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FULL Week 11 Reaction: Bama & Ole Miss Get Dominating SEC Wins | GSMC College Football Podcast

Segment 1: Dominating SEC Performances: Bama Rolls LSU, Ole Miss Tops UGA | GSMC College Football Podcast
In this SEC Dominance Recap, we break down the powerhouse performances from Alabama and Ole Miss as they took down top teams LSU and Georgia in thrilling matchups. With Bama making a bold statement and Ole Miss continuing their strong season, the SEC landscape is heating up with these monumental wins. Tune in as we dive into the key plays, standout performances, and implications for the CFP race!

Segment 2: Upset Alerts: Miami Falls To Georgia Tech, Indiana Escapes Michigan | GSMC College Football Podcast
This week’s Upset Alerts saw some thrilling and shocking moments as Miami fell to Georgia Tech in a game full of twists, and Indiana managed a narrow escape from Michigan’s upset attempt. We break down the key plays, the impact on both teams’ seasons, and what these results mean for the conference standings and CFP race. Tune in for all the highs, lows, and close calls!

Segment 3: Big 12 Clarity: BYU & Colorado Assert Themselves Atop Big 12 Race | GSMC College Football Podcast
In this episode, we dive into the latest Big 12 Clarity as BYU and Colorado make powerful statements in their journey to the top of the conference. Both teams showcased dominant performances, solidifying their positions as leaders in the Big 12 race. We analyze their standout plays, key players, and what their paths look like going forward, plus what this means for other Big 12 contenders. Don’t miss this breakdown of the pivotal shifts happening in the conference!

Segment 4: Top 25 Round-Up: Quinn Ewers Rolls, MIZZ-OU’s Bizarre Ending & More | GSMC College Football Podcast
Join us for a Top 25 Round-Up as we recap the biggest moments and surprises from around college football! Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers put on a show, leading his team to a dominant win, while the Missouri-Oklahoma game delivered one of the most bizarre endings we’ve seen this season. We break down the standout performances, the unexpected twists, and what it all means for the Top 25 rankings. Tune in to catch up on all the major highlights and surprises!

Segment 5: Week 11 Wrap-Up: Ohio State & Oregon Close In On Possible Rematch | GSMC College Football Podcast
In our Week 11 Wrap-Up, we dive into the latest developments in the college football playoff picture as Ohio State and Oregon inch closer to a potential rematch! Both teams secured crucial wins this week, keeping their playoff dreams alive. We'll explore how these wins shape the playoff race, discuss key performances, and highlight any surprises from around the league. Don’t miss out on this in-depth look at the evolving landscape of college football!

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Duration:: 1h 17m
Broadcast on:: 11 Nov 2024
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(upbeat music) - My dad works in B2B marketing. He came by my school for career day and said he was a big row as man. Then he told everyone how much he loved calculating his return on ad spend. My friends still laughing at me to this day. - Not everyone gets B2B, but with LinkedIn, you'll be able to reach people who do. Get $100 credit on your next ad campaign. Go to linkedin.com/results to claim your credit. That's linkedin.com/results. Terms and conditions apply. Linkedin, the place to be, to be. (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) - Hello everyone, welcome in to another edition of the GSMC College Football Podcast. Brought to you by the GSMC Sports Network. I'm your host, as always, Tommy Brzee. It is Monday, November 11th around here and we have a great show for you today. We're gonna start with those two huge games that went on the SEC this past weekend. We had Ole Miss get a huge win over Georgia, as well as Alabama, go into Baton Rouge and get a huge win over LSU and probably knock out LSU from the CFP race. Then we'll get into a little talk around the upsets and close calls all around the country. Obviously, the big one is Miami, going down to Georgia Tech and then we had Indiana barely escape against Michigan and Ann Arbor. Then we'll get into the big 12. We'll jump into Colorado and BYU, two huge performances there. One, Colorado dominating Texas Tech for much of that game. Started a little bit slow but got into a groove late and then you had BYU just barely escape. A Utah team that is playing a little bit better football right about now. Then we'll get into the top 25. We'll get a little bit of a roundup of at least the top performances from that weekend including feels like Texas is kind of finding their way back to that early season form we saw in Ann Arbor. Then we'll get into that a week 11 wrap up and we'll get into Ohio State and Oregon just getting one step closer to that possible rematch in Indianapolis. But before we jump in, I do want to remind you all we get tons of questions and comments throughout the show. And the best way for you all to get your question on the screen, we can have fun back and forth here. It's to use that super chat. At the bottom of the chat on the sports network page, you can click the dollar sign at any question, comment you'd like and we can have fun back and forth here. Definitely want this to be interactive. So utilize that if you will. And also GSMCPodcast.net. Still up and running does the exact same thing. So either one of those you'd like to use, please do mean have fun back and forth here. But let's jump into these first couple of games because we have a lot to get to. Let's go ahead and jump into these. We have Ole Miss just dominating Georgia in a lot of different ways. And we'll start there because this was pretty remarkable. This is probably the moment that Ole Miss fans have been waiting for for quite some time, really. It felt like a moment where that program were a lot of the different things that they've been trying to put into place for the last couple of years finally kind of came together. Finally kind of all fell into the right position. And now you're in a place where the CFP is very much in reach. Obviously got to win out the rest of the way, but there's very little to no chance that a 10 and two Ole Miss is going to be left out of that thing. So a huge win for them. And really it was the D line. It was absolutely incredible. What they were able to do to this Georgia offensive line that has been a little bit up and down this year, not necessarily to the Georgia standard of things, but is still one of the better units in the entire country. So you got to D line that obviously can compete with those elite groups on Ole Miss. And frankly, they really just went to work on him. It wasn't just competing. He was absolutely dominating them pretty much from start to finish. And then the big thing here was Ole Miss's ability to bounce back was really incredible. You know, they throw a pick on the third play of the game. Georgia comes down and scores really immediately. And Jackson Dart goes down. And you just have to figure it out. Austin Simmons did a great job on a 10 play touchdown drive. And then they kind of just took over. The drive chart for UGA in the second half was field goal to start. Then they had a fumble on the Ole Miss 20 on-yard line. They had an interception on the Ole Miss 27-yard line, another fumble and a turnover on down. So essentially four turnovers in the second half for Georgia. So absolute domination from this Ole Miss defense. And yeah, the Georgia offense still has the same issues that a lot of us felt like they had. And it really came to the surface in this one. So a lot of stuff that they're going to have to figure out, no doubt about that. But how Ole Miss was able to win, I think, obviously, that D-line was absolutely dominant. Georgia had 59 yards on 33 carries. And it was just, they were all over them. Pretty much from start to finish. Nate Frazier got going a little bit early. But that was about it for the entire day. They had five sacks, nine tackles for loss. And when you look back at this offseason, that was where a lot of the energy was put. You had well turned a win come in. You had Prince William and me Ellen come in. You had a lot of these really talented guys on that defensive front and really just that front seven. You had Chris Paul Jr. You had so many different guys that came into this team and has totally changed the physical nature of this team. They are an aggressor now. They are no longer the team that has to find different ways to beat you, has to score 55 points, has to do really special stuff on the offensive side of the ball. They scored 28 points today. It was not necessarily the prettiest day, offensively, for a lot of different reasons. And the reality is, you have a defense now that can drag you to wins, can carry you to wins. And they give up 10 points to an offense that even with all the mistakes, have been putting up 34 points a game. So it's an incredible, incredible performance. And then on the offensive side of the ball, you got enough from the run game. It was never going to be this dominant run game that totally won the game for you. But 134 yards, 36 carries, 3.7 yards per carry. It's not great. It's not necessarily perfect. But without Henry Parrish, without a lot of these elite running backs, it's pretty good. And it puts you in a really good position where you can possibly run the ball just a little bit more aggressively going forward. You can take a little bit of pressure off Jackson Dart, especially as he gets back from that injury. So there's a lot of things at play here for Ole Miss. And it feels like this entire game was just a kind of a rival for that fan base that had been waiting so long to really turn that next page, to really get over that hum. It felt like this was the moment where they really did that, and then no panic early. We talked about it. They picked off Jackson Dart to start the game on a third play, immediately drove down and scored from that moment forward. They outscored Georgia 28 to 3, forced three turnovers and a turnover on downs. They were all over this team pretty much from start to finish barring that little bit of a blip to start this game. So really remarkable performance from Ole Miss and puts them in a great position going forward. So where they go from here is just go ahead and win out. That's all you really have to do. And obviously, much more to it than that. But you do have a buy this upcoming week to let Jackson Dart get healthy, let Trey Harris get healthy, which is absolutely huge. And then you got at Florida, you got Mississippi State. You get through that Florida game, you're probably going to the CFP. Obviously, you got to keep on your P's and Q's in that Mississippi State game. But at the end of the day, you could be in that kind of crazy group that could be at 10 and 2, which we will likely get into tomorrow. And it's one of those things where you're not getting left out. But they win like this, you are not getting left out if you have all of the other things that you need. If you win the next two games, obviously. So some things to handle, but they could be in Atlanta at the end of the day, even if they don't get to Atlanta. They went out there in the CFP. For Georgia, you're officially on thin ice. Now, you went out, you're in the CFP. No doubt about that, and you could be in Atlanta as well. But at the end of the day, you do have a Tennessee coming to town, very good defense. Maybe even a better defensive line than Ole Miss has. So it's going to be a fight, and then after Tennessee, you get that win, you have a UMass and Georgia Tech to win it, or to finish it in Athens. So win those two, you're a 10 and 2, you're in the mess of the SEC, but you're definitely in. With that schedule that they've played, a 10 and 2 Georgia is not getting left out of this thing. So it feels like two teams that could be possibly re-meeting in the CFP. But as of right now, there are two teams that are just fighting the rest of the way. If they win out, I expect to see both those teams and the 12 team feel. But Georgia's got some issues that if they don't figure out, they're going to go down next weekend and be totally out of this thing. Then you've got Alabama, a huge, huge win for Alabama, 42 to 13 over LSU, at LSU, and they did the thing that I think a lot of Bama fans have been wanting to do for quite some time, which is just play murder ball. That's who they are, at their core, that is who Alabama is, and they had 48 carries, 311 yards, and six touchdowns on the ground. So they did exactly that. That is what Bama fans want to do, that is what they're going to be good at if they're going to win a national title, and man were they good at it on Saturday. They were all over the place, and LSU has likely bowed out of the CFP race. Technically, they're still in the SEC title race, but they're not going to get there. I'm just going to be totally honest. There's too many teams, there's too much craziness and too many tie-breakers for them to find their way there, but they joined South Carolina, and those three lost teams in the conference, and I think we're finding out more and more, that's pretty much the cut line in the SEC right now. So you drop below those two losses, you're probably in a good bit of trouble, and then really impressive stuff from this Bama back-end. You know, it was a worry coming into this game that Nussmeyer was going to be able to essentially just dice them up pretty much every which way from Tuesday. It was going to be able to push the ball downfield. Well, he averaged 5.7 yards per pass, and only had one touchdown and a pair of picks. So this back-end did their job. There's no doubt about that, and the defense overall is really finding themselves. They did get the bad news that Quay Robinson is going to be out for the rest of the year, a huge pass pressure on that team and something they're going to have to deal with, but overall, they've been absolutely incredible. They lost Key on Saab a couple of weeks ago. Bray Hubbard's been absolutely incredible. So they should be okay, but definitely something to watch down the stretch of the season and this Bama team is scary. If they're running the ball that way, if Milro's getting going the way that he was in this game, they can get to the SEC title, they can win that thing, they can get a buy, and they can be your national title winner. So a lot of things are going right for Bama right now, and it feels like the team that a lot of Bama fans missed early on in the season, well, feels like they've kind of rounded in the form just a little bit more throughout this one, and really impressive performance here that probably was their best of the year, at least from start to finish. How they were able to win, I think the biggest one is Milro Magic. He is one of the best players, if not the best player, when he is running downhill. He is absolutely terrifying. 12 carries 185 yards, four scores for the second time in a row against LSU on the ground. He was incredible, he only threw 18 passes, but was 12 for 18, 109 yards passing. It wasn't great passing the ball, and it doesn't need to be. If you're running the ball that incredibly, and this is one of those guys, that if he's being used this way, if he's allowed to get on the edge and allowed to make plays with his legs, that might be the very best player in America. He is absolutely a problem, and frankly, if he's rolling downhill the way that he was in this one the rest of the season, it might just be the team to beat in the SEC the rest of the way, and then the linebacker play is just remarkable. You knew that this duo coming into the season was gonna be one of the best in the country, and they've played good football, pretty much throughout the year. There's been little blips where it hasn't been quite as clean, but Jehad Campbell and Deontay Lawson just won this game. Outright, at least for the defensive side of the ball, was just all over the place. Jehad Campbell, becoming one of my favorite players in college football, had 12 tackles, one and a half sacks, three tackles for loss. Deontay Lawson had seven tackles, one tackle for loss in INT. They were all over the place, and they are the heart and soul of this defense, and as they have started to play better, this entire defense has started to play better, and if this is the level that you're getting the rest of the way, then there's gonna be one of the better defenses in the SEC, and then you made LSU one-dimensional. This was something that LSU was always going to struggle with one way or another, but you really made 'em one-dimensional. They were not able to run the ball much at all in this game, and then when you're down by 25, 20 points, you're gonna have to throw the ball. So you push 'em into a really, really tough position. It makes it so much easier for your back-end that might be a little bit underhanded in certain points to sit a little bit further back, not necessarily give up that big time play, and that's exactly what they did. LSU didn't score 13 early on in this game. They scored it very late in it, and it was one of the more impressive defensive performances, really, of any team this entire year. It was absolutely remarkable, and really getting them to be one-dimensional, getting them to be only a pass-heavy team because they were down by so much, put you in a great, great position just defensively to keep everything in front of you and make sure that you win that game. So, more remarkable performance from this Alabama defense in feels like everything's just kinda fallen into place for this Alabama team, but where they go from here? I mean, you're sitting really pretty. You got Mercer, you got at Oklahoma, and then Auburn to finish. Ten and two gets you into the CFP. You have wins over UGA and LSU, possibly depending on the tiebreaker, you could get to Atlanta. It's one of those things in the SEC that we might just have to wait one more week to fully figure out how all this is going to flesh out, but we'll try to get into it tomorrow, try to give you guys at least a good idea of where everything sits, but another game that puts them in a really, really good position. And a ten and two Alabama, just like Ole Miss and Georgia, they are getting into the field. No doubt about that. Regardless of if they go to Atlanta or not, and I think if they win out, they're probably in Atlanta. Depending on the different tiebreakers, I think it works out in their favor, but regardless, we will get into that. But for LSU, a huge miss from Brian Kelly, feels like they're heading towards another nine in three season. Hypothetically, they still have a path to Atlanta and to the SEC title, and that would be their only path into the playoff, but they have at Florida, Vanderbilt know you to finish. They should be able to win all of those games. Obviously, going to Florida this weekend, a little bit sketchy, Vanderbilt, always a tough matchup, but overall, they should be able to win those games, but a nine in three season is not what LSU fans came here for. That's just the reality. They did not come to 2024 to go nine in three again to miss out again and have the issues be relatively similar. Obviously, this defense has gotten a lot better. Obviously, this offense has taken a little bit of a step back, but overall, they're still looking at a very, very talented team, one that probably should be capable of more than this, that continues to miss the mark. So a really, really tough loss for LSU, not quite as, or LSU had a tougher loss than Georgia did, which makes them feel a little bit better. But it's one of those positions where it feels like Georgia is still in a place where they can make the CFP if they went out. It feels like a place where Ole Miss, if they went out, they're in Alabama, if they went out, they're in. You're figuring out that the SEC is going to be an absolute nightmare, and the idea of five SEC teams breaking into the CFP is not all that crazy. But we'll get into that a little bit later, and we'll take our first break here. And when we come back, we got to get into the upset from all around the country. We had Miami go down, Iowa State Pit go down, and then we had Indiana absolutely escape. 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We just got into the huge SEC games that went on and we had Ole Miss and we had Alabama get huge wins and set themselves up very, very nicely. For a CFP run towards the last couple of weeks of the season, Georgia's still very much in it. LSU likely out of the race as of this moment, but let's get into the upset alerts. All around the country, we had a number of different upsets that really shook up the CFP race and probably none more than the one that happened down there in Atlanta, Georgia, and what a performance from this Georgia Tech defense. To start this off, I mean, you have a Miami offense that is so hard to stop pretty much every which way from Tuesday and they had moments in the second half where it felt like maybe they were starting to put things together, maybe they were gonna be a problem down the way and maybe they were gonna do the thing that they've done so many different times, but they finally got burned. They finally got burned. They've been playing with fire for the last about five weeks against Virginia Tech, against Cal, against Duke last week, a number of different teams that had the ability to possibly get this done, had to come up a little bit short and Georgia Tech was able to get it done really because this defense was up to the challenge pretty much all day and really came in the most bizarre quarterback situation. I've seen in quite some time at Georgia Tech 'cause Hanes King got 48 snaps in this one. Aaron Fylo got 17. They both had a touchdown passing. Hanes King added 93 yards and a score on the ground. It was a very, very interesting game plan from Buster Faulkner offensively in. It worked a different moments, didn't work at other moments but it definitely worked when they were running the football. 48 carries 271 yards, two touchdowns on the ground and they were all over the place and the misdirection of this Georgia Tech offense did Miami and they were very, very confused and it led to a ton of open run lanes, a ton of jet sweeps that got open, a lot of really incredible things and it shows you just how good Buster Faulkner is at putting it together in offense and setting up his team for success and then on the other side of the ball, Ken Moore did just about everything that he possibly could do in this game, had 300 yards, had three touchdowns, did make a couple of mistakes including the fumble you're seeing right there but at the end of the day, he did just about everything he could. 28 or 24 carries for 88 yards is just not gonna be able to get it done. That's the reality of this Miami team is if they're going to be one dimensional which they absolutely have the capability of being, you're gonna be in a really bad spot. That's just the reality of who Miami is so you're gonna have to find a way to get that run game going and at least give people the semblance that you're gonna be able to run on them because Georgia Tech was not fearful of that at all, they were able to sit back and cover just a little bit more and they made a number of different plays in this game especially even just a ton of coverage sacks. It felt like Ken Ward was trying to find someone open, trying to find someone open and he just couldn't and Georgia Tech was able to get home. It wasn't like their defensive line was totally out manning the Miami offensive line. They just had plenty of time to find their way to the quarterback. So Miami takes a tough loss here. Obviously a lot of things that they need to figure out and maybe they just needed a loss to really whip everything back into shape but for Georgia Tech, this is a massive win for this program. It puts them in bull eligibility, shows Brent Key is building something at Georgia Tech which if you've seen him play in these types of games, you kind of already know that but at the end of the day, you got NC State then Georgia to finish. Let's say you beat NC State, you lose to Georgia which is relatively likely at this very moment. Seven and five in a bowl game is a huge win for 2024 for Georgia Tech and they can continue building forward. They have a really solid recruiting class coming in and this is probably the win that fully keeps that intact. And then from Miami puts you in a weird spot. No doubt about that. I do believe if you went out, especially if, let's just say this, if you went out and Clemson loses to Pitt next weekend, you go in with no danger. You have no tie breakers. You have no craziness to deal with. If Clemson were to beat Pitt, then you have a little bit of a tie breaker craziness. I do believe that Miami would win out in that scenario but I'll look into it tonight. Get back with a little bit of a report tomorrow but the CFP hopes are in danger. No doubt about that. You gotta be Wake Forest, you gotta beat Syracuse. You lose one of those games. You're in a lot of trouble. Maybe you still make it to the ACC title and find a way to win it but at the end of the day, you would officially be on the hot seat and it could just be Pitt that ends up jumping you and getting into the championship. So a lot of different things happening over there at Miami and putting them in a really bad position but you win out, I think you still make the ACC title, you win it, you're still in. So everything's still on the table but this was a hit that was probably coming at some point and Georgia Tech was able to give it to him this past weekend. And then we got Iowa State. Their entire season has fallen apart in eight days and I hate to see it. I gotta be totally honest, I'm a big cyclones guy. Love Matt Campbell, love the energy around that program but when you allow over 500 yards, 200 on the ground and through the air, you're not gonna win a lot of games, you'll find that. But Jalen Daniels had 363 total yards, three touchdowns in this game, alongside him, Devin Neal topped 100 yards rushing two scores. Quinn Skinner had 100 yards receiving and a score. It was remarkable what this offense did for Kansas and it felt like they could just do no wrong in this game. So Iowa State's obviously got a lot of stuff to figure out and they did plenty wrong in this game but the only flaw for the Iowa State offense really was the run game in this one. And it was somewhat circumstantial with how this game unfolded but 24 carry 78 yards in one touchdown and a long carry of 15 yards. So it's obviously a little bit worse than that on a down to down basis but they broke one and were able to make that number look a little bit better. So really, really tough. And it puts Iowa State in a very, very bad place going forward, especially with the Colorado win this past weekend which we'll get into here in the next segment. You're now in a position where you need to win out and you need Colorado to drop on. I still think you would have the tiebreaker if you were to get to that place where you both had two losses and you were fighting it out. But as of right now, you're in a really, really tough spot. And for Kansas, this is a huge win. A very fun win gives them a little bit of an ability to feel good about themselves heading into the off season but you have the ability to continue spoiling. You're at BYU this weekend. Then Colorado comes to town. Maybe you just get three straight wins and totally mess up the entirety of the top of the big 12. But then for Iowa State, you don't control your own destiny anymore. Like I said, you got to beat KSU, hope for an extra loss from Colorado and then win that game in Arlington. But a quick crash down to Earth for Iowa State and now you got a lot of questions as you head forward into the rest of the season. Then we had Pitt go down to Virginia and yet again, another team that their entire season has fallen apart in the matter of eight days. It was absolutely insane to watch, but here we are. It was one of those teams that it felt like everything was going incredibly well. It felt like everything was falling into place but just wasn't quite enough against Virginia on Saturday. And there were a couple of calls that I don't necessarily love but that's a conversation for another time. But the Pitt offense averaged 4.7 yards per attempt, four yards per carry in this one. The yards per carry was helped by a 34 yard carry by Desmond Reed really late in this game. So it was not a pretty day. And when they had a chance to win it, they had an INT from Nate Yarnell who actually came in for Eli Holstein in this game. So a lot of things going wrong for that Pitt offense. It feels like they are kind of floundering right now and they're floundering at the very worst time because if they were able to bounce back, get this win and then head into that Clemson game, you would have every ability to win that game and possibly be right back in the ACC title discussion. But right now you're in a really bad spot going forward. And then for Virginia, the most impressive thing to me was they got 15 carries from Xavier Brown. They got 12 from Kobe Pace. They got 14 from Anthony Coulanger. They had seven players catch a pass. It was not explosive. It was not special. It was not a ton of big time plays. But they got the ball down the field and it was really incredible to watch. It was a game plan that was really just about gutting it out and that's exactly what they did. So a huge win for Virginia, it gives them a real shot at ball eligibility. You got at Notre Dame SMU and at Virginia Tech to win it. So you got to win one of those. They're going to be a dangerous team in all three of those. Frankly, I'd be surprised if that Notre Dame Virginia game did not come up on upset alerts later in the week, but obviously we will get to that. But overall, you win one more game. You go bowling and Tony Ella's team feels like it's kind of heading in the right direction. For Pitt, this is a huge one to lose. No doubt about that. If they had the ability to win, they're walking into Clemson with a real shot at the ACC title still. Now it feels like that is a distant memory. After Clemson, they have at Louisville. They have Boston College. If they, even if they win that Clemson game, I still think they're in a really tough position and still could be on the outside looking in at the end of the day. It was a very, very fun run from Pitt and I think they're a very talented team and a program that's heading in the right direction, especially with Eli Holstein at quarterback. But as of right now, you're just missing the mark a little bit. As of right now, you're just not quite at the place you need to be in. I do think there will be openings in 2025, but definitely a tough finish to a really promising season, at least a couple of weeks ago. And then we had this one. This is the one that Indiana needed. I know a lot of people are worried about Indiana. I'm right there with you. And I'll talk about that tomorrow. I'll talk about that a little bit more deeply as we go through this. But the reality is you need one of these games. There's never been a team that has been able to win a national title just beating everyone by 21 points. That has never happened. LSU kind of did that in 2019, but just in general, they were able, they did have the fight against Alabama. But overall, there are a lot of different ways that teams have to win games. There are a lot of different ways that they're just going to have to adapt to situations and not be playing their best football and then find a way to win. There's so many different things that have to happen for a team to win a national title. One of them is beating a team that you should beat by more by five points. Some of them are, you know, winning on a last second field goal. Some of them like Texas last year against Kansas State, stopping them over time on a fourth in goal just to get a win. That stuff has to happen. It shows you where you are. It shows you who you are. And sometimes it whips that team into shape so they can finish strong. It's really, really one of those things that you see this game and it's easy to be like, okay, so Indiana is who we thought they were. Indiana is the team that hasn't played knee one. They finally play a physical team with a pulse and they're not able to keep up. And maybe that is part of this. I do think that holds a place in this, but the reality is being able to mentally bounce back from that and handle that business is really, really impressive. And Curtis Rourke had his probably toughest day of the year to be totally honest with you, but was able to pick up the slack for a run game that had 40 yards on 28 carries. He went 17 for 28, 206 yards, two touchdowns in Nianti. He was not perfect by any means, but he did just about everything for this offense in a lot of different ways. And it was not a pretty day from this offense, but you got a quarterback that can definitely get the job done. And then for Michigan, you did a really good job getting yourself back in this game. Three straight scoring draws, although one was off a pick in only four yards. You had three straight scoring drives, got it to a two point game, and then went backward on the next drive, narrowly missed a fourth and 10 on the other. So you had your chances, no doubt about that. And it feels like kind of a microcosm of the Michigan season more than anything else. Hopefully you can flip Bryce underwood and everything changes around there. But as of right now, it's a really, really tough product to watch for Michigan's offense, but Indiana got the win. That's what's important. I have big worries about this offensive line against a physical defensive line because you got a really physical one, maybe even a better one than you just faced coming up in a couple of weeks, but you dodged the bullet. And that's what everyone that has ever won a big 10 title, everyone that's ever gone to the CFP has had to do. They were able to do it in this one. And now you move forward with your undefeated season intact. Now you have a huge bye week that is so helpful, then it's Ohio State. And it's one of those things where I'm still wondering if they get rolled by Ohio State, if they lose by 14 points, are they on the outside looking in? I'm starting to believe that's probably more and more of the case. But we'll find out on Tuesday where they sit and all the craziness and we'll find out, are they going to be a team kind of on the chopping block? But for Michigan, the nightmare season gets worse. And that's just gonna be the way it is, pretty much the rest of the way. You should be able to get a win over Northwestern to get bull eligible, but then Ohio State comes to town. And frankly, if you can win that game, all this season is fixed. I'll be totally honest. Every Michigan fan will be more than fine. They'll be moving into 2025 with all the hope in the world. You lose it and then you got some questions. And definitely one of those games where you fully expect Michigan to lose that game. So a very frustrating season for Michigan, no doubt about that. And then you had Miami go down. Finally, they got, they've been playing with fire for quite some time, they got burned. And it happens to just about everyone, especially in the year like this, but you'll be able to bounce back, get to the ACC title and win it. You'll be more than fine. But obviously a situation that Miami did not wanna be in, and now we're gonna have to figure out how they find their way out of it. But still a lot of really, really great things that they can do this season, along with Indiana, still very much in the mix and really just able to get out with a win in the grossest possible circumstances. Kind of shows you just how tough that team is. But we'll get into all the craziness over the next couple of days. But let's take our second break here. And when we come back, we gotta get into the Big 12. They had two huge performances this past weekend from Colorado and BYU and two very different styles. 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We just talked about some of the big time upsets as well as Indiana barely avoiding one of those big time upsets this past weekend. Miami obviously the big one and puts them in a really weird spot. If they went out, I think they're in the ACC title. I think they still have a great shot to go to the CFP, but no more mistakes is where they're at right now. They cannot make one more misstep. If they do, then they're on the outside looking in this great start that they had, comes to a crashing halt. But we got to get to the big 12 because we had two of the leaders become very, very decisive leaders this past weekend. And we'll start with that team over there in Boulder, Colorado, 'cause I don't know what more needs to be said about this Colorado team at this point. You know, I was very firmly on the side that this is going to be an improved team. There's going to be a better team. They're going to be able to play better, more complete football. They are not getting above seven wins. That was firmly my stance was if they get above seven wins, if they get to eight and four, if they get to nine and three, if they somehow compete for a big 12 title, they will be, he will be my favorite for college or for coach of the year. They will be one of the best stories in college football and they would absolutely deserve all the love in the world. Well, now they're the favorites to win the big 12. They're the favorites to possibly go to the CFP at this point and all of the stuff that people called the on, including myself, called the on crazy for, they are on the verge of doing. And it's just remarkable to watch and it was the guys. Again, it was Shader Sanders putting on a show like he does just about every single week without a run game, just like he does, just about every single week. 30 for 43, 291, four scores. This offensive line deserves a ton of credit for what they've been able to do. Cash Cleveland, a fresh, I walk on freshman, being able to hold down the center position is remarkable. Jordan Seton is becoming the guy that we all expected him to be coming out of high school. He's becoming that Kelvin Banks, Will Campbell level tackle that is going to develop in one of the best in the entire country over the next couple of years. So it's been awesome to watch. It's so much fun to watch. Travis Hunter played 155 snaps in this game and I'm not even joking. I've gotten very numb to him being a freak, him doing all of those crazy things. 155 hit me like a ton of bricks. I don't physically know how that's possible. He also had 99 yards receiving, just for fun. He had 99 yards receiving. He had a touchdown. He was all over the place. So I don't know how to explain it at this point. He is a medical marvel. That's the best way that I can put it. But for Texas Tech, they had an offense that just made way too many mistakes. They opened this game up 13 to zero. They're playing really, really good football. And then in the second half, you had five drives in the second half after being down only 24 to 20. It goes turnover on downs, turnover on downs, INT, fumble turnover on downs. Remarkable stuff from this defense for Colorado and almost remarkable stuff from this Texas Tech offense being that napped. But at the end of the day, really, really good stuff from a buffs defense that just continues to get better, continues to get more stout, especially on the interior of that defensive line. It's been really remarkable to watch. So could not be more impressed with what Colorado has done this year. And this is a very complete performance. Every single week, it feels like it gets a little bit more complete and it gets a little bit more different. And even in a game where they couldn't run the ball where they were highly penalized, where they had a couple of mistakes early in this game, able to win it is really incredible. Able to win it by four, by two touchdowns is even more incredible. So remarkable stuff and how they were able to get it done. The ability to bounce back is something that has shown time and again, really this year for Colorado, but really in this game. You're down 13 to zero early on, Texas Tech missed a couple opportunities to make it even worse than that. But you're down 13 to zero early on in the first quarter. And you got to find a way out. You got to find a way to get it done. Colorado didn't score until halfway through the second quarter. They outscored them 41 to 14 the rest of the way. The defense played incredibly well. The offense was the Colorado offense in a lot of ways and it was really remarkable to watch. And on that offensive side of the ball, you spread the rock around. There's no doubt about that. You had all three wide receivers, all three remarkably talented guys got involved. Travis 109 catches 99 yards in a touchdown. Legerante Wester six catches 92 yards in a touchdown. Will Sheppard eight catches 79 yards in a touchdown. I realize it's as carries right now. It should be catches. But at the end of the day, a touchdown for all three, it was just too much for Texas Tech to handle with the past defense that is not very good. Let's just be totally honest. But Colorado was very much able to exploit that. And then disruption up front. It wasn't just the edge rushes that I love so much and day on Hayes some and BJ Green made a number of plays, but seven sacks, 11 tackles for loss. The run game for Texas Tech, they did get over 100 yards for Taj Brooks. It was pretty tough sledding to get there. It wasn't necessarily the prettiest day, even though the box score might look a little bit nicer. It was not necessarily the greatest day running the ball. So really remarkable stuff from this Colorado defense. And it's one of those things that just continues to show the growth of this team, not only offensively, not only from a talent perspective, but just from an outright toughness perspective, this is a totally different team than it was a year ago. But where they go from here, I think you control your own destiny, especially with Iowa State's loss, you are now the favorite to win that conference. You win out, you go to Arlington, you win that game. Now you do have Utah, a team that's a very, very good defensively could kind of stifle that run game and really create problems for that offense. And maybe things go off the rails. You have at Kansas in two weeks, very, very a hot team that's playing really good football. And then you got Oklahoma State to finish. So that should be a win, but at the end of the day, they have so much, this team is so much fun. The story is absolutely incredible. They deserve a ton of respect, probably more than they're getting right now. But overall, there's a team in the driver's seat for the first time in a very, very long time in this conference, for the first time in any conference, for a very, very long time. Colorado is in the driving seat and possibly could be the team that ends up going to the CFP from the big 12. Not worth that I thought I'd be saying around this time of year, but here we are. Remarkable stuff from Dion and the train just keeps rolling on for Texas Tech. This knocks him out of the CFP, knocks him out of the big 12 race and I don't wanna say ends their season 'cause I've never been someone that says it has to be playoff or bust. But you can get two really nice wins over Oklahoma State and West Virginia to finish out. Finish out eight and four and continue rolling on. I still think there's a program heading in the right direction, but obviously the outside hope of getting a big 12 title comes to an end this year. And then you got BYU being able to escape against Utah because this one, like Indiana, this was a very, very tough game. They were able to escape with a undefeated record and a little bit of controversy on that fourth and 10 on the last drive. After seeing all the angles, I do think it was holding on Utah. Obviously a tough way for that to happen, but I do think it was holding. I do think the right call was made there. But this is the first game this year where Jake Rethlaff just did not look like himself. He was 15 for 33, 219, no scores, had negative yards rushing, which is kind of his big time thing. The thing that makes that offense so dangerous was his rushing ability. The Utah D line was not having any of it. And then on the other side, Brandon Rose for Utah did some good work considering all of the craziness around that quarterback position. Coming in, going 12 for 21, two touchdowns in one INT and then another INT on a trick play, a fumble from another player. It put him in a really tough spot, but the quarterback was not necessarily the huge reason for that spot, which I think a lot of people expected to be the case in this one, but a huge one for BYU. Iowa State lost and you have Colorado at one loss, everyone else at two, you can lose a game. From the rest of the way, you can lose one game and still be firmly in that big 12 title and firmly in the CFP race. Obviously, you want to be able to run the table the rest of the way, but this is a win that if you lost, you're officially on thin ice with a couple of really tough games coming up, you're able to win and now you got a couple of tough games coming up, but you're not necessarily as scared of those games as you probably could have been if that kit goes a little bit to the left. If that kit gets a blown just a little bit off and you miss it, then you're having a different conversation. But you get the win and how they were able to do it, the defensive adjustments were remarkable. This was not a very, very pretty game. I realized that's Mason Graham night there. Apologies, obviously put in the wrong picture, but BYU was trailing 21 to 10 early on in this one. Utah finished the first half, three touchdown drives, and then right after it, they allowed zero drives, one drive of over 20 yards in the second half with an INT. It was just remarkable what they were able to do on the defensive side of the ball against a team that was really kind of rolling in the first half, even with Brandon Rose at quarterback. And then you won the turnover in special teams battle. That is what BYU has done the entirety of the year. And it's been a big reason why they're at the position they are, but three turnovers, you got six points off turnovers, which doesn't sound all that great, but when you win by one point, that's more than enough. And then you had a number of games where, just like this one, Kila Marion takes one back to the house and gives your offense the only points you had in the entirety of the first half. So really remarkable stuff from everyone else other than the offense and a lot of different respects in this game for BYU, but you got to win games in different ways and they're really doing that. And then finally, the offense finishing. It was not the prettiest day from the offense by any means, but getting a nine play, 95 yard touchdown drive, and then an 11 play, 65 yard field goal drive to win it is really remarkable. In a fourth quarter where it felt like they were just going to get suffocated, not have a shot to win it, they were able to get the ball back just those couple extra times, get that win. It was really, really impressive to watch. So for BYU, the world is yours. You're in a really, really good spot. You avoided that huge upset spot and coming up, you do have Kansas, you do have that Arizona State. So two very tough games, you go one-on-one, you're in a really good spot to go to Arlington and be in the CFP and possibly get that by. So really remarkable stuff from BYU. This felt like the game where everything could come crashing to a halt and everything could kind of really be in a really tough spot for BYU going forward. They handled business and they kept moving on their way. Obviously it was not all that pretty the entire time but getting that win, moving on undefeated is absolutely huge and puts them in not only a place where you feel good about your chances to get to the big 12 championship but I'd be downright surprised if they weren't there at this point, I'll be totally honest. But for Utah, this one hurts, no doubt about that. Felt like a moment where this season that has gone not at all the way that you wanted it to could kind of get back on track, kind of salvaged just a little bit. But now you need two out of three wins between Colorado, ISU and UCF to go to a bowl game. Gonna be really tough, no doubt about that. This defense can give you a shot to win just about every game in that Colorado game. Probably will be on the upside alert meter as well. I won't lie to you but at the end of the day, it's gonna be really tough for them to finish this at six wins and it's a very, very weird feeling for a lot of Utah fans and probably a very tough finish to the Kyle Wittingham era over there. So a lot of things going on around the country but the Big 12 feels like it's kind of starting to figure itself out. If these two teams win out the rest of the way, they will meet in Arlington and winter gets in. I think that's probably the way that we're heading right now. Maybe if BYU's undefeated in Colorado beats them, maybe we're having a conversation but I feel pretty good saying the winner of the Big 12 is in the loser regardless of what you did and the regular season is probably out. But obviously still plenty to figure out here and I think, yeah, I mean, Anthony, there is an argument to be made there. There's no doubt about that. There is an argument to be made that there are a lot of overrated teams all around the country right about now. You know, you can make the argument about Texas, you can make the argument about Penn State in a lot of ways, you can make the argument about Indiana. It's a weird season and I think Miami, although they, I would probably describe them as overrated. I would probably describe them as a relatively flawed team that just hadn't gotten burned yet. Maybe getting burned was the best thing for them. Maybe getting that moment where everything kind of falls into place, they finally get consequences to their actions and they can move forward from here. We'll find out a lot about them over the next couple of weeks and everything's still on the table. That's the good news for them. So at least you waited until the ACC cleared out just a little bit more to take that loss and now you just got to see what you can do to bounce back. Obviously not the loss you wanted to take but at the end of the day, still a very talented team. And I expect them, I fully expect them to be in the ACC Championship and be playing for a spot in the CFP. But obviously it did help out a lot of the Miami haters. I'll give you that, Anthony, no doubt about that. But let's take our third break here. And when we come back, we got a couple of top 25 performances that I want to get into, including feels like Texas is finding their groove again. I know it was Florida, but it feels like this team is finding all the things that we're missing early on, feels like they might need to be finding their groove. And if that's the case, then this might be a team that finds themselves in November and goes on a title run. But we'll get into that along with everything else right after this. - For the best and latest podcasts available anywhere, go to the podcast app on your cell phone and type in GSMC to access free content rich podcasts on health and wellness, book reviews, sports, entertainment, relationships, social media, movies, technology, finance, and even weird news. Subscribe and download the GSMC podcast networks family of shows available everywhere podcasts are found. - Alrighty, welcome back everyone. We just talked about those big two performances in the big 12 that gave us a little bit of clarity. If Colorado, if BYU went out, those are the teams that you're gonna have in the big 12 title game and that's about it, makes it a little bit easier in a conference that felt like it was gonna have tie breakers all over the place, maybe we're avoiding that. We still have some ways to go and maybe I just jinxed it, but at the end of the day, we're in a good position right now in Colorado and BYU, feel great about where they are right now in the big 12. But let's get into a little bit of a top 25 roundup. We'll get to all the top 25 teams here. We will get to them in the next segment, but wanted to get to a couple of the ones that really stuck out to me and we'll start with that number five team in the country. The Texas Longhorns, they get a dominating win, 49 to 17 over Florida and it could've been uglier than this. As crazy as that sounds, it could've been uglier than this and this must've been just a bad dream for Florida fans across the country because the news that came out earlier this week that Billy Napier is, they didn't say he would be back in 2025, so it's something I'm watching, but I have every indication to believe he will be back in 2025, so I'm not necessarily gonna read into it that aggressively, that's gotta hurt. Knowing that he's gonna be your guy for the next 12 months, for the next 14 months, and then the immediate aftermath is you getting torched by Texas is not what you wanna do by any mean, but I think the good news is for Texas here is first of all, you got Archimading plenty of time on the field, he played 25 minutes of game time in this one, so you dominated them from start to finish and then I think the other thing here that had been missing from Texas for the last, really since that Michigan game, but in a lot of ways since Queen Ears came back from that injury, was the downfield passing game, it was not nearly there the way that it was early on, especially against Michigan, it was not been where you need it to be, if you're gonna make a title run, it really was in this one, they were absolutely remarkable, they passed the ball down field like Queen Ears was seven for 11, 112 yards, three touchdowns on passes, beyond 10 yards, had a drop in there, that probably could have been another big time play down the field to DeAndre Moore, so he did incredibly well. Pushing the ball down field, he looks really healthy from that oblique strain that obviously had been holding him back in that Oklahoma, in that Georgia game and even in that Vanderbilt game, felt like he just didn't quite have the spin on the ball, didn't quite have the oomph on the ball that he usually has, he did in this one, overall he went 19 for 27, 333 and five touchdowns, all in the first, about 35 minutes of this game, he stayed in for one possession of the second half, but after a fumble and then a quick touchdown, he was out of there and they moved on with their day, but really remarkable stuff, it was a performance that they very badly needed and puts them in a position where everything's still in front of you, obviously, I'll be totally honest, they feel like the team, that if they were 10 and two in the sea of teams in the SEC that are 10 and two, they would be the one that would be left out, probably for good reason, they haven't played that big time opponent when they did, Georgia really gave it to him, so I wouldn't necessarily argue with that by any respect, but it could be that they need to win out the rest of the way, it could be that they need to be in Atlanta for that SEC title to find their way into the playoff, so they got a couple of huge ones coming up, they head to Arkansas, which last time they went up there, it was not very kind, a Steve Sarkeesian in the Longhorns, and then you have Kentucky and A&M to finish, so some tough games, not necessarily games that you wouldn't like Texas in, but definitely some games that could trip you up and I think if you have one loss, I think Texas is probably the team that's on the chopping block the most, at least in the SEC. And then we got Penn State, this was a huge win for Penn State in so many different ways, and I think the biggest one was, you just needed to get the monkey off your back, you needed to remind yourself that you are Penn State, that you have the capability to play games like this, where you get out to an early lead, you run the ball to a finish, you play great defense, and that's about that, and frankly, you played such good defense that Washington finally made the quarterback change. Will Rogers was benched for DeMond Williams, Jr., and he did some good things when he was in that game, I expect him to be the guy the rest of the way, and it was something I talked about even before the season, just saying at some point, Washington was gonna have to think about 2025, and DeMond Williams, Jr., is 2025. So I expect him to start the rest of the way, and Penn State was just the team that made it happen, really more than anything else. But to me, this was a perfect offensive game from Penn State, obviously not gaudy numbers by any means, but Drew Raller, 2428, 220 through the air in a score. He had, overall, they had 40 carries, 266 on the ground, two scores, including four straight touchdowns to start this game in the first half. They were remarkable, they were all over the place, they did the thing that makes them so special, which is run the ball and then pick your moments in the past game, and although, you know, maybe that's not the way that Penn State fans want this to work, you know, they want to be able to push the ball down field, they want to use Drew Raller's arm strength, and he's got it to use, no doubt about that. Sometimes you just gotta play to your strengths, and I think they're doing that right now, I think they found who they are as an identity, and I think they can move forward and feel really good about themselves, at least having a very structured game plan, going into every single game, and then for Washington, they just didn't do anything on offense, they finished with under 200 yards total, they had an INT, went 2.2 yards per carry, dominating performance from this Penn State defense, and won that, they played plenty well last week, but definitely had a couple of INTs, a couple of missed opportunities, the fumble into the end zone, that made it look a little bit better than it was, at least on the scoreboard. So, this was a great kind of bounce back performance from that defense, and I think it puts them right back on the CFP March. You know, you got at Purdue, at Minnesota, Maryland, to finish. You should be able to win all those games, go 11-1, possibly host a CFP game, and then the work really starts. You gotta get that win, and then if you don't, then people have the same questions about James Franklin, they've had pretty much every off season around State College, but huge win here, and they keep going on their merry way to a possible CFP berth. Then we got Tennessee, and Tennessee did the exact same thing. It feels like they've kind of found themselves just a little bit. The downfield passing game was not necessarily perfect. They only had a couple of deep balls, but that's all they need. Really, when you have that run game, when you have that defense, and you can hit a couple of, one, two, maybe even three deep balls a game, you're gonna be a really good team. You're gonna be a team that's gonna be a problem to deal with, and you're gonna be a team that can possibly win a national title. That's just the reality. And it wasn't a perfect day because Nico did go down, he's gonna be late in this one. It seems like he's going to be more than fine for that Georgia game, which is music to a lot of Tennessee fans' ears, but when eight for 13, 174 yards and two scores, as you can see, eight passes for 184 yards is quite the completion percentage rate. But at the end of the day, a lot of things going right for this team. The defense continues to be one of the best in the country. Now, Devon Booth did get going a little bit for Mississippi State in this game, got over 100 yards rushing, so something to watch there. Maybe that run defense is not quite as stout as it needs to be down the stretch of the season, but as of right now, they're doing exactly what they've always been doing, got four sacks, nine tackles for loss, and are really sitting pretty. They're right now, they head to UGA, and let's say they beat them this weekend. They're on their way. They have UTEP and Vanita finish. They should be in Atlanta, possibly playing the only other one-loss team in that conference in Texas, with a chance to go to the CFP, regardless you're in the CFP if you go there. If you lose to Georgia, and you're finding yourself at the end of the season at 10 and two, I think that win over Alabama is huge, and especially Alabama beating LSU this past weekend, I think that's the game changer. But there's a world where, if you beat Georgia this weekend, you could just be playing the winner of the A&M Texas game at the end of the year for the SEC title. So, it would be wild no doubt about that, but right now, with the way Georgia played last weekend and what we know about this Tennessee team, they very well could do it, and then be on their way to a possible CFP birth, possible SEC title, and who knows when it stops for Tennessee. Then we'll drop down just a little bit here and get to Clemson, Virginia Tech, 'cause Clemson did right the ship and a relatively ugly, but nice win over Virginia Tech on the road, and I think it was largely the defense that you have to credit for this. Virginia Tech only had 40 yards rushing in this game for a team that if they're gonna win football games, they gotta run the football, no doubt about that. And then you have Clemson got two picks, a fumble recovery in this one, they were all over the place, and then the game where the offense just was a little bit weird, a little bit up and down. You know, the box score shows you a really incredible performance with a lot of different guys getting a ton of yards. Was not all that pretty. I'll be totally honest with you, but Clemson being able to count on 100 plus from film off on a weekly basis is about as huge of a luxury as they could possibly have. With this offense buttering, with this offense, pass offense, not doing what it usually has done, at least early in the season, it had done. The run game being able to pick up the slack has been huge and Clemson, because of that loss to Miami is still in the ACC race. I think if they win out and Miami does as well, they're probably on the outside looking in with the tie breakers, but at the end of the day, you win the pit pit this upcoming weekend, that's your last ACC game. Then you have two out of conference games to finish, that big one against South Carolina. So a lot of things that could go right for Clemson over the last little bit, but as of right now, I still think of them as probably the third best team in that conference and probably a team that's gonna be on the outside looking in, but you never really know. Obviously, with the way Miami is right now, maybe they lose this a couple of weeks against Wake Forest or Syracuse, and this thing totally opens up for Clemson. And then we have the weirdest finish of the entire weekend by a country mile. With four minutes left in this game, it was 16 to nine, Missouri was winning. With two minutes left in this game, it was 23 to 16 with OU leading after a fumble recovery from OU on a very weird fumble from Missouri. Then Missouri had a 57 yard touchdown drive and then a fumble recovery scoop and score to win the game in the weirdest fumble I have ever seen. It was literally like Jackson Dart stripped himself. I've never seen it, oh, I have seen it. I haven't seen it in that way. I haven't seen it when the guy's not even getting ready to pass and he's just patting the ball and he essentially just tosses it backwards. Was very weird, but it was a microcosm of this OU season. They have flashes, they have ability, they feel like they have the talent to win these games and then the ineptitude on offense and a couple of misses on defense totally does them in. So that's who they are at this point and they're gonna have to figure out where they stand at the end of the season 'cause the mission the rest of the way is get to a bowl game and you have Bayman LSU the rest of the way. So not a guarantee. They lose those next two weekends that talk about Brent Venables getting 20, 25 as a prove it season might just go out the window in a hurry. I know that sounds crazy, but this is Oklahoma. This is a team that feels like they should be in a much better place right now and I don't think he'll get fired regardless, but I don't know, it could get sketchy. Let's just leave it at that for the time being. For Missouri, Greenquitz really wanted to remind us that they are still in the playoff hunt. They are not in the playoff hunt. I'll be totally honest with you, especially with all of the 10 and two teams that could come up in the SEC. There is not one of them that I would pick below Missouri, just plain and simple. Even Texas, the team that I said, if they're 10 and two, they're probably on the chopping block, they would be miles ahead of Missouri in my mind. So Missouri's not getting into the CFP. They could win out and not get into the CFP. They do have South Carolina this upcoming weekend. They're too touched down underdogs and they should be. So they're not going to the CFP, regardless of what happens the rest of the way. I'm just gonna put that to rest right about now. But the last one I wanna talk about here is Army, a huge, huge win and one where did not go at all the way that I thought it was gonna go. Army wins this game 14 to three. And frankly, if you told me it was 14 to three, I would have thought we were about three drives into this game. I would have thought Army went down and scored. North Texas answered with a field goal. Army went right back down and scored. So really remarkable stuff from both defenses, especially Army, but both defenses really played their butts off. Army ran the ball 64 times for 293 yards, two scores. To be honest, that's pretty good. If you're playing Army and they're gonna run the ball 64 times with all of the different variations, holding him under 300 is a win. I'll be totally honest, but they did have a drive in this game that was just absolute, it was beautiful. In every possible way. But the second touchdown drive, 21 plays, 94 yards, almost 14 minutes. And that is Army football. It was absolutely incredible to watch. I don't think they had a run of over eight yards on that drive. It was awesome. It was so much fun and it was one of those things that if you're a football guy, go ahead and watch that compilation 'cause it's really special to watch. But the Army defenses are remarkable as well. Oh, excuse me. After the field goal from North Texas on their first drive, they were able to stop a drive on the two yard line. They were able to force a turnover on downs. They had two picks in the end zone. Really remarkable stuff. A lot of bend don't break from this team against the offense that can really make a lot of teams break. And then a huge win. That sets them up for a huge couple of weeks when they go over to, when they played Notre Dame in a couple of weeks. And then they got UTSA left on the schedule before a possible American title. They can lock it up, I believe this weekend if Navy were to lose or if Tulane were to lose a lot of different things that are happening around that. But it feels like Army's pretty much guaranteed a spot in that American title. I'd be very surprised if it all went wrong at this point. But a win over Notre Dame would probably almost definitely send you to the CFP. So a lot still on the table for this team. It still feels like a team that Notre Dame might be a little bit too much, but who knows? We'll get to two weeks and we'll make that pick and we'll see what happens. But a huge win. One of those wins where you just got to get out with more points than the other team, they were able to do that as ugly as it was. They were able to get it done. And Bryson Daily hopefully will be a little bit more healthy for that Notre Dame game. And then they can really start rolling downhill. But a lot of remarkable performances, I think the biggest one for me was what Texas did. Although Florida's not that world-beating team, they're a relatively solid defense. I'm not going to give them a ton of praise, but a relatively solid defense that was made to look like they were just downright terrible. So I think Texas might be on their way. I think they might have found a groove here and it might be really hard to stop in the rest of the way. But obviously something we will talk about the rest of the season. And let's take our final break here. When we come back, we just got to do a little bit of a wrap up with all the other games we had in a chance to get to throughout the show. We'll break them down right after this. (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) - All righty. Welcome back everyone. We just talked about some big time performances from the top 25 teams. Texas seems to be rolling downhill once again. We had a big time win from Army to stay undefeated over in North Texas as they get ready for that huge one against Notre Dame in a couple of weeks. But let's get into a little bit of a wrap up here with all the other games we haven't had a chance to get to and still some top 25 games that I want to get to real quickly. And we'll start with that number one team in the country that continues to assert themselves as the top team in the country. They're playing really, really good football, did not leave this one remotely up for debate throughout this one, was really, really impressive and is as efficient as really anyone in the country. And that's really the biggest thing for me at this very moment with so many different teams being up and down, so many different teams playing very weird football one day and then lights out the other. Orange is just playing lights out football weekend and we gather playing really, really great stuff and obviously bigger challenges ahead but this was a big time win. And then Dylan Gabriel through for three scores got over the FPS record. So congratulations to him. Took him a little bit of time but that's beside the point. We can get into that argument a little bit later but they did get 180 yards on the ground, had a crazy fake punt when they were up 13. Just kind of what Dan Lanning does, a little bit of Dan Campbell in Dan Lanning but at the end of the day, they handled their business at a very, very high rate, get on with a win that they very well should have won kind of at this margin. So really impressive stuff. The defense also did work not allowing 300 yards, only 83 yards on the ground in this one. Force three turnovers, Maryland was six for 19 on third down, really, really good stuff. And all of the places that you need to be good, Michigan was in this one. They got at Wisconsin and Washington coming up. They win those two, they're undefeated, they're the number one team in the country, they're heading to the Big Ten title, possibly against this team right here. Ohio State was able to handle their business against Purdue, 45 to zero, blank to Purdue and it's Purdue. I'm not necessarily gonna put too much stock into this game but it was nice to see Ohio State continue on their way, get another comfortable win here and we'll have our 21 for 26, 260 through the year, three scores, eight different players caught passes. You had 173 on the ground. This team is just incredible. And they were incredible defensively as well, allowing just over 200 yards, forcing two turnovers. It feels like everything's coming into place. It feels like all that stuff that we talked about how this defense, this offense, everything is so well put together. The talent level is just ridiculous. They just need to get it all working in unison. Feels like it's starting to work in unison. Now obviously big time tests coming up. Now they do have at Northwestern before the huge one against Indiana and then Michigan at home. So plenty of work to do and obviously that Indiana game is massive but as of right now, feels like everything's starting to roll downhill for Ohio State and could just very well be the team that ends up winning the title at the end of the day. And then we had a dominating win over Florida State because that's just what happens. Pretty much a weekly a reminder every single week to say Florida State gets beaten by a lot of points. You'll pretty much have the gist of that game but this one was ugly and it led to a couple of staff changes that probably were a little bit overdue but they get done officially at Florida State. Adam Fuller has been fired as the defensive coordinator. Alex Atkins has been fired as the offensive coordinator and the wide receiver coach run Dougings is out at Florida State. So the weirdness begins. You got to figure out how you're going to go about this. They have plenty of guys that they can go after. I'm just going to put this out there. Brendan Marion as their offensive coordinator would be a special thing to watch. But that's a totally different conversation. We will get into that in time. But overall, this is when it starts. This is when Mike Norvell's job is really on the line where he's got to rebuild this thing. He's got to get a portal class that's going to win them games. He's got to start recruiting better at the high school level. It all starts with those staff hires that he's about to make. So a couple of really interesting months around Tallahassee coming up but this game in and of itself. Let's just focus back in on the present here but Notre Dame's offense continues to roll over 200 yards through the air and on the ground. No turnovers. Their defense is their defense. They got two ints including a pick six that just totally buried this game and made it look really, really ugly. But Notre Dame continues to handle their business. Now they head into a stretch where it's a little sketchy. It's not necessarily games that they should lose by any respect but Virginia, a team that's coming off a big win over pit that's very dangerous. You have army obviously playing really good football can always bring an upset and then you got at USC. Not necessarily a team that's played all that great of football but rivalry game. They've just changed quarterbacks. Maybe the spark this offense needs and you could be in a little bit of trouble. Obviously all of this is conjecture but right now Notre Dame's doing what they need to do. They're still right on thin ice but that thin ice feels pretty good right about now if you're Notre Dame. Then we have Boise State play one of the worst games they've played all year probably. This was not a very, very clean performance really at all and it was Ash and Gente that imagined that won the game for them. 34 carries, 209 yards, three touchdowns in this game. He was the whole offense for Boise State as he has been in a number of different ways because they only passed for 119 yards. They had a pick in this game. It was very ugly and Nevada's Maeve just gave him the blueprint to a couple more talented teams to possibly be able to stop this offense just let Gente do his thing. I guess it's probably the best way to go about it. Just say, he's gonna get his, he's gonna do him. We're gonna do our best to stop him but at the end of the day, he's probably going to get 150 yards, a couple of scores. We have to be able to counter on offense and then be able to fully stop this past game. It's really the key to winning against Boise State. So they're still on their way to a Mountain West Championship. I see F.P. Birth. They have at San Jose State, Wyoming and Oregon State to finish. So they should be okay. They should be firmly on their way but at the end of the day, there's still a team that's a little bit flawed and still a team that if they got into the CFP, I wouldn't necessarily love in any of the games that they would play but obviously that's a conversation we can have down the road and definitely one that could change in a hurry with someone like Ash and Gente on the field. But moving forward to Washington State, getting able to get a very, very dominant win over Utah State this weekend and the slimmest of paths to the CFP is still alive. A million, I truly do mean, a million things would have to happen for Washington State to get in even at 11 and one. But at the end of the day, they get one step closer to 11 and one and possibly could just be setting themselves for huge success once they get into a real conference in a couple of years. But he went 18 for 24, 179 yards, four scores passing, then had 13 carries, 55 yards and a score on the ground. The dude is just absolutely remarkable, has been one of the best players in the country this year and Washington State overall totaled 300 yards on the ground and did not trail in this game. So it was the dominating performance that they very much needed and they have some tough games coming up at New Mexico this upcoming weekend, which is a dangerous team just to score with. You have at Oregon State in a couple of weeks and then Wyoming. So a lot of things still on the table for this team and a lot of things that would have to happen for them to reach the ultimate goal which is the CFP for them. Then we had this game, South Carolina was able to beat Vanderbilt in a dominating defensive performance and feels like that's kind of been a pattern for Vanderbilt as of late. I'm not saying their offense has been figured out quote unquote, but the run game has really struggled over the last couple of weeks. They had 28 carries for 108 yards in this game and Diego Pavia was their leading rusher with 65. And the interior run game that North-South run game that we talked about last week was just not there. For the third weekend in a row where you had Texas, you had Auburn, now you had South Carolina, it was just a little bit too much for him. Now the Lenovo reseller show was alive and well on Saturday. He top 350 total yards, had four scores in this one. The dude's remarkable. He feels like he's finding his groove, finding he's grown throughout this year. He was a very young quarterback to start it. He's now a little bit more veteran and it's really showing off. So South Carolina is a great team and I think that LSU loss or LSU loss doesn't change too, too much for them to be totally honest with you. But overall, I think there's just too much of a mess in front of them. I think they are a team that frankly, one call goes differently in that LSU game. They are firmly in the CFP conversation. Frankly, they probably beat in the CFP right about now, but they lost that game. And I hate to say it, but that's probably enough to keep them out of this race. There could be a world where they could beat a couple of the teams that make their way into the playoff this year, but as of right now, you can't necessarily say that with your chest. So they're probably on the outside looking in. I hate to say it, but even if they went out, I don't necessarily love this team to get into the CFP and I wish they could. I just don't think it's possible. But maybe I'm proven wrong. I'd love to be proven wrong, frankly, but moving over to the big 12, Arizona State's just still alive. They're still hanging out in the big 12 and they've got two straight, they've won two straight and this one, they did it without Cam Scatibu, which is huge, and they get Kansas State and BYU in the final three games of the season. They could blow up the big 12. Say Colorado loses one more game, say Kansas State beats Iowa State at the end of the year. This could be the team that goes to Arlington. I know that sounds crazy, but with the way the big 12 has been shaking out, crazy stuff's going to happen. And being able to do it without Cam Scatibu is absolutely incredible, but Sam Levitt was great in this one, 16 for 25, 161 yards through the air and three scores, really, really remarkable stuff when they very, very badly needed it. So really incredible stuff from this Arizona State team. They are very, very tough, cannot give enough props to what Kenny Dillingham has done over there in Tempe, but you got a really, really tough stretch coming up. It could be a season where you totally blow everything up and 10 and two go to Arlington and miraculously find your way into the CFP. It could also be a world where you lose two out of the next three games. You walk out of here with a little bit of a disappointing eight and four season and you're trying to regroup for 2025. So a lot's still on the table for Arizona State. If they can win those next two games against BYU and against Kansas State, then watch out. This might just be the team that you see in Arlington, but obviously a lot of things need to happen to get there. But UCF, a very disappointing win. They could salvage it with two wins over West Virginia and Utah to finish, but this was a missed opportunity. No doubt about that. And it'll be really interesting to watch what happens the rest of the way for not only UCF, but if Arizona State can just mess up the big 12 just a little bit, I'm more than happy to sit here and watch it happen. But finally, we'll go down to the group of five for a huge group of five performance from Navy this past weekend. And this is the result they badly needed. They ran for over 300 yards, forced three turnovers on Bryce Archie and got a very comfortable win. That was the ultimate goal here. And now they're in a place where they got a huge game against Tulane this upcoming weekend. They win, they're probably in the American title. If Tulane wins, Tulane's probably in the American title and whoever it is, they're probably playing Army up there. So it'll be really awesome to watch. And we still have the chance for those back-to-back Army Navy games. It'll be interesting to see how all of that unfolds, especially if Army's undefeated. But at the end of the day, regardless of if Army loses to Notre Dame or not, you're still in a place where we're gonna have a very, very fun American championship and the more I see Boise State play, the more I think even with a loss, maybe those teams to get in. But we'll get into that conversation a little bit down the road. But huge win from Navy keeps them right in the mix for the American and a couple of more wins away. If you beat Tulane, then you're in a great place to possibly win your conference and who knows, with all the craziness going on, with Boise State starting to show a little bit of a chinks in the armor, might as well open up a door for Navy to possibly get back in this thing. It sounds crazy, but who knows? At the end of the day, everything has been all over the place this year. So I'm not counting anything out right about now, but overall, remarkable weekend. It was one of those weekends where you're glued to your TV or enjoying every single moment and you just cannot fathom how many different incredible moments there were throughout the day. There were a couple of upsets early with Miami going down with Indiana fighting off Michigan. You had, you know, the incredible performance from Ole Miss, incredible performance from Alabama. We had Colorado really kind of assert themselves as the favorite in the big 12 going forward. It's insane. This season has been absolutely insane and it pains me to believe that we're coming towards an end, but tomorrow we will get into all the craziness, we'll try to break it down for you, try to give you an idea of how the tiebreakers could work out the rest of the way. I can't promise it's foolproof, but I'm gonna do my very best, but incredible, incredible weekend. We'll continue talking about it tomorrow, but that'll do it for this edition of the GSMC College Football podcast brought to you by the GSMC Sports Network. Your support means a lot to us, so please remember to subscribe at the show, leave a positive review. It does make a huge difference for us. Also, follow us on Facebook, X TikTok, Instagram, still feels weird saying X, but Facebook, X TikTok, Instagram, all of those social pages for all of the content and updates you could possibly need. 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