both Bo and Jaden making the plays that they did. I think they both needed to make those plays that they did so I'm sorry salty. I'm sorry, I'll buy it for you, but for everyone else. So for salty, it's a buy for salty for everybody else. It's a hold, because I think you needed both of those guys in that game. That's, that's where I'm at on that one. Sorry, salty, but hey, for you, I buy it. For you, I buy it. Greg Lisbon, G. Lisbon. No, buy so holding their name. We'll have five shutouts in the regular season. Oh, that's tough. I'm selling that five. So, I mean, when was the last time their name has even had more than three shutouts. I think what from Freeman 2021 they had one. They didn't have any shutouts last year. They didn't have any shutouts and they had one shut out in 2022. They had one shut out in 2021. Heck, even 2012 defense only had what two shutouts. Nah, I'm selling heck out of that. I'm selling. I mean, I'll tell you what, if you're right though, holy moly, this team's going to be phenomenal. But no, I mean, at the very least you're going to give us some touchdowns against the, you know, your second stringer players. By so holding Riley Leonard will have a five plus touch passing touchdown game before November. I'll buy that. I'll buy that. I could see a game where he goes for five. I don't know five plus, but I could see that I'll buy that team just coming down shutting down to run. And he's throwing some balls over top. Yeah, I'll buy that. Walk on carry on 78 Notre Dame end September with a number one passing defense and yards per game. You see that in September. Because I don't think Northern Illinois is going to throw for a ton. I don't think Purdue is going to throw for a ton. I don't think Miami, Ohio is going to throw for much at all. You already held Miami to her text and into a hundred. And I'm going to, here's, well, that Louisville game at the end of September is the one for me that could be tough and there's a lot of teams that don't play anybody, but I'll buy it just because it's possible. And their past defense is already off to a pretty good start. So far, I mean, yeah, it's possible. It's possible. Let's see how a couple games play out, but there's a lot of teams that have really soft opponents to start the season off. I mean, heck, no names of their first five opponents, four of them made a bowl game last year. So it's not the cakewalk. Some of these other teams have. Irish Catholic by so whole, Notre Dame will be 11 and no heading into Los Angeles. Like, look, here's the deal, Irish Catholic. Like, I'm torn on this one because if I look at it from the schedule and the match ups and how they played in the opener, it's like, yeah, I buy that because I don't know who's going to beat them. I also have picked them to go 11 and one and I don't want their one loss to be so I don't like that either but look, I'm going to buy it just because I can't tell you who they're going to lose to. I honestly, it's the same problem that I had at the beginning of the year. I predict I'm going to go 11 and one, but you asked me who they're going to lose to him like I have no idea. I have no idea more often than not. These, these are not like 2019 was a 2018 Ohio State. I mean, look how, look how good that team was in 2018 for Ohio State. I mean, that's a really good football team. You know, they were a dominant team that year. Let's go pull up their results that year in 2018. So Ohio State goes out that year and they blow out Oregon State 77 31 beat Rutgers 52 to 3 beat TCU 40 to 28 beat Tulane 49 to 6 beat Penn State at Penn State beat Indiana by 23 beat Minnesota by 16 beat Nebraska by 5 beat went on the road beat Michigan State by 20. Beat Maryland on the road in a tight game beat a ranked Michigan team 62 to 39 beat a ranked Northwestern team by 21 in the big 10 title game and then beat Washington in the Rose Bowl. And their loss that year was at home 49 to 20 to a Purdue team that went six and seven and lost to Auburn 63 14 lost to Wisconsin lost to Minnesota 41 to 10 lost to Michigan State by 10 lost to Missouri lost to Eastern Michigan and Northwestern but they beat Ohio State by 29. Stuff like that happens all the time. I mean, just just all the time. Look at Clemson. The year they won their first title beat Auburn on the road to start season. Right. That was an Auburn team that that year that went eight and five. They beat Georgia Tech by 19 beat Troy by a touchdown beat Louisville Lamar Jackson beat Lamar Jackson that year beat BC by 46 beat NC State by touchdown went on the road to beat number 10 Florida State. Beat Syracuse by 54 beat wake forest by 22 beat South Carolina by 49 beat Virginia Tech in the ACC title game beat Ohio State in the semi final 31 to nothing beat Alabama in the title game 35 31 their only loss was at home to a pit team that went eight and five. Like it's always some it's usually some game like that. And you know you think to Georgia 2019 great win over Notre Dame. That was a huge win for Georgia in 2019. And then they go out and beat Tennessee on the road they beat Kentucky they beat Florida number six Florida by touchdown they beat Missouri by 27 went on the road at number 14 Auburn beat A&M beat Georgia Tech by 45 beat Baylor by two touchdowns in a bowl game. And then they lose it home to a South Carolina team that went four and eight. Like games like that are weird. There's always something like that. So I just I'm going to buy it just because I don't know who they're going to lose to but it's just going undefeated is hard and one game doesn't make me go away from my no one's going to go undefeated prediction. And, you know, we'll see. I hope you're right, man. Don't regret is bice a hole Jay Bateman's influence downgraded what Elko could have done on his own and was a factor contributing factor in our win cell. The heck out of that that was Mike Elko's defense and their defense played very well. Notre Dame had to earn everything that they got in that game so I'm selling that sparks 52 19 bice a hole in their name will have at least two pass plays go for over 50 yards extra. One will be a TD extra one will be a TD. I'm going to buy that. I'm going to buy that. I do think they'll have two big plays and one will be a TD. Yes, I'll buy that. I hope so. Certainly hope so. Riker Ferg by so hold. Florida will announce their temporary coach before October 1. Boy so. I get let me see their schedule because I've heard a lot of people say that they're going to get they're going to he's going to get fired. By Tennessee man. If he loses the A&M at home I could see him getting fired then and then a week later they play at Mississippi State if they lose that game I mean there's a lot of games he could get fired October 1. Talk to me after the A&M game but I think they're going to lose that so I think it's possible I'm going to buy that because it's and I don't think he's the way he's talking after the games I don't think he's doing it he's not buying himself any favors. By so hold for state locker room will become an issue after the month of September is over I think it's yeah it's a buy because it's already a locker room. I mean issue I mean there's clearly something going on a locker room for that team to be as soft as they are. Yeah it's a Marty there. That's a buy. By so hold Brian Keller will be looking for a new agent after this year. Is Trace Armstrong retiring because look all Trace Armstrong's job is to make Brian Kelly maximum profits and he has certainly done that. Trace Armstrong has played people for lots of money and earned Brian Kelly a lot of money in his career. So I don't know why he would do that unless Trace Armstrong's retiring. So I don't see Brian Kelly's no, not that he's going to be loyal to Trace Armstrong it's just there's no reason for him. Brian Kelly can go in 12 this year and that's not as agents fault. It matter of fact his agents should get a bonus because of the contracting negotiated that if they fired Brian Kelly he'd have to get a crap load of money from LSU. So his agent did what he needed to do. So yeah got that heck yeah his agents done a great job so I don't know why Brian Kelly would want him gone. Kish squared by so hold USC has two or more losses by the time we play them to as possible to as possible a good USC's improved but they. They they've got some issues as well they their offense has got some issues they're online I did not think played well at all against LSU I still don't think LSU's defense is very good. And so they made some big time plays they're very talented at receiver they struggled to run a ball in that game. A couple runs here and there struggled overall run the ball that you know they tore up a bad USC LSU secondary in my opinion. But you know you look at their schedule they got at Michigan in two weeks. I could see us he went in that game home against Wisconsin at Minnesota that when that Penn State at home is not a gimme. That'll be a tough game at Maryland they should win Rutgers at home at Washington Nebraska you see I mean it. It's possible they have two losses by then. But the LSU win was big. It was a big one it'll be yeah more than two no is it possible to have two yes more than two no I think between Penn State at home at Washington Nebraska at UCLA. There's a chance they can have two losses by then but I don't even think that's a given. Because I think they're going to you miss. Miss I give me a let me see a couple games from Michigan first but that Michigan offense is a mess in my a mess. By so hold from Kish Kish Kish squared floor set is five or more total losses by the time they come south and I think that is absolutely possible. I mean there they got to now. They got Memphis this weekend so. They got Memphis at home Cal at home at SMU Clemson at home at Duke at Miami home against North Carolina so right now if they don't play better they're going to lose to Miami. There's a good chance they lose to SMU they'll lose to Clemson the way that they're playing right now and it's not a it's not out of the realm of possibility they lose to Memphis. The way that Memphis is playing and the way that they played. So yeah it's certainly possible. So yeah and Memphis actually doesn't they don't play Memphis this week they play Memphis next week. So it is not it is it's possible it's possible. I don't know if I'm ready to say for sure because floor state still does have some talent but. Some things you just can't recover from so what next the next game they play on the 14th against Memphis is going to tell us everything we need to know ask me this question again on September. The week after the Memphis game and an obviously that's kind of cheating because they'll have three losses but even if they win how they win could still answer that question. With your chest by so holding their name passes for more than 171.2 yards against Northern Illinois exceeding and I use past yards allowed in the. Previous year, easy buy for me by so hold one of Jeremiah love or generic price has more receiving yards than rushing yards in this week's game. I'm going to sell that but I think it's probably a little closer than maybe I might think but I'm going to I'm going to sell that because I think they're both going to rip off some big games in the run in the run big gains in the run game. With more 15 yard plays on offense against Notre Dame then Texas ain't him achieved if we're going to talk about against the name first team defense I'm going to sell that. Pete Weber by some hold both cons works his way into becoming a fourth round or better draft pick in 2025 again I hope so but I need to see more than one game. I need to see more than one game right I know we're kind of making big jumps here but I need to see more than more than one game because if he's elite over the next three years and he'll never get to 45 because he'll be gone. I mean if Notre Dame played 16 games each of the next three years and he starts every single one of them that's only 48 starts. He may only be a three year guy I don't think so but again let me just see him starting two games plus guys there's going to be some figures competition in the starting lineup another name in the next couple years in the offensive line and I don't care how good you are you're going to have to battle and earn that job every year because you're going to have Charles Jaggersoll you're going to have Gerbie Lambert you have someone absent a deal with you're going to have Joe wadding to deal with you're going to have Will Black to deal with you're going to have Owen Street big to deal with Mattie Augustine to deal with like Chris Terrick to deal with there's a lot of talented players they're going to have to battle. And then Bicehold over under on official I.B. tailgates this season is a half right now as of right now I would take the over but we'll see we'll see. Aiden Benami Bicehold. Aiden says Bicehold Riley Leonard should be 100% our short down runner I'll sell that because in some weeks yes another week snow. So not as 100% but a lot of the time sure but no, personally I don't want him taking that pounding every single time because then people know it then they're going to start planning for more you gotta have more of a. You have to have a little bit more diversity of what you do than that so I'm going to sell that. Bicehold you get nervous always leaving our cornerbacks one on one man versus man sell I do not get nervous about that at all. Bicehold Marcus Freeman still look they have they have an elite corner tandem man they talent wise like you're going to give up place from time to time but no I don't I don't like they did it last year they. I'm not nervous about that at all. When you got great players you let them play bicehold Marcus Freeman still needs work on his clock management timeouts timeouts for sure. For example, you're you're punting near midfield and you your the clocks running down and you call a timeout let the clock run down take a five yard penalty. Yeah clock management I don't have as many issues with to be honest with you. I don't think the issue at the end of the half was clock management it was just an unwillingness to take a chance. My issues are more the timeouts that's more of my issue bicehold I know you don't gamble but Notre Dame covers easily this week I'm I'm selling the like could they yes but for me to say that they're going to cover easily. No I again I think people are are not giving nor I think some of you are falling into the same trap that Vince fell into a couple years ago with Marshall remember when he was I had Marshall's the 12th. Team on their name schedules like dude did you ever watch Marshall like that's a good football team Northern Illinois is a quality football team for their level. Now should no rain when of course should no rain when convincingly of course. Are they going to easily win by over 28 points no if they went by over 28 points they earned it they played very well. I'm going to sell that. And then we are down to I think we got four from detro hunter and then we are done. Do have a couple I have a few more super chats that I will get to at the end of the biceholds because they're not bicehold questions but I do want to answer them. But we're getting close to the end of this one so bicehold Mike Norvell is on the hot seat if they lose to Memphis. Oh boy. Should he be no. Will he be. Probably. So I buy that because I think boosters are not smart people when it comes to spoiling like look you made your money not an athletics. So you shouldn't be dictating decisions that happen happen outside of your area of expertise but the fact is is when people give money. They expect things in return no matter how much they tell you they don't. Or how much they tell you no no no I just want to do this just want to help us what they expect things in return that's just that's how it goes almost all the time. And I can't say that I blame them. So yeah that there's a chance he's on the hot seat if they lose the Memphis I don't think he should be. But. I get it. I get it. Bicehold of Florida loses to a and M they will fire Napier before Tennessee if they that goes back to the thing I said earlier detral hunter said talk to me about the game I think they're going to lose that game. If they lose to Texas a and M especially if it's not close. He won't make it to Tennessee because I don't know that they'll beat UCF. If they lose to Texas a and M which I think that they will. They got to play at Mississippi State the next week I mean are they going to beat UCF. I don't know the answer to that. I don't. I don't know the answer to that so I mean. We'll see. But yeah I don't have a lot of faith that he's going to make it that far. I don't know what faith in that. Bicehold from B troll hunter the ACC needs NC State to win against Tennessee to solidify the conference's chances of getting a second team in after FSU has fallen off a cliff and Clemson got hammered and Virginia Tech lost to Mandy no I don't agree with that I just I just don't look. I know we're always looking for these they have to do X to solidify this listen if NC State loses by 100 to Tennessee this weekend. Okay, and Miami runs the table Clemson runs the table and those two teams play each other at 12 and 11 and one in the ACC Championship game I don't care if NC State loses their next 10 11 games by 100. Then they're both going to get have a chance to get in and a 12 team playoff, especially if Clemson wins that game and like. No I think we read way too much into the narratives about the ACC because like an ACC team also just went on. It's like why are we focused on that and not talking about how Miami just went on the road and blew out an SEC team right I mean like. There's plenty of opportunities what that means is NC State won't have a chance but I didn't have NC State as a contender anyway. So there's a couple and Miami and Clemson. There are still plenty of opportunities for all those teams to still be playoff teams if Clemson comes into another name stadium and beats Notre Dame. They're absolutely going to have a playoff chance to have a great playoff resume even as an at large. So no I don't think that their chances hang on a NC State win now. To your point if they do beat Tennessee does that help absolutely it helps there's no question. But I don't think their chances hinder on them winning that game. No I don't. It helps, but they're not hanging on that in my opinion. And then the last one by sold Vanderbilt makes a bowl game I hope so. I'm going to buy that just out of because I like Clark Lee but it's going to be tough they play Alcorn State next week. This weekend then they play Georgia State. Georgia State to me is a team that they should beat but it's not it's not going to be a slouch they went seven and six last year and. You know Vanderbilt still is a mess and after that at Missouri loss home against Bama loss at Kentucky loss ball state at home. It's winnable Texas at home is a loss at Auburn's a loss South Carolina at home winnable at LSU and then home against Tennessee so even if they win their next two games. And they beat ball state they got to win two of Missouri Bama Kentucky Texas Auburn South Carolina LSU in Tennessee to make a bowl game that's still going to be tough. But man I hope they do because I have a great deal of respect for Clark Lee and would like to see his his team be successful so. I hope you're right but I'm going to sell that because I think that schedule is really tough. And the thing that sucks for them too is they get they get all the best teams at home. Like they literally play Tennessee and Alabama at home and Texas at home. Like I'd rather play those teams on the road and then get Kentucky home get Auburn at home. I'd much rather have that. But that's unfortunately not where they are. Got a few super chats going from Patrick Duffy thank you very much for your super sticker Patrick appreciate you very very very much Michael S. The super chat how does this team compared to 22 Marshall it's not it's not quite as athletic as that Marshall team was. And they're not quite as good along the lines. That Marshall team had a really good offensive line. I think Thomas I think the running backs even better than the kids at Marshall had and they ran for over 100 yards occasionally born. This team doesn't have the downfield receivers Marshall had but they have a little bit more of a shiftier guy. I think that Marshall's cornerback tandem was better than this tandem. I think Marshall's D line was a little better than this one. Not as big I don't remember it being as big but but slightly better. They're not that far off from that Marshall team but I just don't think they're overall as as good as Marshall had at the skill positions. That's really the big difference for me. Running backs the only place where skill wise they can compete with Marshall. That's the big difference and that's ultimately why games like that happen is because your skill can can stick. But are they in the conversation yeah they're in the conversation but they got a lot to prove to be there but but yeah they're in the conversation. No question about it and then the last one for Michael S. Thank you for your super chat again is USC's good passing game or LSU bad passing defense it's both. You know look I think LSU's improved I've said this a bunch I mean USC's improved I've said a bunch of times this offseason that USC's going to be a better team this year. Their defense is going to be better. It's our link and Riley's going to have to go back to scheming people and not just relying on on Caleb Williams to do hero plays all the time. I think you're going to have to try to be more balanced. They're young talent I said their young talent is going to step up it is certainly had some big moments against against LSU this past weekend. Where their their young guy stepped up and made plays so. Look I think it's I certainly think that their their passing game is good. There's no question about that even last year they threw for almost four thousand I think they actually threw for over four thousand yards last year even with all the issues that they had so. Yeah I think USC has a very good passing game now. Do I think that LSU's past defense is still not very good I think that's also true so I think I think both things can be true I don't think it's an or situation I think it's a both. situation USC has a good passing offense. I don't care who you're playing when you're playing a top 25 team and you go 27 of 36 for 378 yards you have a good pass offense very balanced. Kyron Hudson at five catches for 83 yards. Zachariah branch had four for 56 Lake McCree their tight end had five for 56 that was huge getting him involved. Jacobi Lane had three for 50 and a touchdown deuce Robins at two for 49 Kyle Ford at two for 45 Mackay Lemon at one for 12 22. So really spread the ball around and did some really good things so look I think they're a they're a good passing team their past pro was a little bit shaky. But again it's an opener. So I've said it all along this is a good going to be a much better USC team. 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