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LSU's Dominance, USC's Struggles & The Future of College Football Rivalries
🔥 Can LSU's fierce defense crush USC's high-octane offense? Join us on "Get a Bucket" as we break down the most electrifying college football rivalries with our hosts Tré and Chris, and special guests Nick and Sir Talks A Lot Devin. Devin doesn't hold back, confidently claiming LSU's defense will dominate, while Tré contemplates USC's potential struggles. Chris brings the heat with a spicy take on Miami's ACC prospects, leading to a no-holds-barred debate on the competitiveness of the conference.
What if traditional college football conferences disappeared overnight? Devin envisions a radical future where geographical lines blur and teams clash without the old affiliations. We're diving into the thorny issues of team placements shaped by history and finances, and the game-changing influence of NIL deals on recruitment and student-athlete lives. This discussion raises some big questions about the balance between athletics and academics in the evolving landscape of college sports.
Think non-Power 5 teams can't make a playoff splash? Think again! We're putting the spotlight on Boise State and other underdogs in the new 12-team format, examining the hurdles they face from biased rankings to strength of schedule. Shifting gears, we dissect the top contenders for the national championship, with Texas and Georgia leading the charge. From key player analyses to potential game-changing scenarios, this episode offers a comprehensive look at what to expect this season. Don't miss this gripping discussion filled with bold predictions and heated debates!
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What's up, everybody? It's your favorite show, favorite show, get a Bucket. I'm your host, trey. I'm your host, craig. My God, you did it. We ain't even I ain't tell him to do nothing, I told him to move that damn UNC Pella. Give me that, give me that, give it here, come on, come on, come on, let it go, let it go. He not let that's trash. I never liked you. I never liked you. I really didn't. I'm going to say it right off the jump.
Speaker 2:Everybody else good though. Everybody else good though.
Speaker 1:That's good. As y'all can see, we got our guys on the screen again. We got Nick. What's going on? Y'all and Sir.
Speaker 2:Talks A Lot Devin how you doing baby.
Speaker 1:Everything good with you, everything good. Oh, he's hurt. He's hurt, that's cool. I'm going to let him get his payback when we talk about our teams a little bit later. But you know, I had to start off the show a little energetic, a little strong, you know what I'm saying. Maybe a little slanderous, but it's to make the show a little more entertaining along the way. So, fellas, did y'all have anything y'all want to say before we start shopping? Sip Stella, sip Stella. Okay, cool, we're going to wait. Got you, you got anything you want to say?
Speaker 2:Fobies, let's just get into it, man.
Speaker 1:I'm excited. What you're talking about today, that's a bet. That's a bet, all right. Well, look, let's go ahead and get on into it, shall we? All right? Ladies and gentlemen, listen, we started out the episode strong, right? I think we got to continue with quarter one. We got here college teams I know this is get a bucket, but we're going to talk about a little football, right? Y'all see the pillows, minus one. So I'm a USC fan. I'm going to just say that off the break, right? We already stated he's a Miami Hurricane fan. I don't know if y'all can see it or not.
Speaker 1:This brother is clearly an LSU fan. Right, and Go, tigers. Yeah, I mean you will be picking one. I mean, it's not the baseball episode, not Negro League specifically, but, okay, shout out to the Negro League. So clearly, he don't have a squad, so he'll be the unbiased party. Devin, we'll start with you, since you're the guest. You got anything you want to say about your LSU Tigers which, by the way, they do play my USC Trojans week one, which I already expect us to lose, that's right.
Speaker 3:I to see Trojans week one, which I already expect us to lose. That's right, I ate miles myself. What's good, bro? Well, you already took the words out of my mouth. I expect my team to win, you expect your team to lose. We'll see what happens come Sunday. I think we'll both be watching that game really closely to see how it all goes out, because I think both of our teams are very similar and we both have quarterbacks that are in their first year taking over a program, two high profile head coaches offensively who are also like both, also fixing their defenses. So it's really, really intriguing. We've got similarities on both sides of the ball from a team standpoint outside of defense, because I know that's our glaring issue, right?
Speaker 1:what would you say is usc's biggest whoa?
Speaker 3:if you look at um just I'll say from an offensive standpoint with lincoln riley in the past, the thing that usc has gone from is that in his history they've been historically known for putting up on average 40 points a game. But if you look at the games where they usually have trouble it's when they don't have a good rushing team. So if LSU can stop the run, they'll get to have some fun.
Speaker 1:But is LSU going to stop the run? I believe they will. Okay, now do you say that just because it's USC and you don't really respect us? Or you think y'all defense is that elite?
Speaker 3:I think the defense is that elite because Blake Baker is back as a defensive coordinator. I remember how he fixed Missouri's defense to be like top 30 out of like 130 in college football this past year and he used to be on LSU's defensive staff from the year before Brian Kelly got there, yeah, and we got Corey Raymond back, who's the godfather of DBU, so I know that that secondary is going to be ready. And we got Perky Perky's now repping number seven. So you already know he that dog. They're going to have him running all over the place.
Speaker 1:So y'all got an elite defense. I guess y'all ain't got a suspect offense? Nope, is that offensive line still the same? Okay, so we might be able to talk about y'all in the playoffs a little bit later on. Chris, no, for real, can I get the pillow though? Like, can we get rid of that? No, all right, screw it. Miami, miami, y'all. Really much to talk about? Notice, I ain't talking about my boys like that. I'm sorry, I'm just a realist. Is there much to really talk about your boys?
Speaker 4:Absolutely.
Speaker 1:If people say that we are one of the picks to win the ACC this year the what ACC, the ACC, that's cute, I guess I mean that's cute, that's cute, that's cute.
Speaker 4:Y'all going to play against? Why do you get so aggressive Coach? Oh gee, why.
Speaker 1:Oh sure, oh no, it's your halftime.
Speaker 4:Y'all going to play against them on Sunday, so Well.
Speaker 1:Is that we on Sunday? We've already established that. I already said I'm going to lose, so your point really don't matter.
Speaker 3:You ain't going to have no faith. He already texted me saying he's already starting 0-2 this weekend.
Speaker 1:You ain't going to have no faith. I'm a realist, Just like how this brother. I looked at him and he started laughing. After you said that your team is legit. It's one of the favorites Of the ACC. How about contenders? Let's talk that. Can y'all get to the playoffs and make some noise?
Speaker 4:Playoffs, maybe, playoffs, maybe, so y'all maybe can get to the playoffs. It only just depends on how we play at tomorrow.
Speaker 1:Well, so you mean week one?
Speaker 4:Yes, week one.
Speaker 1:All right. So if y'all win week one, then you think y'all will be able to have some fun Come at the end of the season. I pointed at you, so don't act like I'm stealing your shit.
Speaker 4:Absolutely. Week one is literally going to tell us how our season is going to be. Week one is literally going to tell us how our season is going to be. It's either we're going to have a good season or we're going to have a mid-season.
Speaker 1:All right. So if y'all win week one, y'all have some fun, but if you lose, then y'all some poo. We ain't poo Poo is what we ain't poo.
Speaker 2:I mean you trying to. All right, that's cool, we ain't poo. Poo is what we ain't poo. I mean you trying to.
Speaker 1:All right, that's cool, we trying to. I mean, like I said, we ain't Okay, let's ask this, let's ask this Do we need to talk about Miami fellas at all? I have a question about Miami.
Speaker 3:Actually, it's like legitimately Forget the playoffs. Is Miami a legit contender to get to the ACC championship?
Speaker 4:Well, he just said, yeah, and I'm not going to act it by and we, I said honestly, Hold on.
Speaker 1:You just said that let's ask the only person who don't have a team answer the question.
Speaker 2:Okay, so from a perspective um, I believe that the acc is going to be in a real revamp in terms of development. Yes, I think, given the new slate of teams now in the acc and given the standard of the season going forward, miami is kind of just going to fall in this middle point. Right, the culture they've developed over the years has been rough tumble. You know, hood dudes from miami-dade you know I'm saying coming into the school and taking over. Now, cam war doesn't play football like that, right, he was playing in the pac-12. He's got to get used to the acc standard of defense, which is typically a more structured, more rigid defense.
Speaker 2:Can he attack a secondary that's more trained in press than, let's say, a pac-12 system where you have a lot of off-ball defenders who aren't necessarily who are willing to give them him those 10, 15, 20 yard throws? Probably not, right, he's going to have some more trouble. What's his connection like with xavier restrepo? Right, all those things have to go into account because really, guys, college football is one of those things that you can't predict unless you know for a fact that you have returning starters and Miami's a team that's not returning as many starters as a lot of teams out there. So I don't know how you were going to see Long story short yeah, yeah, but it sounds like he's not really impressed with Joe Squaw.
Speaker 2:I'm not really here saying that it's going to be an ACC championship because you still got to pass Clemson and a Clemson team that is half is still a little more than a Miami team.
Speaker 4:Okay but, sid, okay, they're a little shaky, exactly Shaky enough. Did we just see what a mid-Georgia State team did to a top-ten ranked Florida State team this last weekend? I mean, come on now.
Speaker 1:Do you expect that to go on continuously, though? Do you expect Florida State to struggle? Quote-unquote.
Speaker 4:Struggle. I said struggle, struggle in big games, yes, but struggle against teams that you should be 10 to 15 point favorites, no.
Speaker 3:Well, if I'm Dabo Sweeney, I'm over there like see. I told y'all. I told you, look at DJ. I told you why you think we got rid of him.
Speaker 1:I think it's kind of tough for me to put my eggs into Miami's basket right now, because the one time where y'all were kind of entertaining you dropped the ball. So I can't really have much faith in y'all personally. So I mean, I'm sorry, I tried, I was trying to be with you too, man. I looked around, it didn't feel like it was. But I with you too, man, like I looked around, I tried, I didn't, it didn't feel like it was. But I'm glad you have faith.
Speaker 1:You're a little more ignorantly optimistic than I am, and that means you might be a bigger fan of your team than I am of mine. I also just think too I'm a realist again, and I've seen us mess up at the beginning Just to continue to mess up or have a strong finishing, and I'm like so what happens if we just play? All right, whatever, bro. But, ladies and gentlemen, as y'all can see, we did talk a little bit about our teams. I would love to say we had a little bit more to talk about, but again, my Trojans, I don't think we're going to do that well.
Speaker 2:Here's what I'm saying about USC. I'm going to throw you a bone here because I think historically Lincoln Riley has not done a good job of setting up a defense right. He's not a defensive coach. So if your defense can pull together or surmise any sort of semblance of structure and consistency, your offense has always been something that's, you know, relatively explosive in Lincoln Riley's career.
Speaker 1:That's fair. That's fair. But I feel like we got Mike D'Antoni and we've seen how Mike D'Antoni did in basketball. Close, it's just too bad to say horseshoes.
Speaker 3:We'll add to this real quick Add to his point, and I'll give you some credit Lincoln Riley, the guy that he hired to be his DC, is one of the only DCs that has been able to actually stop his air raid offense. I forget the guy's name, but I think they limited them rushing-wise to only three yards in one game, at whatever game that they played against you, and then he hired that guy. So that might be something that works in your favor to help your defense.
Speaker 1:I appreciate the words I mean. Why can you?
Speaker 2:guys be so bad. You're down on yourself A little rough.
Speaker 1:Or I'm just trying to get good karma and not have no negative juju. You know what I'm saying. I don't want to say like what my boys do. I'm not saying we're going to win the championship at all. I'm not because you jinxed it. You know what I'm saying. You don't have Steve Sarkeesian.
Speaker 3:We're not going to talk about that. We don't.
Speaker 1:We don't have to. But, ladies and gentlemen, come right back, talk some more sports, possibly football. So hope you all enjoy it and we'll be right back. Here we go, hair talk. All right, ladies and gentlemen, we are back. Listen, for starters shout out dt. Right, y'all, y'all beat the jersey um merging, merging of different conferences in college football. Right, speaking of DT, because again y'all peeped at 12. The Pac-12, yeah, they ain't really got too many teams. I'm sorry it's looking a little rough over there, fellas. How are y'all feeling about the merging of conferences as a whole? Is this going to change the football season pretty soon? Like? If so, how? How is that? I saw you shake your head a little bit, devin. We'll start with you then.
Speaker 3:Plain and simple. What's going to eventually happen is there's not going to be any conference, it's just going to be playing college football, like you're just going to have a bunch of teams from different areas and everybody's just going to be playing each other. I think that's where we're going to in the not-too-distant future. We're going to eventually see, because now you already have, you know, in my opinion, you got teams going to conferences now that honestly, in my opinion, shouldn't even be in those conferences. Like me, personally, I think I don't think USC has any reason to be in the Big Ten. I don't think Colorado has any reason to be in the Big 12. I feel like that's a jab yeah, I'm just being honest Like I don't think Oklahoma has any reason to be in the SEC.
Speaker 1:Why can't USC be though in the? I'll say it like For like we got the cash in For, like we got the history.
Speaker 3:Like. I just look at it like this. I think it would have been better if, like, if certain teams are going to go into a conference, I think certain other teams should have gotten out, Like like, for one example, Vanderbilt. Honestly, they've always been the underdog of the sec. They can get out and go to a different conference and maybe do a little bit better, and you could bring some of that. I think the reason why I like A&M it made sense to put A&M into the SEC because they at least shown that they were in Texas as well. Texas is big on football. They have competitors that can actually make it at the SEC level. Oklahoma doesn't have the same caliber of a team, in my opinion, like Texas A&M would to be able to compete in the SEC.
Speaker 1:But because of the name, you think they can start recruiting different players, better players, and now they can bolster up their program. I remember hearing, like all of them out of George Mason, we left, or CAA, I mean oh my God, and we went elsewhere, a10. And the competition was a little bit stiffer, but we also helped out with the recruiting. So I mean, can the same thing happen as well? Because I think that's what a lot of teams are ultimately banking on it could.
Speaker 3:but you also have to factor in the fact that NIL is now a huge factor when it comes to recruiting. I don't think it doesn't necessarily matter necessarily where you're based out of, because you got guys who are from Georgia and Texas or Alabama or whatever and they're going out to Oregon when we know damn well they should be playing in the SEC. But because Oregon has people like Phil Knight contributing millions and millions of dollars into NIL, they're choosing that over the places that will actually develop them. So you got to be able to sometimes you got to be able to factor that in when it comes to who's building top-tier programs as well.
Speaker 1:I'm hearing a lot of over here. So if we get rid of the conferences, do you ultimately think that's going to be a good thing for football?
Speaker 2:I think, in general, we have to understand that as much money as this, everything's a business, as much money as the football makes the NCAA, we have to take into account that these are people who are trying to get degrees too. They're kids, they have school Taking them across the country for a football game. It messes with their entire week. You know what I mean.
Speaker 1:It does. But I do know some athletes can rearrange their schedule, can get tests taken at a different time, different day.
Speaker 2:I understand that At the same time, you get special privileges. What happens when you stop playing football? Do you get special privileges? What happens when you stop playing football? Do you get special privileges still, well, no, but learning how to manage your time, yeah, correctly and assessingly, is an important life skill, and it's something where, like, you're going to be a cog in a machine at some point, so even if you don't want to be, you will be.
Speaker 1:Can we say, though you start can we say, though, they are learning to manage their time because Because, in reality, they're on the clock in that NIL deal, so you get to go and get paid here. You don't have to worry about school, in reality, unless you're getting your master's degree. But that might be on the back burner too, because they're getting this bread right now, like that could be their priority.
Speaker 2:So I just think it's not going to do well for a lot of these kids I do hear that too While it's going to help the top 10% of athletes that get a good amount of NIL money have those opportunities, what about the other 90 that?
Speaker 3:aren't. And that goes back to my point. The other issue that I have with the NIL is two things. One, I feel like it hurts players' development and two, I think it causes it makes it more difficult to manage a roster, because a lot of these kids think that because they were a five-star recruit coming out and it's like, oh, I'm backing up this person, I didn't get a lot of playing time like I need more money going into my next year. I'm like, but you're not even starting. Like why, like, would I pay you or give you a bigger nil deal when the nil is in place off of name, image and linux? If your name ain't really out there that much, why do you think you deserve more money when you haven't even played it now?
Speaker 2:and I think that's where there needs to be a little bit more regulation, like as far as like how everything is structured well, all these kids are following the example of Travis Hunter in the way that he finessed the NIL system in its inception and view themselves as that same caliber of athlete. But there's only one athlete in NCAA history since the 60s who's successfully played both sides of the football multiple times. So what are the odds you're going to be that guy, kids, but also he's in a good situation because who's his coach?
Speaker 3:Yeah, de'aaron Sanders, that's true too the last athlete in the NFL. Can we say he would be doing the same thing if he was at a different university?
Speaker 2:Probably, not, probably not no, they would make him specialize at corner, for sure. Exactly.
Speaker 4:And what you said about in Colorado. This is their second time around in the Big 12. So this time, like that, was their first year in the Big 12. No, no, no, no, no. This is second term of coming back into the Big 12. Oh, okay, okay, yeah, because at first, like they dealt with like the power running game and shit like that. Now they in the brand new Big 12 where, like that was like the power running game and shit like that. Now they in the burning Bay Trail where, like you can like throw the ball down the field. Okay, okay, okay, yeah.
Speaker 1:So so how would the shifting of conferences focus or impact a team like Colorado? You got prime time right, like. How would that negatively impact them? For example, prime time right, like how would that negatively impact?
Speaker 4:them, for example, I wouldn't say impact impact a negative activity but would it be a lot more eyes on them this year like it was last year? Absolutely yes, because, even though like it's Eyes on them regardless.
Speaker 3:No, no's. I think what we're talking about is expectations.
Speaker 4:Yeah, like, do they have like expectations to like?
Speaker 1:They don't? Y'all saying their expectations wouldn't be as high.
Speaker 2:I think their expectations are pretty much the same as they were last year. Yeah, but it's at a higher level.
Speaker 3:I think when we say expectations, it's like think of it this way, right. It's like say, for example, you're a team that we're talking about you, but it's like it's your first time in. We're giving you a little bit of grace here and there. Like you look at how they were last year, like they started off kind of shaky or whatever, but they were so undefeated and whatnot and we gave them the, we gave them the excuses like they got all the skill players. They just don't have a. They don't have strength in the trenches. On the offensive line and the defensive line they were.
Speaker 3:Both of those areas were like bottom feeders, ranking wise in the entire college football league. They had the offseason to try to improve those things. But then now it's like, okay, we just saw you play an fcs team not even an fbs team an fcs team in north dakota state a couple days ago and you still struggled in the trenches, offensive line wise, defensive line wise. There were a couple of misstags, but we're not going to count that much. It's the fact that there was no real pass rush and there was no really strong emphasis on the office, which is literally the two things that deion said that they were going to fix the entire offseason.
Speaker 2:It's true Every issue they had was not addressed.
Speaker 1:Okay. So if we're getting rid of the conferences, then it doesn't sound like it's going to benefit Colorado at all, because they still have issues that they need to address, preferably in the trenches. Is that fair to say? But, to be fair, it's also have one game that we've seen. I mean, I mean still, I think the like. The point is the conference. I ain't trying to talk about specifically, I'm just using them as an example. If we're removing the conferences, is that going to help or hurt them? And it sounded like it ain't going to do so much Either way. He said there won't no negative vibes. I didn't hear a positive vibe for him.
Speaker 3:I think the reality is, whether there's conferences or not, if you're that team, you that team, regardless. And I just think in colorado's standpoint, from what I saw, I'm missing that it factor from them. I'm'm missing the needs, because what is Deion's mantra? He's like I don't have captains, I got leaders and I got dogs. I don't see the dog aspect. I don't see as much leadership going on as I would like to see. Okay, all right. Well, like, like, you know, say what you mean, mean what you say, you know if you're, if that's how you want to lead your program, I gotta see that. But I don't. I don't feel that energy. I don't feel like, like, like coach k used to say, the three e's energy, emotion, enthusiasm amongst my leaders and my dogs. I don't feel that from that team. I don't see it. Okay, all right.
Speaker 1:Well, fellas, I hate to do it to y'all like this. Y'all heard the buzzer, though, but, deion, we might have to talk about you, champ, because I ain't going to hold. That quarter was supposed to be specifically about the format of playoffs of season, how it impacts, and stuff. I use y'all as an example. They kind of got a little focused on you, my bad.
Speaker 4:We love you, man. We should have loved you.
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Speaker 1:Listen, college football. Unfortunately, I ain't the biggest fan of it. You know what I'm saying. My team I don't want to talk about it, but the season focus. Though there's a couple of teams that we can focus on, I'm going to get right down to it. Fellas, we're going to go around the room. Georgia are they a clear-cut favorite to win it all? Yes, okay, say yes. You say no, no, and you say yes, yes, okay. We got two yeses. Georgia, they love you. Alabama without saving, can they get to the playoffs?
Speaker 1:yes, yes maybe not y'all. Well, y'all see the jersey. Alright, texas, is this a resurgent year? Can they make some noise and get to the playoffs again? Get to that, I think they'll have the same level of success they had this past year.
Speaker 3:Okay, all right, absolutely.
Speaker 1:Okay, cool. Yes, that's a yes. All right, you're kind of generous with these yeses. All right, that's a bet. I appreciate it. I think every question has been pretty straightforward. That's a bet. So then this one might get a little tricky. Do you have a non-Power 5 team that can make the playoffs? Make a little noise, make some shake.
Speaker 2:I would say no. No, because this year they lost a lot of people Athletes.
Speaker 1:That's a bet. I don't know nobody, he don't know nobody. That's tough, all right. So this non-Power 5 is looking a little treacherous.
Speaker 3:Y'all rattling off JMU Tulane, I don't know.
Speaker 1:Shots fired, bang, bang. I love Tulane, but no, I almost thought you had a JMU jersey on, Chris.
Speaker 4:What's your point.
Speaker 1:Do you feel like is there a non-Power 5 team to make the playoffs? I mean, this was your question, I mean besides, in Boise State, absolutely not so Boise State, yes. So that's the answer. Do y'all agree? Absolutely not. So Boise State, yes. Okay, there we go. That's the answer. Do y'all agree with that? Disagree with that? Y'all said no Boise State's always been a strong program.
Speaker 2:We've cracked that top 25. Given that we're now in this expansive 12-team league, that's why I said yes all those times. Because, yes, now we have so much more room for teams that might who those times because, yes, now we have so much more room for teams that might who are toward top might have taken one step back, still make the playoff.
Speaker 3:But can we all agree? That's maybe the way that it's structured, that a non-power five school can end up in the class well playoff, even though a team that might be better suited for that. That's why I think you know if we're going to do it. I figured I thought it was going to be like oh oh, whoever's in the top 12 ranking-wise ends up in the class of well-play. But that's not exactly how it's structured and it's going to be that way for this season and next season until they go back to the drawing board and think, oh, how are we going to restructure it this time? There's always going to be. We all know that they're going to get kicked out in the first round. Why are they even?
Speaker 2:well, I think that that's that's a problem, because I mean, if you're ranked a certain level, there goes into things to make up that ranking. Those rankings are drawn every tuesday for a reason by a committee of people who have the expertise to run strength of schedule versus area of competition versus strength of your team right or any, and they do take into account as we saw with florida state last year significant injuries, things like that yeah, but they do mess up too, though.
Speaker 1:Is it fair? They do mess up, shout out tcu, no disrespect I mean, look and I get you there.
Speaker 2:But I think that at the same time, you know, until they come up with a way to full for, to give full transparency to that ranking, yeah, you know this is going to with a way to full for, to give full transparency to that ranking, yeah, you know this is going to be unfair anyway, because we've seen it in the past, as you just said, that the ranking in itself is not necessarily equal. Yeah, right, so to say, like a, an ac, an a, like a, like a non-power five school team could make the playoff and it'd be unfair. I don't think that necessarily counts, because remember UCF's team that looked like studs and they were undefeated, didn't even get any consideration. People were laughing them out of the gym but they went on to go to college football, to a bowl game, and dominate the Power 5 football team.
Speaker 4:That's fair. And they played against Auburn in the Chick-fil-A Peace Bowl. They dominated, they literally dominate.
Speaker 2:That was before people were sitting out of this game. I think too, though I should crit Griffin with the little hand. Everybody take advantage of the little hand.
Speaker 1:okay, everybody take advantage of the little situation like remember Notre Dame? Right, they didn't used to not play nobody and they used to get ranked pretty daggone high, but that also used to hurt them too. Come come selection time too as well sometimes. So, um, how now? Y'all mentioned that 12 team format for the playoffs, and y' what to make the playoffs.
Speaker 2:Yes, sir, when this season.
Speaker 1:Look, they know how to fight, they know how to win. Y'all saw what they did in week one Like come on now, Like what you? Just they can't get no love from nobody.
Speaker 4:Unless, unless, unless they, unless they win, do you? Believe, unless they can win the damn thing.
Speaker 3:That's right? Absolutely not. Are you really pulling the Dion, do you believe?
Speaker 1:now, do you believe? Do you believe they'll make the playoffs?
Speaker 2:I believe very much that they can win. I wouldn't even say five games, Five games. Here's the reality too here's the reality too.
Speaker 3:Here's the reality, too. Colorado here's the reality also. We just saw them play. They barely pulled out a win against an FCS team and they're not even ranked All right but maybe that squad though they were trying to make a statement.
Speaker 1:You know how teams play Like Duke can lose in basketball to a random South Austin or whatever school. We get their best, their absolute best. Maybe that's what Colorado is trying to build up. Make sure that they understand look, you got to bring your A game from start to finish. What happens if they turn it around? After that week one? They start dominating, just saying like that that maybe that can happen.
Speaker 2:but you don't have to, as we've seen, I don't have faith in that conclusion. I mean, given the complete lack of, I mean any sort of dog, as you were saying before, out of that offensive line, out of that defensive line, they're a pass rusher on vital downs, on safeties, just giving away long plays and we just saw a game.
Speaker 3:Right before we started this, we were watching Oklahoma play Temple Oklahoma. They're ranked sure and they're starting a freshman five-star recruit at quarterback and they're dominating them like what 37-0 going into the third quarter. Meanwhile, colorado it's like you got. It's not. Like this is the first time Shador Sanders is playing, is taking a snap in like the power spot. It's not. This isn't Shiloh Sanders' first time playing. This isn't Travis Hunter's first time going on.
Speaker 1:So are we saying that Shador is not at the same level as that Oklahoma quarter?
Speaker 4:No, that's not what I'm saying.
Speaker 3:The purpose of me saying that was the fact that it's like you can already see like they're playing like Oklahoma was playing Temple and you can see clearly like they haven't slowed down a little bit. It looks like they got their stuff together. Now they still got to go through a SEC schedule type season, but we already can tell that they got it figured out. Colorado is supposed to be a team that is dominant and we expected them to put Me. Personally, I thought Colorado was going to beat NDSU by like 20. The final score was like 31-26.
Speaker 2:It was up to a Hail Mary.
Speaker 3:It was a good catch. The guy did catch the Hail Mary, but if the clock didn't run out we could be having a different discussion about Colorado's lack of hope.
Speaker 2:It'd be a talk about how they're going to recover from the ashes. That was this fallacy. That was promised right, Because what we saw was somebody who spent an entire offseason talking smack and didn't address any real issues. You know, they say they wanted his talent. Well, who's your offensive line coach? Who's your offensive coordinator? How are they not emphasizing the run game? I think Pat.
Speaker 3:Shermer is the offensive coordinator. He used to be the Giants head coach and then he got fired after like a year.
Speaker 2:I remember that. Yeah, that's a throwback name right there. And guess what? Hiring people who get fired isn't always a good, isn't a good tactic half the time people continue to do it.
Speaker 1:Maybe the situation they hear about they know this person like I get it may like context matters, but you're not wrong too.
Speaker 2:If people are consistently getting fired all the time, it's different if it's cliff kingsbury and it's like clearly that his offense is going to take another you know level if you have him on the team, if you let him just focus on offense. It's different when you have a Brian Flores, it's like okay, he might be an asshole to certain players, but he's a damn good defensive coordinator. He got fired from a job. It's another thing when you have a coach who's clearly a loser and you're like I'll have him coach my defense, like what is that? So I don't see what you're where you're going with that, because what I saw yesterday was a colorado team that was uninspired, that came out onto the field and, aside from their star players who kept them in the game time after time jimmy horn jr, you know, dog, dog travis, hunter, dog chador, dog Right who else showed up? No one. All those recruits, all those transfers, arm tackling.
Speaker 3:What do you say?
Speaker 1:It's almost like they were just excited to like I'm going to say, is the game one jitters Like? Could that be? Because that's some jitters?
Speaker 2:I thought that was a standard that was set and that they were allowed to play with that.
Speaker 4:Okay, Last point I said at last point, if we'll be, if we'll move on at D-line higher the Hall of Fame. Warren sat to coach the D-line.
Speaker 1:That's a very, very valid point. I forgot about that, Warren, they saying that you sat at a coach.
Speaker 3:I'm just saying like Warren's a Hall of Fame defensive lineman but they saying coaching a defensive lineman that played like I'm sorry, Like if you can't get pressure, like you said, on an FCS quarterback, but their D-line can come away. A way to handle it, exactly Scrambling all over the place, exactly but that's yet again because the offensive lines clearly hadn't been addressed.
Speaker 2:Again, pad level. I watched those kids let things go by and then just stand there and watch, not going back, not trying to recover. You know it comes down to coaching.
Speaker 1:I would like to. I would like to point out fellas, fellas. We were extremely generous with Georgia, alabama, texas and Oklahoma. Colorado got no love. That's tough. I just wanted to say that because Buzzard what you mean I said Colorado was the only one. Colorado did get a little yeah, so he loves it. That don't sound like it. It don't sound like it Beyond. At the end it is what it is.
Speaker 4:It is what it is.
Speaker 1:We are taking a break. Y'all heard the buzzer? It is what it is Like when we come back. See y'all, keep people on schedule.
Speaker 2:You know how it is, that's all.
Speaker 1:When we come back, we'll talk a little bit more sports, but this has been a couple of segments where we've heard Deion Slannigan. We'll be back at the moment.
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Speaker 3:I need a team, anybody got a team Texas and Steve Sarkeesian.
Speaker 4:Texas.
Speaker 2:I actually second that Texas. They made it to the top four last season and they're returning most of their starters. They have new starters.
Speaker 3:The only thing that they lost that may be a little bit of a setback is Bo Davis is now LSU's defensive line coach. Okay, he wanted to get into.
Speaker 1:LSU. So again, that's all it was. Okay, I see it. I see it. Chris, I get two Texas's. Can I get a different answer? Or you're going to be with the crowd? I'm picking Georgia, georgia, georgia. Alright, you got Georgia on your mind. Herson Beck overrated, but that's not mine. You think that song was overrated, wow.
Speaker 4:I said Carson Beck, quarterback of Georgia.
Speaker 3:I said the quarterback of Georgia is overrated. Oh okay.
Speaker 4:Ain't nothing about no song, what you talking about.
Speaker 1:I said the author of the Georgia song. I said Carson Beck, the quarterback of Georgia is overrated. Okay, that's fair, you just use that he's a disrespecting disabled people.
Speaker 3:That's crazy, the fuck, that's crazy Yo we're going to edit that out, y'all.
Speaker 1:No, we're not All right. So we got Texas, georgia and Texas. I'm just keeping a stack because y'all might be wondering I'm moderating right now. I ain't got to answer.
Speaker 2:So why y'all?
Speaker 1:You are upset. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, all right. So Get the hell off me, all right. So if Georgia and Texas meet up in the championship game, which one?
Speaker 3:I'm talking about for all the marbles. So the national championship, because they're going to possibly meet in the national championship.
Speaker 2:Okay, that's fair, that's fair.
Speaker 1:National championship.
Speaker 4:Okay, okay, that's fair that's fair.
Speaker 1:National championship.
Speaker 2:Well, here's the dilemma If they meet in the SEC championship, oh, does that knock them out? Does that change the sphere of things?
Speaker 1:It might. I mean, they both should still make the tournament, though, wouldn't they?
Speaker 3:Oh yeah, I can see that Possibly. I think it just depends on how far they knock them.
Speaker 2:If I think it just depends on how far they knock them, If it's like one versus if it's 1v3, and then they go.
Speaker 3:Well, here's the reality they both have to play each other in the regular season.
Speaker 1:What happens if Georgia wins? What happens if Georgia wins the regular season matchup and they're the SEC champs? Right, and then Texas has got to play more games, because at first let's say Georgia is a bot, he has a great point, which is that they're actually playing in the regular season yeah, in the top 12.
Speaker 2:They'll meet again in the SEC championship.
Speaker 1:I'm going to say will they? Because, that's why I said, let's say, georgia wins it all for the SEC. They win the regular season championship, they don't necessarily have to play them and they're the higher seed.
Speaker 3:Well, here's what we have to factor in right and this is where I'm coming from right when they Because we're also let's give people context I'm looking at it from the standpoint of the only time that one of them will have a loss is when they play each other in that regular season, which means one person will finish the season 12 and the other one's going to be 11-1. Now the question is is the team that's 11-1? In the SEC championship, they get the W, and now they're both sitting at 12-1. Now how do we factor that in in terms of like?
Speaker 1:I get that too. I get that too.
Speaker 2:I would even give the nod to the team that wins the SEC championship and loses in the regular season.
Speaker 1:That's fair. But what if it's a close regular season? I mean championship game, but a dog walk in the regular season?
Speaker 4:That was still. That was still Like 35 points.
Speaker 1:That was still. Oh, when it counts. When it counts, okay, that's fair.
Speaker 4:That was still a little the same, because it weren't. Let's just say, if Georgia wins the regular season matchup, Texas won SEC championship game. I feel like Texas is going to get the high of nine, and then Georgia will have to somehow some way either get a home game, a home game, or you will get a double bye.
Speaker 3:Just to add to that, you mentioned the dog walk thing. Even if they get dog walk, but they still end up in the SEC championship. That speaks volumes too.
Speaker 1:Well, I guess yes, but then the team that lost in the championship game, that was their only loss and it was a close game. So it was a team that you lost to a team that you beat badly and they had a chip on their shoulder. So, like a redemption game, I expect the team that lost to win. So I might look at it from that perspective as well. But I do hear y'all as well too. When it counted, counted, you know, for the sd championship, they did win. So they are going to get that hired. Nod, I do hear that.
Speaker 3:But, like you say, for the playoffs though, yeah, maybe though, in college football from maybe look at history more times than not. Unfortunately, the team that beat you the first time usually ends up beating you the second time. It's not the same as the NFL.
Speaker 1:Okay, now let me ask you this who needs that win more? That's what I was trying to get to earlier. Twice Y'all couldn't answer that damn question. I'm like yo.
Speaker 3:It's their first time in the SEC as well, so there's a lot of expectations that.
Speaker 2:They did that thing last year too now, they weren't in the SEC before that, but they played a lot of SEC teams and really against some of the best.
Speaker 3:Yeah, they did beat Alabama for sure, I'll give them that.
Speaker 1:But then again, I guess he don't view Alabama that well. So I guess you know I see why you throw them a little shade. You don't like Alabama, that's cool though.
Speaker 3:All right, so I can respect Nick Saban while not liking Alabama.
Speaker 1:So you didn't change my statement, not one. Okay, I just want to make sure that's clarified. I'm just giving some confidence. You ain't changed nothing.
Speaker 3:All you said was you respect Nick Saban Fine fine, fine, Fine If I had to take off my LSU cap and put on an Alabama cap. Hypothetically, if there's one person that I would give my props to, it's Jalen Milrow. I love his mentality. I like his style as a leader. I think he is someone that can potentially win the Heisman this upcoming season.
Speaker 2:All right, that's us. I'm not taking those stupid sacks and holding on the ball too long, but yeah, we got a Heisman candidate.
Speaker 3:I like it that he started off sluggish and awful but then you look at how he finished out the rest of the season and then how he played against Michigan and then that comeback hailed married whatever the hell it was against Auburn and win that game with Isaiah Bond. He's grown. I like players that you watch them grow and they develop and they become what they were always meant to be, especially through a little adversity.
Speaker 3:Like Spencer Bradley yeah, getting benched and then coming back and trying to, you know, making something Like if you're going to lose your job to anybody, I'd rather lose my job to Caleb Williams than some scrub that's not going to be in the league anymore.
Speaker 2:Oh with the consensus overall pick Exactly. Think about the chip on his shoulder. Spencer Rattler let's talk about what's going on, A little sidetrack here, but it's pretty awesome that he is on the Saints now. You know what I'm saying. What did you say about Spencer Riley?
Speaker 3:What I said was I don't believe that he, even though he's going to be the biggest steal of the fifth round.
Speaker 3:but on top of that I don't believe that there was any reason for him to go all the way down to the fifth, because before that real quick, I'm going to let you go the one quarterback that was taken before him was Bo Nix in the first round, number 12. So between the second, third, fourth, all the way up to when he got picked in the fifth, no quarterback was taken. But these NFL students had him at like a late first second round. Nfl draft grade.
Speaker 1:Really quickly. Do you feel like? Do y'all feel like yes or no? Do y'all feel like that was the biggest steal of the NFL draft Of this year?
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's a good question.
Speaker 3:That is a good question. I don't I would say I think that's really.
Speaker 2:I think he's the biggest he's going to be the biggest quarterback. I think we got a Brock Purdy situation with him on our hands. Brock Purdy, nah, the biggest deal of the draft is Cooper Dejean. I'll go under the birds.
Speaker 3:I'll go under the hongles. Yeah, I don't know about that one. I know they wanted Kool-Aid McKinstry, but my team got him too.
Speaker 1:Well you were high on the Pennix move, so I know that was.
Speaker 2:I thought that was a waste of a. Well, I'm not going to lie.
Speaker 3:Here's the thing we didn't think the Falcons were going to go get Matthew Judon from the Patriots. That was a glaring need that they needed to address and they got him. And now it's like, okay, well, you can sit back and allow the Pennix pick to be what it is because you addressed what was a glaring need for you to get.
Speaker 1:Okay, I got it. Ladies and gentlemen, clearly we went off track. I'm sorry. I apologize, but it's okay, because the buzzer did go off.
Speaker 3:Sign out. Sign out. He had an off-track question.
Speaker 1:He didn't have to off-track question. After that. I said yes or no because I was going to say all right, well, hopefully we can close, but I guess we had a couple more minutes. Luckily Y'all lucked out. Apparently, texas got it. Georgia, I'm kidding, you might have a shot, we'll see what shakes, but, fellas, did y'all have anything that you want to say before we close up shop?
Speaker 2:College football is going to be amazing this year, bex, because I just think we've reached this crux when the sport is finally something that everybody of all ages is interested in. Okay, and I say that to say that, like for a long time, it's like a family thing. You know, you go, you meet people who are real comfortable, people who weren't. I think it's this crux where people are just more invested in general.
Speaker 3:So I'll be fine, yeah, all right, and I'll even add to that. I think what makes it even more special and unique going into this season is we now get to. We now get to actually see a much wider range of teams compete and fight for that national championship. Because, if we're being honest, you know I could like for the. We can count maybe the last five to eight years that the the top four. We could always predict there was always the same four teams. There was the georgias, the alab, the Clemsons temporarily, before the NIL came in the mix, and Ohio State yeah, ohio State, thank you. Well, a random four, sometimes Random four. You can throw Michigan in there for the last couple years, but not long enough as those four.
Speaker 3:Now we have an opportunity where we can actually see more diversity amongst the teams. Where it's like now we we're not, we're not going to have a florida state situation last year, they may still have a potential opportunity to get in. So I think that you know there's a lot to be desired and I think it gives back more um attention to those bowl games, because before we were always just focusing on the final four. Like nick saban used to say, it's like we, because we're always still focused on the final four. It's like the Sugar Bowl is still important, the Rose Bowl is still important and we've lost a little bit of that. But now, because of this race, the playoffs are structured. All those teams that are fighting to get to the National Championship have to go through those bowls like the Rose Bowl, the Sugar Bowl, peach Bowl, in order to get to the National Championship.
Speaker 2:So now it's about bringing more attention to those again.
Speaker 4:Okay, all right, all right, that's the bet. That's the bet. I ain't got shit to say, cool, cool.
Speaker 1:Fellas. I mean, I'll always say I appreciate you. I didn't take your words, did I, you sure?
Speaker 2:the hell did.
Speaker 1:Someone who ain't got shit to say. You talking a lot.
Speaker 4:I ain't got shit to say, I'm good.
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Speaker 2:That's going to get.
Speaker 1:I mean yo, fellas, I greatly appreciate y'all for coming on to the show. Definitely got to have y'all boys on again. Um, um, can y'all hand me that pillow too? Just get it out of the way, appreciate. You just said it. I got that shit out of me. All right. Now we can really you know what I'm saying end the show properly. This is Get a Bucket. I'm your host, trey. That's Chris.
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