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Make sure you give him a follow on the OX app at B-Carp 3. Bobby, both of the teams that you have an affinity for, obviously Ohio State and then Dallas under an immense amount of pressure going into this year, but that's not the new for you, right, my friend? Oh, no. I mean, you at the schools, I mean, the expectations are those programs, I guess, the expectations are sky high. There's a lot of visibility. There's a lot of eyeballs. I mean, that's a good thing. Pressure is a privilege. Maybe in Dallas, it's a little undue pressure brought on by their owner to try to get some stuff taken care of and having to send your quarterback and there's a number of issues with that. But yeah, I mean, it's always going to be pressure at places like that. And I like how you put it, Bobby. Pressure is earned, my friend. I couldn't agree with you more. I want to start out in Columbus, man. Big time use of the transfer portal. One of my favorite guys that you all got in the portal was the center from Bama. I think he comes in and plays a massive role for you all. I guess a two part here for you. Do you agree with the narrative that this is the most talented Ryan Day team? And then two, do they have to get championship level quarterback play, Bobby, to win the national championship game? A couple of elements with that as you look at it, first, the portal situation is really interesting with how that is. I apologize. I'm buying right now with the portal situation. I just did only brought in six transfers. So yeah, there's a lot of teams that bring in 15, 20. I mean, usually the best schools, if you're consistently developing and keeping your own players, my rule was like 10% of your roster on an annual basis coming from the portal. If it is in your school that is not recruiting real well, or you're not developing, or you've got some inherent issues, or you're losing a lot of guys. You know, they brought in, like you said, with Lachlan, that's a center is a big piece. I think it is, you know, one of the most talented rosters in college football. It probably could be the most talented rosters you look across from it or across it. And the big reason why was they got a lot of guys to come back. It's the most veteran roster Ryan days had since he's been there. You know, defensively, they returned just about everybody. They have four seniors up front that are going to start and play, including like two guys, like Jack Sawyer and JT to Emolle out that those guys with one and two defense events, you know, in the country when they got recruited and when they came in. So those guys are really talented. They've got a good, they've got a really good secondary. They've got some younger linebackers. They've got some good linebackers, but, you know, their defense should be, you know, the keystone of that team and with it, you know, bringing Chip Kelly, who I think is as big addition as anyone, because of what they want to do. They got Quinchon Juckins out of the portal from Ole Miss who's really talented. So you pair him with Trey beyond Henderson. And now I think there's going to be a team where they'll still push the ball down the field. They're going to still make some big plays. But I think this team is going to be a squad that runs the ball a little bit more primarily, leans into that defense and tries to win a little bit more. Maybe I can, what you would see with, you know, Nick Saban, Kirby Smart, where you've got a dominant defense. Yeah, you've got to expose the playmakers. You can push the ball, but let's not expose the defense. Let's dominate up front. Let's ground in pound and see if we can win that way. Yeah, I totally agree with you. That's going to be the formula for success for them. I wouldn't drop Will Howard back. If he's throwing the ball more than 20 times in the contest, things aren't going your way. It's the way that I will look at it this year for Ohio State. You mentioned getting Juckins out of the portal. They've got a real opportunity, you know, to dominate both sides of the line of scrimmage. In terms of the pressure though, Bobby, and this is what is so great about earning that pressure. Is it, is it national championship or bust here for Ohio State buddy? Or do you feel as if another result would be acceptable? And the one, I guess another two part are here for you as well. You mentioned bringing in Chip Kelly. Does at some point, if they struggle at, at, at times this year, does Chip Kelly's name get thrown around as a potential replacement for Ryan Day? Do you even think Ryan Day getting replaced as a possibility at this point considering what he's been able to do there? Yeah, I mean, you look, I think he's lost like six games in six years or something like that. I mean, it's plus three conference games. Now, they've been the wrong three conference games the last three years. Yeah, I know, right? Obviously. But I mean, the guys played for National Championship. He's been to the playoffs. They've been really close. Yeah, because they make that field go against Georgia two years ago. Yeah, that's an F but it's a 50 yarder. Like, you probably wasn't a National Championship then. So, I'm talking to the new AD Ross Dork. He's like, you know, down in the conversation, who do they think we should hire if we fire Ryan? He's like, do you think we can get Nick Saban? Like, do they want to get Dan Lanning, who's going to cost $40 million to get him from Oregon? Like, these, like, just Ryan's, I've been around a lot of football coaches. I tell people this all the time, good and bad. Ryan Day is a really good football coach. Now, it doesn't mean that they, you know, you shouldn't maybe do some things differently and they've made some adjustments. But him and Chip are really close. Like, I can't imagine Chip recruited him out of high school for having to say. Oh, I didn't even know that. That's not that. Oh, yeah. That's the same hometown. So, the thought of they came to Chip and I like, hey, we're going to replace Ryan with you. I honestly would be surprised if even would accept that given, like, their relationship and kind of the mentorship piece of that. And so, like, you say, struggling. I mean, yeah, if they're somehow, like, four and four, yeah, there's those conversations could be had because that would be ridiculous. I think struggling is a relative term. This year, it's going to be easier to get in the playoffs than ever before. But I think with that, it's an NFL style where it will be harder to win because now you've got to either win three or four games against really good competition in consecutive weeks. Yeah, I agree with you completely, man. I do think you'll be kind of foolish to let a guy like Ryan day out of your building. But we know what the expectations are out there in Columbus, man. It is beat Michigan. You win natural championships. That is all that program cares about. So we have another program that, in my opinion, has gotten the momentum out of pressure on them, not heading into the year Penn State. They have been, being a DMV guy, Bobby, I do my local radio in Washington, DC, I'm born and raised here. Being a DMV guy, I look at him as like the DMV talent whisperer. They're consistently getting guys from the Maryland, DC, Virginia area. And we're struggling to keep our guys at home, which is why coach locks in Maryland are not where they're supposed to be, in my opinion. But when you look at Penn State and what this year is for them, what do you say the expectations are for that program? And then if they aren't able to get over the hump, do they potentially thinking about thinking about going in another direction with their head coach situation? Yeah, I mean, they gave them that extension, you know, a couple of years, years ago. So I mean, it's hard to get out of these people. I think there's infinite money, but we have to pay your players too. Like the people I have so much, if you only go back to the same money trees so many times to shake it, you know, going to visionless helps Penn State, the 12 team playoffs helps Penn State. If you look over the last like six or seven years, I mean, James Franklin's brought this up and he's made sure everybody's aware of it. The last six or seven years, you say, we would have been in more times than not at 10 and two. And last year, they were 10 and two. And who did they lose to Ohio State and Michigan? Well, this year, they don't play Michigan. And they've got a pretty manageable schedule. They should be 10 and two, probably at worst. And honestly, was watching them today and seeing what they're doing with Drew Allen, the tough environment to get a tough environment to. Oh, don't underestimate. I mean, you're from the West Virginia, they get a lot of people from the DMV to go there. Yes. I mean, it is a rocket environment now. It's not the biggest stadium, but I've been there for games. My brother played there with Marshall. I went to a spring game when I was getting recruited. Like they know how to get after. I told Jacob Pester, I do. Yes. And I XM with him in the afternoon. He's LSU guy. I go to the Venn diagram overlay on the LSU West Virginia fan is very similar. They're going to go about their day and how passionate they're going to be. So tough environment. They're pushing the ball down the field. The defense looks good. A expectation for them is to make the playoffs. And I think that they will. If they don't, like, I can't imagine going eight and four. I think like nine and three is kind of their floor. They face the one out town that they are. And is James Franklin the best in-game coach? Probably not, but he's a great recruiter. He runs a really good program. When he has a good offensive coordinator, they're really thinking good. And like the other question, if you fire him, okay, do you want to end up like Texas for like seven or eight years? You want to end up like a Florida for a decade? Like there's no guarantee that the guys you're going to bring in is going to be the one that puts you over the top. Yeah, I completely agree. I like your analogy of shaking the same money. It's only got so much money that can come from. That's real. But I know the boosters out there at Happy Valley are doing their part to ensure that our James Franklin and the company are able to compete. Keeping things in the Big Ten here for a second, the newest member of the Big Ten, the Oregon Ducks, championship, righty roster, their quarterback position and what they can get from Dylan Gabriel, I think it's going to determine what ultimately happens there. How do you view Oregon and ultimately, you know, do you think they've got enough to make it through a difficult college football playoff? Yeah, I think they have enough. I mean, Dan Lanning, credit for him, he's built that team like an SEC power. Like they're big up front, they're physical, they've got into, they're like, there's a lot of parallels with them in Ohio State as far as how their team is constructed. Bringing in that, you know, that fifth year veteran transfer quarterback has had success. Other places are experienced. They've got everything that they need. They've got Phil Knight and Scrooge McDuckball in the back for whatever players they need and facilities like Oregon, it's funny because, you know, when they talked about the Big Ten expansion, it was USC and USC. And that was like USC, they're going to be great, they're going to be this. Why Oregon's been the real gem. I mean, they're the ones that you look that are positioned for the next decade to be a top five program in the hunt every year. And I'm looking to weekend in October or second weekend in October where, you know, Ohio State's traveling out of Eugene and playing in Austin because that's going to be one heck of a success. Yes, it is. Yes, it is. It's probably, you know, going to be the game of the term is the winner of this conference, in my opinion. I think it's going to be fascinating to know the watch what they're able to do. You mentioned Gabriel, when you look big picture here, and I guess let's let's look at it through the prism bobby of an NFL of talent evaluator. Who do you think is the top, let's say, two quarterbacks right now in the country heading into, or who will be the top two quarterbacks heading into the 2025 NFL draft? Carson Beck, I mean, Carson Beck looks really good today. He's slinging. You know, it's tough because we haven't even seen going Gabriel play this year. So I think so making evaluations, like, because that's what we tell people, like college players are not a finished product. They can get better for sure. They can still improve, improve, and sometimes it's a change in the system. Like you look at bone X, bone X at Auburn, inconsistent and pretty average. Really good at times, largely average. Put him up at Oregon, all of a sudden things start looking differently. He gets developed. He's the first on draft pick. He's going to be starting in the NFL. So guys can improve based on system and coaching. But I think Carson Beck has continued to make leaps and leaps. Like he was under siege early in the first half. He's more athletic than people think. The one scramble he had, I was very impressed with. Now he put like he about tripped like a drunk at the end of it, but in the first 15 yards, looks really good. Everyone talks about Quinn Ewer's. Like I'm excited to see what he can do. Like they've got a big one in Michigan next weekend. As you see, you know, like how talented they are. Jay Milro in Alabama, like, can he take, I mean, the board's a really good quarterback coach. She saw what they did with Michael Phoenix. And he'd make that jump where he's not just like an athletic quarterback, but he's a really good quarterback who just happens to be a great athlete. Like that's those are the jumps that you're ultimately looking for some of these guys to make. So I'm just, I want to get like a couple of weeks of sample size before I kind of realize what they are. Because everybody told me, well, well, Howard, you can't really throw the deep ball. He's not this. And I'm like, you know, right? It's through your quarterback coach. I watched him coaching for about the last five months. And the deep ball's starting to look a lot better. So there's an element of coaching where guys can improve. But Ellen, one guy didn't mention what should or Sanders who I think beyond might be playing three dimensional chess because his loss, I think, might be to say, Hey, I'm going to put my son in the worst environment of actionable for protection. And then you can see how he performs while he's just getting shelled by both sides. He can, he can every play because my kid is tough. He throws it well. And Lord, help me if he makes it through the season on injured. I know. I mean, he may go back to Thursday night. He made some big boy throws under siege. You know, it was interesting to me, Bobby, and I wonder how much you all talked about it on your show during the week on Friday, rather. Everyone was acting like Colorado was supposed to blow, you know, North Dakota said out of the water. That is a program that has dominated the FCS are really good in the trenches. And that happens to be the place where coach prime and company struggle. What did you think about the media narrative after after their win? And then ultimately, like, do you think after watching a game that they have enough in the trenches to maybe get to six or seven wins this year, talking about Colorado? North Dakota State, like you said, they're one of the best FCS programs. They've had NFL players come through their quarterbacks, linemen, you know, Lance and what I mean, all these guys, they're very good. And they're a well coached football team. However, they're not going to be as good as Arizona up front. They're not going to be as good as Oklahoma State up front. They play Nebraska next week. And that rules got those boys tuned up. Like, I'm worried, when you go for a fourth in one on your own 40 and you can't get that against an FCS program, like, do you think the guys at Nebraska next week, you're going to be worse? Because I cannot fathom that. So that's what the concern is. I think they're better this year because should door and Travis Hunter are better. But last year, I think if Travis Hunter stays healthy, they probably went to more games. If you can't, and I know Dionne's like, hey, he's a freak and he is. But asking a guy to play a hundred staffs a game like that, against competition, it's going to continually get better. It's a, it's a tall task. So I don't know that the rest of the roster is all that improved other than the fact that those two guys are two of the best players in the country. A little bit more on Travis Hunter, Bobby, because I continue to be impressed. He didn't get targeted a ton on defense as a corner. When you look at how he transitions to the NFL next year, the money obviously is that wide receiver. Do you think that is the position he is best at at this point? Um, I mean, here's, I don't know how posh is a running routes and that's something that takes a little practice and takes a little time. It's a fade he caught in the end zone. Like the guy has crazy good ball skills. So yeah, he's obviously a gifted athlete. And if you continue coaching a wide receiver, he's going to pick it all up. It's just a function of development and timing. And so yeah, if you're him, you look at it, well, if I'm drafted here, what can I make? If I'm drafted at this position, what can I make? You know, you look at those contracts, you know, four year $140 million. Like that doesn't look too bad to me. I think that he might be a guy with, they'll probably pitch him as both. He'll be a primary wide out and then he can be your third corner on defense or do some of that and he'll be able to add that value. It's kind of a show a tiny situation. I got, I've never seen anybody that's been able to kind of do that and we'll see if he can maintain a whole year of it. Yeah, it's gonna be fascinating, Bobby. I'll let you go on this, my friend. We ain't even getting to the Dallas Cowboys yet. We'll do so here quickly. What do you make of the passive aggressive back and forth that we've heard through the media between Jerry Jones and, and Dak Prescott? You know, I hear Dak came to things really well. Like he's very professional. I mean, I love Jerry's profanity laden ran about him. He's the best dude to do the job. Like, I mean, I almost thought that that was like fake, because that was an internet meme that could not have been real. Bobby, he's going to see now along the job, brother. Like, I'm gonna call it what it is. Here's the thing. I get, when you get older, I don't know if you've got a grand person who live with you. Like my grandma say some things. She live with us. She was 93. And I'm like, you know, just when you get older, you can just do it. You can say that. People just allowed to do whatever you want. You can say things like, you know, it's really not supposed to be acceptable to talk like that anymore, but you just excuse it. Because like, you know what? That's how they used to talk back then. And I guess it's okay. I don't know. But Dak has done a really good job of handling it. You know, and he's comment. And I think it was very astute because Jerry does honestly have a really good relationship with his players. He is omnipresent in the building. And I'm sure they've had conversations. I'm sure Dak's frustrated with things. But his comment, I've learned not to listen to what Jerry says in the media. I don't think that that was a passive aggressive shot. That was him saying like, he talks a lot. He talks more than any other owner in the history of sports for heaven's sake. He's going to say some things that are a little bit out there. But that means I think that they have conversations. He knows what it is. And I'm not going to worry about all of the noise around. Bobby, if you were in this position, what would you have already gotten Dak's on to this point? Because there's no way that there would be stupid enough to let him one lose him in free agency to another team. And then take that $40 million cap that they're going to have to take. So, I remember the beliefs and I said this a long time ago. I don't think Jerry believes that Dak can win a Super Bowl for him with Mike McCarthy. Wow. So, and that's with Mike McCarthy. I don't believe that he is the coach after next year. Unless they do go to a Super Bowl or at least an NFC Championship game. I would not be shocked if Bill Belichick is the head coach there next year. And I think he wants to let Bill make that decision. And maybe Bill is told him, hey, we'll move on. We'll draft the guy. I don't know. Maybe I heard the joke last night. Shador Sanders will look at anything on the star. But I don't know. Oh, it'd be remarkable. That be on and oh gosh, it would be beautiful. Heck, maybe maybe Dion's going to be a coach. Look, Bobby, now you're starting to get up, my brother. Look, I appreciate you giving me some time to enjoy the rest of the slate. All right, you guys are going. So, I'll be carpenter one of the absolute best talking all things college football. Good to get his thoughts on the Dallas Cowboys. So, I'm not the only one that feels like dysfunction is on the horizon for Dallas. I look at this group like a seven. I mean, I'd say seven, but a eight, nine win football team. I think Washington, if they can get good enough production defensively, will be in that wild card fight along with the Dallas Cowboys. 1 800 636, 1067 is the number on the MGM National Harbor list of lines. 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And I think it's helped us get here faster. The entire wave of free agents coming in. The entire wave of free agents coming in. Yeah. It's been. It's been. It's been something, man. I am thoroughly. I'm thoroughly impressed by where this group is in terms of tempering expectation. I'm happy that we were able to make it here. Happy we made it here. No big injuries to report. Feels like the quarterback is checked every box that we've looked for him to check to this point. But I said this still worried about those sliding comments he made. Never having practice sliding and. I look. That. This thing was heading in the right direction. He was like the final piece of a masterful off season. Hiring day and Quinn was obviously or excuse me, hiring Adam Peter's was the first domino to fall. Then you go out and you're on your head coach search and you bring in a guy and Dan Quinn that everyone respects around the NFL. Nothing but rave reviews. He's able to put together a rock star staff and that's how we'll segue here perfectly. Spearheaded by Cliff Kingsbury, calling plays in Joe. It Jr. calling your defense in terms of which one of those coordinators are under the most pressure coming in. We asked about Ben standing this earlier in the program when he joined us and he said Cliff Kingsbury because he's got the quarterback and I get that right. But I would say there's this is hard because technically there's less talent offensively for Washington. He got two first rounders on the interior of your defensive line. You spent big money at linebacker on Louisville and Wagner. You spent big money on the edge and door and so I'm strong. They have invested a ton of resources on defense. I think they're both under an immense amount of pressure. I don't think there's one guy that's under more pressure than the other. But Kingsbury's never been an OC before. Joe, Jr. has never been a defensive coordinator before. I think both of them are under an immense amount of pressure and I think both of them are in position to put themselves in good standing moving forward as potential head coach candidates. That's the type of job I expect these two guys to do and I know it's going to be a tough pill to swallow if we get to this point. But it's good if other teams are trying to pluck players from your staff. It is good to it's good to have other people look at your staff is where you want to get to. It's just what it is. It's just what it is. It's what you want out of this group. I think Kingsbury probably is in better position to get poached because everyone wants the next quarterback guru, the next quarterback whisper. I don't know. I just think Cliff, if it doesn't, let's look at it through this lens. If the offense struggles and the defense struggles, who gets put under more scrutiny? Cliff for Joe with Jr. I think it goes back to what Ben said. He's got the quarterback. He's got the most valuable chip in the franchise on his side of the football. So I think, yeah, it would be Cliff Kingsbury. But in terms of which side of the ball, I expect to have more success. I would also say it's Cliff Kingsbury side. I think offensively, because Jaden Daniels is that damn good, I think, you know, they're going to be good offensively, regardless. Whether it's being pass heavy, whether it's establishing the run, I think they're going to be fine offensively or the way because of scheme, tempo, and just overall the pieces. And I get this wide receiving core is not very good outside of Terry McCorn. But I look at the guys in the running back room in Eklund Robinson, I look at Senate, Urts and Bates at tight ends, a decent group. But everything is going to be based on whether or not Jaden Daniels can elevate his teammates. That's the big thing. And I personally think you will be able to elevate his teammates. I'm getting like spam calls. I don't know who this is. Someone has spammed me like 15 calls in a row as I'm sitting here. I gave out your phone numbers from Taylor Swift fans. Damn it. No, I have no idea what it is. I don't know. Don't lie to the people. Chris, you gave up my number to the Taylor Swift Reddit. Did you put my number on the Taylor Swift Reddit? I'd be like, you guys will not believe who's never heard the term tay-tay before. Jeez, but no, I think, and I said it last week, I would have a hard time picking Washington against Tampa with Benjamin St. Joseph Forbes as your outside corners. It would be difficult for me to do. It would be. But I think I'm like pick Washington. I can't not pick them the first week of the season. I mean, we're going to have a segment in the pregame show where we pick the game. At least for the first couple of weeks, you got to pick them, right? But here's the reality of it. It's optimistic as I think this team. Do you think they'll get pressure on Baker Mayfield? That's a big thing there. That's that eases up the corners game real big. You can get pressure on Baker. If they can't pressure Baker Mayfield, they're not going to win many games. That's what I'm saying. They got to be able to pressure him. And then maybe we're not as worried about them corners. You know, that's the hope, Chris. All right. Can we can we fast forward to Sunday? Can I jump in a space time continuum and end up Sunday? I got a lot of hours. I'm supposed to be making before then. So no, selfish Chris. So selfish. I won't time travel for you. Sorry, bud. Sorry, Lenell, you know, who would time travel for me? Pete Metters time travels every now and then. I don't know if you know that about our pal pistol Pete. But no, I feel like the ceiling for this team, if everything goes well, imperfectly, I would say it's nine, 10 games. I think the floor, the floor could be your pick and top two again in the draft. A lot of unknowns Sunday, 425 p.m. Eastern time. We start to answer some of these questions. One final segment coming up here on the fan before we hand things over to Pete Methurst. That's what they need to do. It's trade explosives. I feel like that's what you got to do on offense. But on defense, you need to prevent more explosive plays like that's the opposite. Yes. Yes. It's got to be both. It's got to be both. But if you're going to force turnovers at the rate Washington hopes to, then maybe you can give up an explosive every now and then. Maybe. I don't know, though, man. It can be fascinating to see the way this thing goes and the way this thing plays itself out. But I honestly, you know, hype for the season. I'm ready to break Tampa Bay down more. Luckily, our pal Chris Russell. Nice enough to, I guess I shouldn't say that on the air. He shared his game pass password with me like a good teammate. So now I get to watch bucks preseason over again and see what Washington is going to be geared up for. It's a big, big year. It all starts week one Sunday in Tampa. I don't know if I'm going to pick Washington though. We were discussing this before we went to break. I don't know if I can pick Washington. I don't know if I can pick Washington and believe it. How about that? Didn't you pick them to have like nine wins or something? You're not going to pick a week one of the nine. All right. You're not going to pick a week one against Tampa. Why? Why just that gets Tampa like Tampa's some pushover? No, but it's not like, come on, it's not like they're playing the Chiefs or somebody. Come on. Tampa's a damn good football team that won a playoff game a year ago and honestly was a win away from getting to the NFC title game. Yeah, sure. The bucks are no slouch. I'm not saying they're a terrible team. They're also not like an elite team. Well, early a few elite teams. Sure. But if you're going to make a nine, nine, 10 win something like that, you're going to have to beat some teams in that tier, you know? My friend, my friend, who is an Eagles fan, you all started. Oh, and six. Is he, is he that off? Like I can see them losing to Tampa on Sunday. It would, it would be miserable a whole week long if they lost to Tampa. I know I'd be. I guess it depends how they lose. Personally, I don't think they're gonna have a good first half of the season. And it's not because who they're playing. Chris, that's how we've heard enough from you. I say it's not because of who they're playing. I just think, you know, there's so many new players on the team, they got to learn how to play together. And it's going to take half a season to do that. That's what I think. Chris, I, respectfully, I hope you're wrong. I would love to be wrong. Would you knowing you wanting to be wrong? Yeah, make me wrong. I'd love to see that. Yes. Let's do it. I don't know, man. Ultimately, as I said, in terms of keys to week one, got to have balance offensively. It is a non-negotiable in terms of getting the running game going. And I don't even think you got to have a tremendous amount of success. You've just got to keep Tampa Bay honest. You can't allow them to just pin their ears back and rush the passer all game long, because quite frankly, upfront, you're not good enough to do that. The magic number for me this week, 26, 26 passing attempts for Jaden Daniels, no more than that. And they'll win because they got to have balance running the ball with Brian Robinson, Austin Echler, and dare I say it, Jaden Daniels himself, the one position outside of corner that I'm worried about, they're not worried about that I'm, that I'm curious to see who fills the role. Who is the third edge rusher? We know we're going to see a lot of Cleveland Ferrell. We know we're going to see a lot of Doran Armstrong Jr. Who is that third rusher? Is it Frankie Louvoo? Is it Dante Fowler? Is it Jamie Davis? Or is it the seventh rounder, Jivante Jean Baptiste? 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