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For a whole new way to nug it's got to be Wendy's at participating U.S. Wendy's. No, right. So, first of all, from law 84, Brian, he's my concern about small but athletic lines. I guess I'm a dinosaur who feels bigger is just better. I tend to think the Georgia Bambino issues of the world always go with the latter. Well, first of all, Ohio State does not have a very big offensive line or defensive line. They certainly didn't last year. And I don't know that in their offensive line wasn't that big last year either. I mean, what it really comes down to, look, if you can be big and athletic, that's always the way to go. But that just doesn't exist very often. It really comes down to you got to have a system that you believe in and you've got to recruit to it. And Notre Dame system is about speed, length and athleticism. And that's what they focus on. That's what they recruit to. That's what they coach to on the defensive side of the ball and offensively because I'm not sure which one you're talking about here. If you're talking about offensive line or defensive line because it could be either for Notre Dame. I mean, look, they played a much bigger team on Saturday and won the battles. I mean, yeah, they played a very big physical athletic Texas A&M defensive line and A&M had their fair share of wins and Notre Dame had their fair share of wins. But when the game was on the line, Notre Dame won the game with their line. So I don't know that I'm overly concerned about it. As I've said in a million times, if you can be big and athletic, that's great. There aren't many of those guys. I'm a Denver Bronco fan, so I grew up watching, you know, when I was in college in late high school years watching them run all over people all the time. Charles Davis had eight straight hundred yard games in the postseason. And they had, even for that time, a very undersized offensive line because they were a zone team that was built around, you know, leverage and technique and, you know, getting under pads and things along those lines, there's all types of ways to be successful. So I'm just not concerned about it. I'm really not. There's going to be times when they get pushed around on certain snaps, but it's not going to be a consistent problem. It wasn't a consistent problem last year. It's not going to be a consistent problem this year, in my opinion. There's just a lot more to it, and just because you're big doesn't mean you're strong, and just because you're undersized doesn't mean you're not strong. So it's not something that I'd be overly concerned about. And then the second super chat from Zach Mart, thank you, Zach, very, very much. And I think you also lower 84 for your super chat. Love all the new game, week content, IB staff. Well, I'm glad you enjoy it. I'm glad you're enjoying it. It's our pleasure to be able to bring that to you. All right. So let me get here, and now it's by so hold time. So let's get rocking with this week's by so hold. The first one is from Domer Gris, says the defense giving up zero explosive plays. Was more impressive than the young O line giving up zero sacks. I will, I will disagree with that. I will sell that. Giving up zero explosive plays is always like zeros. 20 yards or more is always a little bit. Okay. Wow. That's a heck of a performance. But it is not something against this offensive team that I'm overly surprised at. I tried to tell you guys all the last two weeks that A&M does not have great athletes on offense. They got big receivers, but they didn't have a lot of great athletes on offense. So while I didn't predict that they would have zero big plays, I didn't think they'd have many. That was one of our keys to the game was don't give up the big plays because they're not good enough to go on long sustained drives and they shouldn't give up big plays because they just don't have that kind of team. And they didn't do the thing I was surprised by was they didn't do anything to really try to create some outside one on ones go balls. And part of that is they tried to throw up Benjamin Morrison early. And he just completely locked him down, but like they took a shot on Christian Gray and they got a PI and they never really went back to it. I was a little surprised by that, to be honest with you, not giving up any sacks against that defensive line is a much bigger surprise. Now in fairness, part of the reason they didn't give up any sacks is because Riley Leonard is really hard to sack. Or at least he was on Saturday for sure. You know, there were three times off the top of my head that I can think of where they just gave up a flat run through. Literally a dude just didn't get touched. It wasn't always the offensive line. One was on the quarterback, one was on the running back. And least one was on the offensive line least to actually say now I'm thinking for for sure that I can think about and then this Riley Leonard was able to still get the ball off. And so I mean it's not, yes, they didn't give up any sacks, but I don't think that that's like that's a little bit of a misleading misleading thing is to say that they didn't give up any sacks because they certainly, certainly actually, and they did or they allowed one second again but I don't put that on the offensive line. That that wasn't that one. Actually hold on a second. Did they give up a sack last week? Yeah, they gave up one sack last week. Yes. But it was a it was not on the offensive line in my opinion. So I, you know, that that didn't surprise me or that surprised me a lot more than they didn't surprise me. Shut down the text saying him offense. It didn't surprise me. By so hold from Jim Halloran. He's got three of them. First one noted by so hold Notre Dame has a let Jim win a little negative in this one Notre Dame as a let down it does not cover the spread against Northern Illinois. Jim, I don't think not covering it equals let down. This is a, as I've said, this is a quality team, a quality power, a group of five team that I think is going to once again be a bold team. So I mean, you could play. I mean, if they win 37 to 10 and don't score anything in the fourth quarter because, you know, they kind of run out the clock. I don't think that's a let down game. Now if they, if so, so I'm going to, so I don't think the two things go together. If they have a let down game, like they could have a let down game and still cover the spread too. I mean, again, they just have that kind of talent. I don't think this is going to be a let down game for me. I think there was enough that they have to clean up on both sides of the ball that the coaches are going to be kind of getting on them a little bit with a little bit about that this week. So their first home game is going to be another thing that's going to get them fired up a little bit for that so I don't think they're going to have a let down game. That doesn't necessarily mean that they'll definitely cover 28 points is a big spread against a quality team. So, you know, I don't know that I'd equate that one but I do think that that when you look at this game I do I do think they're going to come out and play play hard. I don't know that I will not that it'll necessarily be that they'll win by more than 28 right now I think the last I saw the spread was 28 started 30 and a half it's down to 28. And then from Jim is Notre Dame has at least two explosives in the passing game against Northern Illinois correct status of 20 yards or more. Definitely buying that so Jim went positive on this one. Yeah, I definitely think that at least two. I'll be if they don't have at least two explosives in this game of 20 yards or more. I will be genuinely concerned about the pass offense until they give me until they prove otherwise, genuinely concerned. No question. And it doesn't even have to be bombs. You can't get a guy free for 510 yards and let him run. You know like that's going to be that'll be concerning. And then the third one from Jim Notre Dame defense gives up at least three explosive plays over 20 yards against Northern Illinois that I'm going to sell. I'm going to I'm going to put my own caveat on this one Jim so allow me. I'm referring to the first the first team defense now when I say first team I mean everyone involved in the rotation. So like they give up, you know, 20 yard gain and some of the Donovan Heineishes on the field or Kingston's on the field or, you know, Rod herds in the field or Buba car Josh Burnham's on the field. Those are starters I mean like I'm talking like the rotation that's the first team I should say not starters the first team. When I'm saying not first team I'm referring to like truly you're in a backup situation. And so that's kind of where I'm referring to is that right there so I, I believe that when I when I look at this game I think this is going to be a situation where they will limit them less than that. And the first team defense that Jim, Jim says Brian you own I be you can put any caveat you wish. Yeah but it's still your submission. And so I just want to make sure that I'm answering your submission. When I answer your submission that I'm doing so in the spirit of your question as much as possible. But like like pit last year, they give up a couple big plays against, you know, like that a big play they gave up against the against the Notre Dame freshman team basically. I'm more for I think you and I are both more referring to thinking about their good against Notre Dame's good. And that's where I would say I'm going to sell that. One we've got Irish cheese head. It's got three submissions here. First one by so hold will Notre Dame will finish with the number one ranked pass defense in terms of yards per attempt among all power five schools. Yeah, you know, let me let me see what Iowa schedule is here real quick because that's the only other team that I think could potentially be where Notre Dame is this season. They held 4.6 yards per play pass attempt against Illinois State and they play this year they play Minnesota on the road Ohio State on the road Washington at Michigan State. Yeah, they don't play a great skill. I'm going to go. I'm going to say yeah, I'm going to buy that one. I think that's one I'll take. I mean look, it's not that big of a stretch. I think Notre Dame was third. Yeah, they were third. They were at 5.5 Iowa was at 5.1 Ohio State was at 5.0. I think both of those teams will be a little bit. I'll say I'll say worse. They'll have a different average this year. A big part of that's just their schedule. I mean you look at Ohio State last year. They didn't really play anybody that could throw the football overly well until the bowl game really I mean Michigan was pretty efficient but they weren't a great passing team. They played Indiana, Youngstown State, West Kentucky was over matched Notre Dame wasn't a great passing team Maryland Purdue Penn State, Wisconsin, Rutgers, Michigan State, Minnesota, Michigan, Missouri. This year Ohio State plays Michigan State. I think it'll be better throwing the football this year. I really like Aiden Giles. They play at Oregon who's going to be better thrown the football. I think Penn State's going to be better thrown the football at Penn State. Nebraska I think it'll be a little better thrown the football this year. Iowa won't be as bad as they were last year. We'll see how they do against a good team. But Ohio State will be in that conversation. I think Iowa will be in that conversation again. Penn State, I mean big 10 teams are just going to be in that conversation a lot because there just aren't a lot of good throwing teams in that league. So yeah, but I'll buy it though. I'll buy it. I will. So that'll, yeah, I'll buy that one. Next one is going to be from also Irish cheesehead Kingston, Billy. I'm also will be the young linebacker everyone but Kaiser getting the most snaps by the end of the season. I'm selling that. I still think that's going to be Drake Bowen. I know we're all ready to, to just, you know, Annoying him is the next one and ignore everything good that Drake Bowen does but Drake Bowen also played really good football and Saturday and it could be Jay Knalsbury that does it. I mean, they're, they're all going to play a bunch. Drake Bowen's a starter. I still believe Drake Bowen will get the snaps there. So no, I don't, I don't think it'll be Kingston that does that. Now, Kings is going to play a ton and he's really good. Really good. But, you know, I think he's just, I think this is a team that's loaded it line back and there's no reason not to play all of them. So I'm trying to actually look at it this past week, looking at the linebacker snaps this past week. You had Drake and Jaylin's need tied for the most. No, that can't be. Oh, here we go. There's Jack, Jack had the most at 56. And then Drake and Jaylin had 31 each. Kingston had 21 and Jay Knalsbury had 17. I think that'll be somewhat similar to kind of how they are going to be all year. I think that's going to be kind of how they look all year. Next one at 12 and O from Irish cheese head at 12 and O the Irish are a lock for the five seat. No, I don't think that I think they should be, but I don't necessarily think that that's going to be true. I'll say this. I'm selling it simply because you did use strongly the lock. It's highly likely, highly likely that Notre Dame at 12 and O is the five seed. But you can't convince me that there's no scenario where let's just say Notre Dame's schedule ends up being as bad as a lot of Notre Dame fans and national media think it's going to be. Louisville loses four games Georgia Tech's loses four games Florida State continues to suck USC loses three or four games, and you're looking at this schedule and you're like there's no top 25 teams in there. If AM is really good and they're ranked it'll be well yeah but but AM is a much different team now than they were then blah blah blah blah blah. And then let's just say, there's a scenario in which you've got, let's say two undefeated SEC teams playing. And it'll be hard to get there because there's they all play each other but let's just say there's some scenario in which you've got an undefeated. Alabama against an undefeated somebody else from the SEC and that game goes down to the wire one team wins it'll walk off field goal walk off touchdown something like that. Or let's just say you're in a situation where Ohio State is 11 and one, and they're playing 12 and a war again who beat Ohio State in the regular season. And then Ohio State wins the rematch on a neutral field by a last second field goal. You can't convince me in either scenario that the committee will definitely put Notre Dame ahead of an undefeated Notre Dame team against a not very good schedule. If it just type of if it turns out that way over a SEC or big 10 champ whose only loss came in the championship game. You won't convince me of that. So you just, you can't and honestly if we're being honest is Notre Dame fans. If the schedule if the schedule ends up being as bad as it's starting to look right now if USC and Texas A&M aren't end up being really good. Florida State sucking has really hurt Notre Dame's strength to schedule a lot. They need Louisville to be really good. They need USC to keep winning and they need Texas A&M to keep winning in order for them to be over a well now here's a deal if there's like a one loss. SEC team or big 10 team that's not the conference champion runner up championship runner up. Then no they won't that that won't be the case so so you're not going to be in a situation where you know let's say a team goes 11 and one and doesn't play for the conference championship I don't think that team's going to be over Notre Dame. But I do think they're going to look at some of these teams and say listen they went 12 and on the regular season Notre Dame went 12 and on the regular season. And that team played a lot harder schedule. If the loser also gets beat convincingly that'll also drop them below. But y'all need Notre Dame schedule to end up being better than it looks right now. That is for sure and I don't even think it's as bad as people make it out to be but perception is there. I think Louisville's a good football team. I think USC is a good football team. I still think Texas Adams a good football team. You know hopefully Georgia Tech can can can keep rolling. But Florida State's the only team outside of USC and A&M that had the perception. Like let's be real 10 and two Florida State is going to be perceived and it's going to be ranked much higher than a 10 and two Georgia Tech team. Can we all be willing to admit that that that's just always going to be the case. A 10 and two Florida State team with a similar resume to a 10 and two Georgia Tech team is always going to be ranked higher than a 10 and two Georgia Tech team. That's just the reality. And I'm not saying I agree with it but that's the reality. Beating Georgia Tech is not going to carry the same perception of beating a Florida State if they're good. So you need Florida State to like wake up fast and run the table between now November 9th because if they run the table between now November 9th, Florida State is back to being a ranked team. They'll have beaten Clemson. They'll have beaten Miami on the road. I just don't see that happening because they're awful right now. Just awful. So they're going to need USC to be in the top 20 when that game happens. They're going to need A&M to win at least nine, you know, eight nine games and be ranked in the top 25. If that's the case then I think Notre Dame is going to be hard to move out of the top five. Unless, as I said, there's that scenario where, you know, they're both 12 and 0 and one team loses a barn burner or something along those lines that the loser of the conference title game and a very very close game was undefeated previously. I think that could potentially happen. So I think 12 and 0 Notre Dame is a lock to be in the top two of those spots so five or six, but I don't think they're necessarily a lock to be the five seat. Not saying I agree with it, but I just think that's the reality of the situation. In the bet by so hold the Irish will use Northern Illinois as a Northern Illinois as an opportunity to work in the past game and Leonard throws for 300 yards and three TDs more than 10 players will have receptions. Well, I'm going to buy that just out of I do sometimes kind of have the the wishful thinking buys because I have no clue if they're going to put up those kind of numbers if I did I would bet a lot more and I have a lot more money than I have right now. So I don't know if that those will be the numbers reality is you could do exactly what you're saying. And Riley Leonard only throws for 275 yards and three touchdowns because it only plays two and a half quarters. And there's that scenario too so I buy the first part that they're going to work on the past game because they need to. I'm not going to buy that that's necessarily going to result in 300 yards and three touchdowns it could certainly could I'm not saying it won't but, you know, I'm just, I'm, I'm, that's, that's not necessarily sure that's going to be the case. I mean we saw that last year with Sam Hartman right I mean, their name came out early with Sam Hartman and they threw the ball quite a bit the first four games and blow out situations but I don't think Sam Hartman ever had over 300 yards in the game last year did he I don't think that he did. Looking at it let me give me a second I don't think he ever went over 300 central Michigan is the only game you went over 300. Partly because they weren't winning that game by as much he was very good it's Navy will only went to 251 yards very good it's Tennessee State early 194 yards. So 288 against Pitt didn't play the fourth quarter 277 against Wake didn't play the fourth quarter. So, yeah, I just. It's possible. I mean, I'll buy the first part though. Second part I have no idea. I have no idea. I'll simply buy it because it's a wishful thinking by. That's where I'm at on that one. Another one from Indy Bet Irish by so hold the Irish will take big leads and force opponents into obvious passing situation so much that will set our modern record for interceptions in the season. Yeah, I'll buy that. I mean they've already got to that's a great start right. I'm not to look up and see what the team record is for interceptions for no name of the season I know it's deep into the it's definitely in the 20s. I'm going to look and see if I can find where that is I have to. I don't know where I put that. The noted there's a stat thing that Notre Dame gave us a breakdown of the season I'm going to find that look that up because I'm curious what the actual. Record is. And I'll look it up and find that out but it's possible. It's certainly possible to see that because I do think to your point they are going to get a lot of big leads and is this defense showed on Saturday. They almost had five picks in that game right? You had the two the other two you had four picks. Christian Gray almost picked off a crossing route if that ball is about six inches higher he picks it off and he almost picked off the last throw of the game and housed it. And if he picks that off he might be gone. So they. It's possible. It's possible. Next one from indie bet by so hold we will continue last year's excellence and be a top 10 red zone defense well. Okay first start. I mean it wasn't great. You had a pressure that forced an erratic pass that prevented a third down conversion that forced a field goal. And then you gave up a touchdown on the second one so. You know I'll buy it because I think it's possible but they're going to have to show be a little bit better than they were on Saturday they were good on Saturday but they weren't great on Saturday. So I'm going to I'm going to buy that one for now though. Leon Hart defense by so hold the defense won't allow a touchdown this week. Oh I'll sell that I think I think I think Northern will get at least one touchdown even if it's on the backup now. I want to go the stretch that I or the conversation with Jim how are in that on the first team defense that's possible. You know that that's possible they don't score touchdown on the Notre Dame's first you know first team starting the first team defense. But I think they'll at least get one touchdown in the game but it's certainly possible. This is a good Northern Illinois offense. There's no doubt but Notre Dame's got a really really good defense. 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He'll lose at least one or two more games this year that way because he won't beat the better teams in the schedule. Saturday didn't there's Sunday's game did not show us anything that we didn't already know. And and this is who he is. I mean like like I was in a debate with a Notre Dame fan and I swear that the Notre Dame Apollo. There's two people that drive me nuts. One are the people for Notre Dame fans that still just want to be apologists for Brian Kelly. A lot of colleges is not mean saying hey you know Brian Kelly did a lot of good things running that that's not being an apologist that's being honest. Brian Kelly did do a lot of good things for Notre Dame if you say otherwise you just dislike the guy and you're not one. He did some good things there's no doubt about it. But what I'm talking about are people just continue to say well I got to see more from Marcus Freeman because he's not Brian Kelly and I'm thinking how's he not Brian Kelly it is he is Brian Kelly already. Because like here's the thing. Well Brian Kelly did this this this this this this this okay listen listen. Brian Kelly his last three years in her name I believe his record was five and five I believe in against ranked opponent something like it was like 500. His last three or four years right so let me try to think about this because you had in 2000 in. No let's go his last 18 19 2021 his last four years at Notre Dame I believe is when he had that record so if you look at 2018 Notre Dame that season. When see one, two, three, four and one against ranked teams right so very good did well. Now let's look at the next the next three years. In 2019 Notre Dame went two and two against ranked opponents lost to Georgia lost to Michigan beat Navy and beat Virginia. No Notre Dame went again two and two against ranked opponents beat Clemson beat NC North Carolina lost to Clemson lost to Alabama four and four. And then in 2021 his last season. They beat Wisconsin loss of Cincinnati five and five in his last three years at Notre Dame against top 25 teams. Marcus Freeman is now nine and four nine and four against ranked opponents. During his tenure at Notre Dame. He won four games against ranked opponents in 2000 and in 2022 right so they beat beat BYU beat Syracuse beat Clemson beat South Carolina lost to Ohio State lost USC. So went four and two that last that year. Last season Notre Dame beat Ohio State or lost Ohio State beat Duke lost to Louisville beat USC and then beat Oregon State. I'm sorry he's eight and four that got him to seven and four. So hold on four and two Louisville Duke USC Oregon State set seven and four. And then this year he beat a name so he's eight and four eight and four against top 25 teams and he's coached 27 football games. Brian Kelly and three seasons and where he coached in 39 let's say 38 football games. Because I don't put the bowl game on Kelly and I don't put the bowl game on Freeman I don't I don't count those it's coach left new coach takes over that's not his team. It's not Brian Kelly's team anymore it's not Marcus Freeman's team it's just whatever nobody cares let's move on to the next one. Brian Kelly went five and five in three years 38 games Marcus Freeman's eight and four in 27 games. Now does that mean Marcus Freeman is the second coming no it doesn't mean Marcus Freeman's the second coming Marcus Freeman is a lot to prove. But it tells me is he's already better than what Brian Kelly was Brian Kelly went 16 in tennis first two years lost a navy. Right lost to Tulsa lost in some South Florida lost a pit. Well he inherited a worse situation did he really. Yeah that he must have sucked to take over a team that had Michael Floyd and Kyle Rudolph and Tyler Iford and Zach Martin and Chris Watt and Harrison Smith and Mike. Robert Blanton and Darren walls and Gary Gray and Capron Lewis Moore and Lewis Nick's and you know it must have sucked to take over that horrible situation. You know Trevor Robinson sear would feel riddick. Well I just I don't know how the guy won a game with all the terrible players he took over in 2010. But let's also not pretend like Brian Kelly is a guy that that is you know has bit is still that guy. Because what we saw from his last several years and Notre Dame is what Brian Kelly is going to do and what he has done at Texas A&M with one exception. Right so if we're going to be honest about that part then we also have to be honest about you know what else Brian Kelly has done in his career, especially the last almost decades so since 2017 is he's going to lose the big games. That is who Brian Kelly is he's going to lose the majority of the big games I should say again he's now three and seven. In the same stretch in which Marcus Freeman is eight and four against ranked teams, Brian Kelly's three and seven against ranked teams, three and seven. Well, guys Brian Kelly's only I think he's lost what. He's a team's total. So only one of the games he's lost was against an unranked team and that was the Texas A&M in his first year. They beat number seven Ole Misses first year they weren't that good they did beat a good Bama team that year lost attendance got blown out by Tennessee lost to Georgia Florida State should have been ranked that year. Go to 2023 they lose to a ranked Florida state team lose to a rank Ole Miss team lose to a rank Alabama team and beat a ranked Mississippi Missouri team. They got ranked games they lost to lost last year none. So if we're going to be honest about who Brian Kelly is we got to be honest about who Brian Kelly is in every capacity. That means this he's not going to recruit like you want him to he's not going to develop a team he want him to he's going to make excuses and blame everybody else while pretending to take the blame on himself. They are who they are right he's not we're still here doing this well yeah of course you're still doing that because you're the head football coach and you refuse to take responsibility for the things that you do. Right and so they're going to continue losing most of the big games they play they'll win some but they're going to lose most when you look at the rest of their schedule. You look at South Carolina they play nickels this weekend South Carolina UCLA South Alabama at Arkansas at Florida Vanderbilt. They're going to win all those games that means that you know they play Ole Miss at A&M home against Bama home against Oklahoma. They're going to go probably two and two in those games maybe one and three. You know who knows but it will be good enough for him to keep his job but probably nine and three win a bowl game over some mediocre big ten or ACC team and go ten and three and and LSU fans are going to do exactly what Notre Dame fans did for a long time, which is like oh no no it's it's like I was listening I actually know what I'd give respect to Preston Guy because I watched that Tiger bait show the other night and I couldn't help myself I had to post in it as well. But Preston was basically saying like you know your LSU you should be in the playoff every year competing for the playoff every year and Mike Scarborough was real quick to toe to company line and well you know it's really hard and blah blah blah blah. And like respect to Preston for still saying hey this is what the standard should be. And and Mike Scarborough is the typical BK apologists, which is you got to lower the expectations lower the expectations so that way when you do have success you can then go kiss Brian Kelly's behind and say hey boy the purple headed freak is getting it done over here man. He's getting us to the playoffs once every five years you know he's the man right because it's hard to win football games it's hard to win you know in you know in the SEC especially now that you got Texas and Oklahoma. Let's make all these excuses why a team that's won three national titles in the last 20 years can't be in the playoff most years so respect to Preston for still holding the standard of what LSU football should be about. And it was very pointed out very clearly by Mike Scarborough like hold on now. That's how we do things under Brian Kelly under Brian Kelly we got a Tampa expectations down so when you do have success we can all pretend that that clown is really a phenomenal coach and and if it wasn't for him. Man, who knows where we would be. The other only other people that drive me nuts and they're not quite as much as that are the people who you know it's funny is like you cannot find more than maybe five Notre Dame fans on Twitter right now, who will defend Kelly. And you know what they drive me nuts but at least they're still sticking to what they always were what what what I get pissed at to be honest with you. So that's why the people that now jump on the Brian Kelly sucks bandwagon, who I who used to talk so much trash to me about me when Brian Kelly was here, because I was a hater you just don't like Brian Kelly Bob. And now y'all are repeating the same crap I said for five years. You're now acting like oh we always knew Brian Kelly is that way. Oh everybody tried to tell LSU what they were getting. Well where were you guys why didn't y'all have my back when he was the head coach. I get so much crap from all you clowns when he was the head coach. Now you want to jump on on the bandwagon of let's hate on Brian Kelly or not even hate on Brian Kelly let's call Brian Kelly out for who he is when you were the same people that were were coming at me kissing his butt people in the media. Oh Brian Kelly's this brain cuz at the minute he's gone, man y'all sounded a lot like me. Where did this come from. Well why were you also pissed at me for so many years when you already knew that was the case. Now you're coming to me and saying the same things I am right now that he's gone. Now that you don't have to, you know, kiss up to the to the purple headed monster anymore. You know what I mean screw that. Right, but but let's also not pretend that Brian Kelly's also not going to go out and win a bunch of games at L he still is going to win a bunch of games at LSU. He's recruiting well enough to make them think he's recruiting well to allow them to then still go win a look at a lot of games right. So at least the people that are still on the Brian Kelly bandwagon and talking all that nonsense at least they're being honest. That's what they believe they're wrong. And there's this one guy on Twitter. I'm literally giving him data. And he would just ignore it all. Well, I know that Marcus Freeman, think about this. If Marcus Freeman beats Louisville in a month. He will have three times as many top 25 wins as Brian Kelly. Think about that at LSU. He'll be his ninth win over ranked team, assuming they stay ranked which I think they will I think they'll be Georgia Tech. Guys, I really like this Louisville football team. I think no name should beat him but I really like this Louisville football team. He'll have nine top 25 wins in three years. Brian Kelly's not going to face another ranked team by then. So, you know, but I present that data to him and it's just like, don't want to hear it. Don't want to hear it. Don't want to hear it. No, I'm going to still stick to my I love Brian Kelly mantra because at least he's not Charlie Weiss or Bob Davey or Ty willing him. I'm so over that I was over that when Brian Kelly was the coach. You know, so, but he's still going to win a lot of games. He's still going to win nine games a year. He's still going to keep people's I mean, happy enough to to let him stay there and he'll make a playoff run in the next two, three years. Well, Brian Kelly's going to make the playoff in the next couple years. I'll be shocked if he doesn't. And then that'll give the LSU fans just enough of a taste to stay happy enough to, you know, live in the lower standard world of Brian Kelly. Right, like that, that at least it's not as bad as it was under Orzeron because he will have convinced them that 2019 never happened by that. Right, like that, you know, what, you know, Orzeron's career started after he won the national title in 2019. That's basically the world that we live in. That's the world that LSU fans live in because they are falling for the same crap in the media there that the people that cover Notre Dame fell into and fans of Notre Dame because we all want to believe the best about our coach right. Let's be honest about that. In defensive LSU fans, I get it. You don't want to think that your coach is not the guy. It's, it's okay when the guy sucks. When it's Billy Napier or some of these get fired. It's okay to admit that he stinks because you're ready to move on. It is hard business and I'm being serious. It is hard to accept the fact that your good football coach and Brian Kelly's a good football coach isn't good enough. Because it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a scary place to be as a fan because you know he's not good enough to win at all, but he's also not bad enough to get fired. And that's where I think a lot of Notre Dame fans lived for a long time. Well, yeah, I know he's not good enough to win at all, but he's not going anywhere. So let me at least convince myself that the standard needs to be lowered because then I can enjoy the success that they do have. I think that's what a lot of Notre Dame fans genuinely fell into and I can accept that. My frustration was more for the people that covered the team that knew the things that I knew that were unwilling to say it because they didn't want to get cut off or didn't want to deal with the, the aftermath. That's my issue. I don't actually have as much of an issue with the fans that, that convinced themselves of that because it helped them sleep better at night, because if you don't think you're capable of doing something because your coach is there and you know he's not going anywhere. That can be a sad place to live. So if you say, hey, listen, you know, it's, this is the new standard. So when you get there and that's more attainable, you can enjoy your team. I'm sympathetic to that. The ones I'm not sympathetic to are the ones who then would come give me hate and send just horrible, I've gotten worse messages in my DMS from Notre Dame fans that I ever got from LSU fans, just mean nasty things that they would say. Why? Because I called Brian Kelly out. Now those same people will now say, Oh, Kelly sucked and blah, blah, blah, blah, and I'm like, man, y'all don't know that I save every one of those DMS. Every one of them shouldn't, but I do. So I've got the receipts, you know, but the normal fan that convinced themselves of, you know what, 10 and three is pretty good. In this era of NIL, you know, this is what LSU fan in this era of NIL, you've got Texas and Oklahoma the league, you know, it's, you know, we don't buy players, we don't this is, it's hard in this, you know what, 10 and three is pretty good. Give me the occasional playoff run and then maybe maybe make it a semi finals one year and that's good enough because in this era of college football, that's the best that we can do. And so when you achieve it, you're happy. That's what Notre Dame fans did for a long time and I understand it. I do. I didn't agree with it. It wasn't how I looked at it, but I truly understand I'm sympathetic to because otherwise it's just you're always miserable. I know this team has no chance at competing for a championship. And if as long as that's my standard, then I'm just going to be unhappy. But if I convince myself that the standard should really be 10 and two and you're getting to 10 and two most years, I can be happy. I can be happy. And, you know, and that's kind of, that's kind of where it's at. Right. And so I'm sympathetic to that from the normal fan, not the clowns on Twitter, that, that, that, you know, just would go after people, anyone instead of bad word about Brian Kelly, it's about just the normal fans that just want to enjoy their football team. I'm very sympathetic to that. But that's what LSU is going to do right now. And they're going to have their loud, their loud vocal people who aren't accepting of this, but by and large, the media will accept it in the casual fans because that's who really, he's trying to win over you're never going to win over the trolls on Twitter. Because those people are just going to always find something to hate on you for. You're trying to get the casuals. You're trying to get the boosters to accept their lot in life. That's who really matters. And that's what Brian Kelly was good at winning over at Notre Dame. And that's who he's going to win over at LSU, which is why, in a very long, long answer, I will buy that he'll be there at least another three because he's not going to leave. I mean, no one's, I don't think he was going to give him the money he's making at LSU right now. And they're not going to fire him unless they just completely fall apart this year. And I just don't think they will. No, I don't, I don't see any scenario in which LSU falls apart. That's a good football team. Guys, part of this is LSU USC is better than people thought. And I, we talked about this on the show all summer, the Anton Lynn was a great hire. Doug Belk and Eric Henderson, his assistants were great hires. They got good players in the port of this offseason. That's a good football team. And, and, you know, Lincoln Riley tried to give LSU that game. I mean, very bad. Oh, this was a great win for Lincoln Riley. Is it really because Lincoln Riley tried to hand that game to LSU in the fourth quarter LSU was just like, guys, listen, we are trying to give you this game. Will you please stop trying to give it back. Okay, just take the win and LSU USC finds it. Okay, final take the win. But, you know, that's, that's still a good USC football team. It was not, it was, it was a neutral site game and LSU competed to a degree. And, and that's going to be the spin. And when they go out there and they beat these next few teams that they, they're going to kill nickel state this weekend. They're going to smash South Carolina. They're going to smash UCLA. They're going to smash South Alabama and all the US LSU fans will be like, see, we're a better team than that. The key game for them is the Ole Miss game at home. They got to win that game where people start to ask questions. And you know, I'll say this to respect the branky. I didn't hear it, but somebody sent me. Somebody asked him about playing because the LSU fans were like, we shouldn't play these tough games at the start. They said, no, I don't agree with that. From what I'm told, Brian, because I don't agree with that. I don't see how we get anything out of beat somebody like 70 to nothing. You know what? I don't often agree with Brian Kelly, but that's one where I give him respect. Now, that, at least what he said publicly. Now, behind the scenes, he could be telling the AD, don't ever schedule another game like this. And then he can then blame the AD when it happens, but I think he actually believes that. And, and that's why he said it. So I respect that part of it because you don't get anything out of beating some crap team 70 nothing. And that doesn't make you a better football team because, again, let's say LSU would have played. Let's just think of a team that's not very good. Let's say they would have played, I don't know, Akron in the opener and beat them by 40. Okay, so then they go out and beat nickel state this week and then they beat South Carolina, UCLA and South Alabama and they're 5 and 0 going to play Ole Miss. Here's a deal. The warts that team has have not been exposed until you get the Ole Miss and then until you get to week later at Arkansas and then a week later at Texas A&M and a week after that home against Alabama. That's a tough stretch. What you've done now is you've had your warts exposed by a good football team out of your conference because LSU's destiny for the playoffs is still 100% in their own hands. LSU right now completely 100% controls their destiny for the playoff. If they win the rest of their games, they lock an automatic birth into the playoff. Don't you want to have your warts exposed in the opener against a good USC team then against Ole Miss in a month because you just rolled through and out talented five teams who stink. So I think there's a lot of merit to playing one of those games on conference and LSU now knows what they need to work on and it's I'd rather find out against USC than Ole Miss. There's no doubt about it because then if they do beat Ole Miss, you say, well, yeah, we figured those things out. That was the opener. We're a better team now and they'll be right to a degree. So that's what I think games like that are smart, very smart for teams that especially want to challenge themselves. Michigan last year was the anomaly. As USMA said, they're the exception to the rule. But I would also say Michigan's team last year, they knew who they were going into the season because they had so many guys coming back. There's a much better sense of we know exactly who we are. LSU doesn't have that benefit this season. Next one from Connor Fitch, a wider receiver goes over 120 yards against Northern Illinois. I hope that's I'm going to I'm going to optimistically buy that one just because I want it to happen. I don't know that it will. But I would that means because if if somebody goes over 120 in this game, it's most likely going to be on a smaller number of catches like five or six. So that means there's some big play. So I'm going to buy that one Connor just because I want it to be true. And I'm sure everyone is thanking Connor for the Brian Kelly question because that got me on my on my, I didn't think it was going to be a rant on Brian Kelly, but it turned it into one. But yeah, that's a subject that still gets me a little fired up and people say, well, why don't you just move on. If you guys knew the things I had to read in my DMS and the things that people would on my timeline that people will say to me if you guys knew half the stuff that I have people sending me messages about things that people will say about me. Because of the fact that I was willing to call Brian Kelly out, you would understand why I'm not as it willing to just let it go. Because people tried to destroy my business because of my stance is on Brian Kelly because I spoke the truth on Brian Kelly. Right, and, and, and so, no, I'm not going to that's not just a normal sports time for me people try to ruin my career. There's another Notre Dame site that has lied about me about stuff they've tried to tell people I was banned from campus and it all goes back to all that stuff. And, so no, I take that very personally but it's also true. So you want to know why I don't let that one as go as well as maybe I should some other things. That's why. Because people who the some of the stuff that I had to read the people said to me that made things personal. It wasn't even hey I think you're wrong like the guy I was debating about on Twitter the other day. It's totally respectful the whole time we disagree was ignoring stuff but he was real respectful real respectful. That's rare when it comes to the Brian Kelly stuff. Right like very rare. There's some pretty awful stuff and some of those people still say those things that's why that's why I took the stance I have on Twitter if you make it personal I'm just going to block you I don't really care it's not about you disagreeing with me. It's about if you make it person I'm just going to block you because I don't have time for that stuff because I just I don't deal with that stuff anymore. You know, but that stuff used to really bother me it did doesn't anymore but it did. But it like it does about them and it said now but I did I still have that sort of I went through hell because of that guy. Because I took a stand against that guy. And so when he shows himself to be exactly who I said he was and I called all that help for yeah I almost still have some feelings about that and and want to make it said just remind people hey I told you I told you this is who he is. And fortunately he's proven me to be correct again on that one so I just I think for you guys, you know, the I be people I be nation I do think it's important you guys understand why that's still such a such a topic that fires me up the way that it does. It's not just about oh I have a thing with Brian Kelly it's it's that. This goes way beyond just why do you still think about Brian Kelly. It's because when I think about Brian Kelly I think of years of having to deal with that stuff from people years. So yeah, that's my thing. Tim Tenzen, by so hold Florida State is still a bull team. So I, I'm going to look at this one and say, you know, I said last week I didn't see I think my, I don't know my exact words were but I was like I just didn't see how they were going to lose to Boston college I just. Detroit Hunter has been saying for like three months that Florida State's going to start going to and I was like no way man I just, I don't see it. But I'm looking at them now guys they lost a Georgia Tech in Boston College convincingly lost a Boston college and honestly if Georgia Tech didn't have a couple mistakes they would have. And if DJ DJ who younger late doesn't have to huge fourth down throws late in that game, they lose to Georgia Tech by double digits as well. But this can beat them Cal can beat them SMU can beat them the way that they played against BC Clemson can beat them Duke can beat them Miami will beat them North Carolina can beat them Notre Dame will kill them. Other than they'll win in Florida can beat them. Like, I got to see evidence that they're going to be better than what they were I got to see evidence that they haven't quit like I think they quit. I really I think that team quit. And I don't know what you're going to have to do to get them back on track but this is what so I get so sick of the lazy takes on DJ and Lala and it's like, everything he does wrong like he has not played well but again if it wasn't for throws he made against Georgia Tech that's a double digit loss. And, and I'm seeing it now there's this a ridiculous take in the chat DJ is poison everywhere he's been that's utter nonsense. Some guy on locked on podcast the other day is like you know you can't win the eight you can't win a conference championship with DJ who lays your quarterback I'm thinking wasn't he the starting quarterback for the conference champion in that league two years ago. Right I mean like the way that he is treated by people is just nuts. Is he a very good quarterback no he's not a very good quarterback. He's not he's not even the top three or four of problems for them. There's four or five balls where he threw to guys and they just hit him right in the hands he dropped it. Like oh well it's because they don't have faith in him they don't have faith in him to catch balls and hit him right in the hands. Right like is he is he a problem yeah he's a problem he's not playing well. Is he the top problem heck no he's not the reason they're all line soft. He's not the reason their receivers can't catch the ball. He's not the receiving their reason their receivers get no separation. He's not the reason the Boston College ran for 260 yards against them that's DJ's fault. They that team is soft and I don't use that word lightly but that team is super soft. And I mean like Josh Finn in the chat I mean they wind they they they quit last year the whole team opted out. They soon the ACC but I think it's more than just that. This is what I said all off season is what's so hard to evaluate teams in the portal era. Because you're going to have teams that that build their program in the portal and we've seen it already. Michigan State in 2021 goes to the portal and rebuilds their team they went 11 games beat Michigan that's the last time Michigan lost a regular season game. Well up until this weekend because they're going to lose this weekend but the prior to that was back in 2021 against Michigan State that team was built off entirely off of the portal. So then they come out the next year do the same exact thing and they're terrible. USC goes to the portal rebuild their roster in 2022 works like a charm they go 11 and 3 after being 4 and 8 the year before play for the big 12 title or pack 12 title lose. And then they do the same thing in 2023 and they're awful. Florida State goes out and built goes to the portal the first couple years it works out pretty well. And then now they go to the portal and it's just it hasn't worked at all. And it's just so hard to have a culture over a period of time when you're re when you're just going over over and over and over again. What have just kind of your rosters just being turned over every year it's hard to really keep your culture going. And it's like but here's the crazy thing it's like even some of their returners are regressing. Like they're offensive lineman they're six year stars those guys have played a ton of football. And they're way worse this year than they were last year. It's bizarre. Very very bizarre. So guys it's not a guarantee they're going to beat Memphis this weekend at home folks. It's not. It's not a guarantee at all. And I am very curious to see how that game plays out. Very curious to see because if they lose to Memphis. Oh my. Like this could be. This could be as bad as if not worse than Notre Dame 2016. It could be that bad. So right now I'm selling at their bull team they got to show me something they got to show me because like here's the thing guys their opponents on their schedule. They smell they got to send a blood in the water. And they're they're going after it like this is your chance to bury Florida state. And you know teams in the ACC not only want to bury Florida state because it's a chance for them to win. They want to bury Florida state also because let's not let's not get ourselves. There's a lot of teams that have some animosity towards Florida state because it's not the lawsuit. Look they understand look you know you got to do what you got to do. It's the it's the we're better than all of you mentality that Florida state has. That's what pisses people off. Not that they're suing because they want more money people understand the financial things. It's the way that they're hey we're all we're better than all of you. You're beneath us. And now you get a chance to say no you're not. No we're not. You're not better than us. And they're going to go at them hard. If they don't rebound this weekend against Memphis they will not make a bowl game. They will not make a bowl game. And that's going to get ugly. I so hold for my M10s and USC now has has now become the most difficult game remaining after game one. Yeah that's I but I think that's kind of always been true. I mean we talked about this off season. Some of you were surprised at USC is really good. I'm not. Like I got Florida state wrong big time but I didn't get USC wrong at least not after one game if we're going to have over reactions to one game. So man. That's. Yeah I mean Louisville is going to be in the conference. It's you Louisville and USC right now the top two teams are going to play. I'm going to give you USC the advantage because it's a road game. But those are the two best teams left by so hold from my M10s and tube or more Notre Dame defensive backs will have five interceptions in your 12 plus one stat format. I don't know that that'll be the case. But you know get a Don Schuler getting to pick and game one and Xavier Watts getting to pick and game one certainly helps Christian Graham almost got to that it's possible. It's possible but I'm going to sell it just because I mean has that. I don't know when the last time that's happened in the game or if that's I'm going to go through the interception numbers here recently and see if they've come close to that in recent years I mean there's been a lot of years. But talk about that in five. And see last year seven and three. Year before that six and one top two, three and three, one. Four and two, four and two, three and two, two and one, two and two, four and four so 2014 was the closest with the thighs farming cold Luke. Seven and four so 2012 was close with Bennett Jackson at four and Manti at seven. 2011 two and two 2010 it was seven and three. 2009 five and two so I mean you go back to oh nine and they've only been close twice. So I guess it's possible. It's possible and if we go to the earlier question about Notre Dame setting the record and interceptions if that turns out to be true or even close to true. It's going to be almost impossible to not have two guys with five. So they certainly got off to a good start. I'm going to sell it for now but it's a lot more likely now than I than it would have been a week ago. And number one in defense and limiting it to be DB's makes it tough in the past I would have probably agreed with you. But Notre Dame has five DB's on the field more often than now than they have in the past. And the way that Notre Dame runs their defense I mean you don't see a lot of Notre Dame linebackers under Al Golden making a lot of interceptions. It's just not the way that the defense is run I mean last year. You had one from Jack Kaiser. 2022 you had one from Maris Lea Fau. You only have two interceptions last two years from your linebackers. So in theory I agree with you on that the way that Notre Dame runs their defense it's geared towards their defensive backs making the interceptions. So I mean like last year they had a good number of interceptions they had 16 last year only one of them was from a DB. You're a linebacker or D linemen every other one was from a DB. Xavier had seven Ben had three Mickey had one Clarence Lewis had one Christian Gray had one DJ Brown had one and Ramon Anderson had one. So it's that's. Yeah. I am tens and also says Preston Zenner by so whole Preston Zenner will finally be given some kind of positional flexibility to be a niche pass rusher whether hand and ground or second level. Let's say three quarters way through the season. I don't know if it'll happen this season but maybe the off season but I would actually love to see him get that chance but it's just like. I think Preston Zenner is a really good football player the problem is. I'm absolutely loaded that position mean in Preston Zenner's problem is timing. If Preston Zenner would have been here three four years ago I mean look Preston Zenner as a sophomore in my opinion based on what I've seen from practice is better than Notre Dame starting will linebacker the last time they went to the cost will play off. You could take Preston Zenner from 2024 and put him in a time machine and put him back on the 2020 football team. He starts at will linebacker in my opinion. Or maybe he starts a Mike and you moved drew white out the will. He's a better football player in my opinion than what Shane Simon was. He's more instinctive he's bigger and he's every bit as athletic if not more athletic he's a little looser than hips and chain was chain maybe a touch faster but he's more agile than he was. You know he just he's at a time when Notre Dame's line backing cords is deep and as loaded as it's been in a very long time with just athletes. Just athletes so I'm going to sell that for now but for this season. Let's talk let's revisit it again in the summer or in the off season. Mr. Mio Wagner by so hold we as an A fan should not worry about wider receiver recruiting so much because we have shown we can win without a dominant wide receiver one and we can still want to championship with this approach. I'm selling that I'm selling that big time because number one. You should always strive to recruit a position as best as you can. You should never settle for just being okay at something. I think that Notre Dame's receiver recruiting has been better than people give it credit for. But you can it's can it can and should be better. And Notre Dame has shown that they can win 10 games without a dominant wide receiver one but they've never sniffed a championship ever sniffed a championship. Now you could say that other teams prove that they can win without that type of player Michigan didn't have that kind of player last year Roman Wilson's a good football player but he's not that. Notre Dame can have a Roman Wilson tight but again Michigan's the exception not the rule. And now I don't believe you're someone who needs. You know, like I'll say that you can win a championship without a quote unquote wide receiver one if you have. A something that's truly elite somewhere else you're an elite running team and an elite defense or as Georgia did in 22 and 21 you've got an elite tight end who is a pass catcher. And so like Brock Bowers was a legitimate pass weapon like a wide receiver. So, yeah, it's possible that way, but doesn't mean you should settle for it. I mean, look, I want to see Notre Dame do it with a really elite tight end and really good receivers it just makes you a lot, a lot harder to beat, in my opinion. So, I think that that you still need to strive for that. Still need to strive for that. By so hold from Mr. Neil Wagner also the approach for the game was the same as the Ohio State game meaning they condensed the offense to maximize not making mistakes the differences at work this time well it's worked this time because it's not it was against not as good of a football team. A&M is not as good as Ohio State. So again, you can't always have that mentality I'm fine with it against Texas A&M, but it worked this time because it was a different opponent. Would it have worked if they played Ohio State in the opener. I don't know that it would have. You still have to be willing to score in those big games I'll take that to my grave you have to be able to score in those to win those games, in my opinion. So yeah, it worked because you played a team that's not as good as and I told you that beforehand Ohio A&M is not Georgia they're not Ohio State they're not Alabama. They're a good football team that's a great win, but it doesn't mean like oh now the strategy works no this strategy has worked against teams like that in the past. You still got to be able to make plays and go out and score and beat those teams you can't just hope to do that and beat Ohio State or be Georgia it won't work. It just won't work. Bozilla 14 by so hold the big 10 is the best conference this year overall after week one. Well, I mean honestly I'm holding on this one because I don't know that anyone has established themselves as like the best conference in college football right now I mean, everybody's had their issues. Right I mean, the SEC had some blowout wins and there was always score but they're ignoring the fact that they went one in three against ranked opponents. Right say well ACC you know had some good wins ACC had one of those wins Miami blew up Florida. You know Notre Dame's considered a de facto ACC team right I mean a big 10 team beat an SEC team, but an SEC team also beat an ACC team that Virginia Tech lost to Vanderbilt hurt Clemson got blown out. You know like I don't know that anybody and then the big 12 hasn't really been challenged by anybody they haven't played anybody the big 12 is what. 14 and 2 and West Virginia lost to Penn State. I mean, if I had to pick somebody. This is tough because like who did the big 10 beat Penn State had a good win at West Virginia they should have beat West Virginia. I don't think Ohio State lit the world on fire Northwestern barely beat Miami Penn State had a good win Oregon slucks. Well USC win over LSU that helps. I kind of forget about the pack tool teams. You know, if I had to pick a team I'd say sure big 10's the top but it's nobody had a holy moly what a great week from that conference this year. Like remember the pack 12 got off to like a great start last year. I don't know that anybody did that this year did the big 10 have a loss and yeah Minnesota is the only team that lost in the big 10. Iowa has an offense at least against FCS teams you all see that right so. Yeah we'll see nothing I'm holding that because I don't know that I if I had to pick when I'd say yeah sure big 10 but I'm holding because I don't know that anybody. Anybody could have done that somebody said bird Texas Tech was the most disappointing team in in week one. But yeah they gave up 51 points to Abilene Christian they won the game but they gave up 51 points and needed overtime to beat Abilene Christian. That is not good. That's not good. So I agree with you on that one. I don't know if they were the most disappointing but. 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