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Episode Date: October 19, 2025

Shannon Sharpe, Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson and Johnny Manziel react to a wild day of college football. Tennessee and Alabama clash in an SEC battle, the Georgia Bulldogs beat #5 Ole Miss, and USC goes on the road to take on a tough Notre Dame team and much more! 04:35 - Alabama beats Tennessee15:25 - Georgia beats Ole Miss21:40 - Texas A&M beats Arkansas29:10 - Vandy beats LSU49:25 - Texas beats Kentucky1:00:15 - Notre Dame beat USC Trojans (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements.) #ClubSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The number 11, Tennessee volunteers, 37 to 20. Ty Simpson was sensational again tonight, John, 19 of 29, 253, two touchdowns. But the game was broken open right before the half. It looked like Tennessee was going in to get a score, and he's late and inside on a flat route. What we call flow pass is to the flat, and then you have a seven route. And you know, if you late and inside on that,

I hope you got somebody fast that can run somebody down. Because it's going to be a house. It's going to be a curtain call. And that's what happened. And Alabama really never looked back. Tennessee ran the ball really well. Bishett was sensational 14 carriers, a buck 23, two touchdowns. But they got stopped on fourth down.

And for all intents and purposes, the game was over. Johnny, watching this game, Alabama came out on fire. They got the touchdown went right down the field. And then all of a sudden, they struggle for a few drives. Tennessee comes back and ties it up. They get a field goal and then right, you know, get another touchdown. and then that pick right before the half, I really think that that took a lot of momentum

and win out of the sale of the volunteers. 100%. Anytime you have, Alabama has an opposing quarterback that they make throw it 44 times in the game, that's not going to be a recipe for success. I think you look at the game, everything was okay. Tennessee's going into score.

The whole game's going to change. Then you throw it late and inside, like we said, it's deuce. So, I mean, that's a play you can't come back from. You can have a great second half and try and go get some cleanup points late or whatever you're trying to do. But for the most part, Bama has a really good football team. So at the end of the day, if you're not going to come out and play flawless football, no turnovers, win the turnover battle, run it down their throat, be aggressive. Look, right now, in my opinion, I wrote this down when I walked in.

I got three guys right now who were playing really good ball at the quarterback position. As far as taking over a Heisman race, looking really good, having their moments. I Simpson, for sure. You have to throw him in there. I think he's playing as good as anybody in the country. I think Diego Pavia and what he's doing and what bandy did today, they just kept coming at LSU all day today. And then A&M is undefeated for the first time since 1994.

Marcel Reed, more touchdowns tonight. Leading that team, you go on the road, you win a shootout. Those guys have big moments coming up throughout the. the rest of the season to really solidify what they want to do. Yeah, you're absolutely right. I think the thing is, playing in the SEC, when you look at it and you look at the schedule that's remaining, whoever can, if you can run the table, that definitely helps. But whoever wins, lose the fewest games.

I thought Gunnar Stockton played really well. I like the kid up at Ohio State. He's playing really well. But it's going to come down. And when you look at it, nobody, we're not even really, Johnny, if you really think about the Ocho, we're not even really talking about. the high of the race. Normally at this point in time, somebody would have stepped out there and we're like, okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

But we just got a bunch of guys just plumped together. And we're waiting for someone to take to take the lead and move to the front. Ocho watching this game, Alabama 37, Tennessee, 20. This doesn't look like the Alabama that I'm used to seeing because the Alabama I'm used to see it because it's not to run. They can put pressure on the quarterback with four. They can't do either now. I was thinking really say the same thing.

They don't look like the Alabama role. For one, when you look at the Tennessee and Alabama playing most of the time, Alabama used to dominance, not dominance in spurs, but dominance in all four courses of a game. Obviously, Tennessee had a chance to keep the game close during an interception before half. Obviously, that sets things apart, and it makes it that much more difficult when you turn the ball over against a good Alabama team. Not very, very good, what we're used to seeing, but a good Alabama team,

then they run away with the game when you turn it all over. And don't take advantage of the opportunity that you do have to score. Outside of that, you expect Alabama to win a game like this when they're playing a team like Tennessee that has success in the running game but weren't able to dominate in other areas

to really give themselves a chance to actually compete, especially in the second half. When you think Alabama, Alabama normally do three things really well. They run the football. They stop the run. And they can get after your quarterback with four. If you go back and look at all those defensive guys that's gone,

they normally have really good on the back end. They got corners and safety that's going in the first round. And they have D-Lyman that can flat out get after you. They don't really have that now. We don't see. Look, they got some sacks early, 42. I can't remember his name up the top of my head. I'm sorry about that.

And he got a safety. But other than that, Johnny, And when you go back and look at Alabama, the guy was just patting the ball. And normally, in order to beat Alabama, if you go back and look at Alabama, since Coach Saban got there and to now, it's normally a mobile quarterback. It's the Johnny Manzales. It's the Cam Newton's. It's guys that can move around that normally beat him.

Just dropping back and throwing the ball, it's really not to happen that often. Cordell Jones had success in the college football playoff that one year. And I think Trevor Knight threw the ball where they went to the show. Sugar Bowl, they thought they was going to the national championship. Coach Saban said they weren't mentally prepared. But normally it's mobile quarterbacks that gives him fit. I'm looking at, I'm looking at this Alabama. Yes, it's a big time winning.

Anytime you could be a division team or a conference opponent that's ranked very high, you feel good. But this not, this doesn't look like John and Ocho, the Alabama that we're used to see. I don't know, I don't know if it needs to, though. I don't know if we're going to see the same Sabin led. We're not, we're not going to see the old Alabama of what we're used to. This is a very new era, new coaching style, Alabama. But right now they have a quarterback that's playing off the charts. They have a run game that's able to move the ball.

They have a defense that's doing enough. You know, they're solid all the way through. They're bending but not breaking. They're doing what they need to do. So you look at their schedule. They have one slip up so far and a really hard schedule left. But they're handling what they need to do and handling business. And the SEC is what it is.

We know that at the end of the day, It's going to be two losses in the SEC gets you in. You know, Ole Miss takes an L today to kind of knock them off a little bit. But at the end of the day, I think their quarterback played really well for three and a half, almost four full quarters. They have a really good squad. Georgia has a really good squad. Amma has a really good squad. A&M is a good team.

I don't think Tennessee is a bad team. So I think you look at the SEC and you look at top to bottom, I would say really impressive lineup. I think we're going to get six, seven teams in this college football playoff again. Yeah. You know what else I think? I just want to add when we look at the landscape of college football now, most of the times it was always a definite quarterback. We talked about all we talked about earlier in the show, the Heisman race.

You know, obviously they had Arch Manning who they claim to have already appointed as a Heisman winner, and we've seen how that's going to date. And the race is so, is so close because, No one else has stepped up to the forefront. No one else to step. Yeah, you have players that are playing good, Johnny. You know, I'm talking about playing great. You know, like when you were playing, you got the tune in to watch every time.

When Cam was playing, your Tim Tebow's, we haven't had anyone like that that's exciting. When you look at the Alabama team, huh? Look at Alabama team that had all these different strengths. So when you're missing those strengths, most of the time, what's going to make up for the lack of what you have in other areas? you make up for at your quarterback position. Now, he's playing okay. He's playing okay, but he's not, you know, that elite talent that you look for

that makes Alabama who they once were when they lack in other areas. Well, we're going to have to, in order for you, I think he can make any throw him. I think, I think right now, he got nice arm. I think, to be honest, I was thinking this on the car on the way here

when I was watching the game, that he's the best quarterback we've seen in Alabama since Tua and Jalen. I like the way he's playing better than Mac Jones did. Yes, Mac Jones. You're like it better than Bryce? Hmm, no. No, you're right.

You're right. But right now for what they need and what he's doing, I mean, I watch the in person versus Vandy. Every time they needed a play, this guy's putting the ball on the money and where they need to be. He definitely might have a stronger arm than Bryce. I think the thing is that when we go back to thanking

Heisman trophy winners, we always think of that signature moment. Johnny, we remember that moment with you against Alabama. Joe Burrell, when you go back and look at it, what was it? It was Texas. He went crazy. And then, man, that's just, that's just. And then he goes down to Tuscaloosa.

And he does that. And it says, okay, he's the real deal. You look at Cam, it was a Saturday night against South Carolina. He goes berserk. And then it was a no-brainer. They're down, what, 24 to nothing, 21-0 against Alabama in Alabama. and Ironbow and he brings them all the way back

it was a no brain it was a no doubter from that point on so we're just looking for one of these guys in a big spot national televised game to go haywire. Now Gunner Stockton played really well today you know it seemed like especially

in the first half every time Ole Miss touched the ball they scored a touchdown and then in the fourth quarter Georgia's like Gunn Stockton was matching them and then all of a sudden Georgia your defense came up with a couple of stops. As a matter of fact, let's go ahead and talk.

Let's get to that game. Instead of, you know, talking around it, let's get to, what are we going to go to? What are we going to? No game we're going to tonight. Oh, Mr. Georgia. Okay. Let me,

that seems to be the game, everybody. I'm scared. Ocho, what was your favorite game in the day today? when I was able to attend and actually sit in the student section all game. Oh, you're to Kentucky, Texas. Man, man, let's, hey, Johnny, man, they had, they tried to put me in the suite and I'm sitting in the suite and I'm like, I can't do this. I can't do it.

It's just too quiet. So I asked, I asked the AD, you know, do you mind if I sit down in the student section? I sat down in the student section all the way to the fourth quarter. Well, I had a good time. The number nine Georgia Bulldogs at home, score 43 points in a shootout and beat the number five Ole Miss Rebels, 4335. Gun of Stockton was 26 of 31, 289,

four touchdowns and another touchdown on the ground. Georgia ran the ball 49 times, 221 yards. Trinidad Chambers wasn't bad in the first half when they needed him to step up big, he didn't come up big. 19 to 36, 263, one touchdown, 24 rush attempts, 88 yards. They had another four touchdowns on the ground.

But with Georgia, big fourth quarter, scored 17 points. Ole Miss didn't score anything because they had a nine-point lead going into the fourth. And then the next thing you know, the team's Georgia scores 43, scores 17 in the fourth to take the ball game over. I don't know how much of this game you were able to see, Johnny. But it seemed like, okay, whome ever gets the ball last, that's who's going to win this ball game. And then all of a sudden, Ole Miss couldn't do anything.

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I think you look at the first half of the game, their quarterback led them through that whole first half for them to be able to have a first half lead. Every third down, under route was perfect in front. He's putting a lot of zip on the ball. He's a really good player. I think Lane Kiffin has a really good squad. Look, when you look back at this game, yeah, Georgia wins by eight, but I feel like the game was a lot closer than what the score kind of says.

I think this is an Ole Miss team that can be competitive versus anybody. I think this is a Georgia team. If Gunner Stockton is going to throw four touchdowns for 275 plus yards, they're going to be able to play with anybody as well. So once again, another great SEC game.

Ole Miss falls a little short, but this is one of those games you look at their schedule and you're like, you know what, we can drop one. We have that luxury because of the way we played for the six weeks prior. Georgia dominated time of possession, in almost 38 minutes to 22 minutes. Both teams really good on third down.

One was five of nine, the other was six of 11. Georgia had 510 total yards. Ole Miss had 350. No turnovers and only one sack in the whole game. Yeah, yeah. Really four penalties for Ole Miss for 40 yards, three penalties of 37 yards for Georgia. So it was really a clean game.

It wasn't, you know, laundry on the field all over the place. There weren't a whole lot of turnover. but for the most for the first three quarters, neither defense could dig their heels in and get a stop. And then when Georgia really need to bow their backs, Ocho, they did that and an Ole Miss really didn't have an answer. Yeah, that's what I were going to say. When it matters most, who's going to make the play when it actually matters most?

If the turnovers aren't going to make the difference in the game, then come in a team that makes the fewest mistakes when it comes to execute the offense or the defense when you got to have it. And Georgia was able to do that and pull it out. I mean, Ole Miss played extremely well today. They played extremely well. Hell, Georgia played well. It was a back and forth game,

and I'm thinking to myself, well, in order for either of these teams to win, it's going to come down to two things. Somebody who had to execute in a time where it matters most or turnovers are going to be the side of the game. And that's exactly how it went. Yeah, you look at, I think the thing is that when I look at an offensive defense,

it doesn't matter how good or whatever your stats say you are, we average 500 yards of offense. Or we have the number one scoring defense. We're number one on third downs. Okay, I measure offense and defense. Can you be good when you have to be good? What good is that you're number one on third down

if you can't get off the field when you absolutely have to in a meaningful game like this? No doubt. What good is scoring 35, 40 points a game, and all of a sudden you need to score, your offense needs to score, and you can't get it to make it 24. So don't give me all this number.

I throw all that stuff out the window. Can you get done what you need to get done when you absolutely have to have it? Prime example of the other night. When you guys needed to make a plate, Joe Flacklethorne for this many yards and Chase got this many yards. Okay.

Now you need to go down and get in field goal rage. Can you do it now? Now it matters. Yeah. All the other stuff was great. Now it matters. In Georgia, this is the second time they've done this. Remember Auburn,

against Auburn, Johnny Ocho, is that Auburn was dominating the ball game. The difference is Auburn's going into score, Georgia punches it out, goes 99 yards, gets a field goal right before, right before intermission. And then they come out and take the game over and they don't look back. Georgia, they're down nine, start the fourth quarter, and now they score 17 straight and they don't look back. am I surprised that how the teams are moving the ball against Georgia

because the one thing we know about Georgia, Kirby keep defensive guys. Normally linebackers and D-line. I was surprised at which the ease in which Ole Miss was moving the ball at least through the first three quarters. I think they have a good offense. I think Lane is really prepared

for the defenses in the scheme. Look, these guys have gone against each other for years. Kirby's going to run his defense. He's going to coach his way. Lane's going to coach his way, and that's the way it's going to be. These are guys who are very familiar with each other. They're definitely trolling each other throughout the game, throughout the week. They have a good relationship, but it's competitive at the end of the day.

So look, you see it so much. They've gone up against each other so much that you're going to have so much familiarity with everything that this is real high-level college football on the scheme side, both offensively and defensively for both squads. So I'm surprised that it was. was as high scoring as it was, but, you know, both of these teams can go. Anything else you want to add to that, don't you? No, no, no, that's pretty good.

That's pretty good, yeah. All right, we're going to take, Johnny, we're going to get to your squad now. Let's go. Texas A&M goes on the road. Scores 45 and they needed all 45. Every bit of it. Those Razorback gave them everything they wanted down in Fayetteville, and They get a, they, they, they, they, they, they want a squeaker, 45, 42.

Uh, Johnny's guy, Marcel Reed was 23 of 32, 280, three touchdowns. He also had another touchdown on the ground. So he had four total touchdowns, Arkansas passing, uh, green. It was 19 to 32, 256, three touchdowns. Uh, they ran the ball 32 times for 268, um, 500, you guys had read it right about 500 yards. Arkansas actually out gained. you guys, but you guys found a way to get a victory. What do you like about what you're seeing from your team, Johnny?

I mean, because look, sometimes you might need the defense to make a stand, and then sometimes offensively, you need to score 40 plus points. And it was clearly one of those games. Your offense really needed to be flawless tonight and get 40, get 45, clean game, no turnovers, no ints, no fumbles, a clean game, and you guys needed it and to get a win against the unranked Arkansas on the road. I thought this game was going to be a game when I looked at the forecasts earlier in the week. It was wet. It was going to rain.

I thought it was going to be low scoring. We were going to rely on our defense. No, no, no, no, no. They score 87 points in this game. They need every single one of them. The thing that you have to like the most is, look, week after week, we're relying on different areas of the football team to win the game. A couple weeks ago, we needed every bit of the defense to come in and hold some ground against floor. Florida against Auburn.

Those are good, good wins for us. And then you go into an Arkansas game, look, for the last 13, 14 years, this game between Arkansas normally happens in Dallas, and it's been wacky every single year. We found a way to pull it out. I saw a clip of Kenny Hill throwing a covered two whole shot to Reynolds,

and they score late in the game to tie it up, and we go on to win that. I'm on the sideline. This is 10 years ago now. And the whole series with Arkansas has been this way. They played us tough. I think from 2013 on, even my second year there, they played us really, really tough. This is just one of those matchups where you're going to get a grinded out style of game. The thing I like the most, no turnovers, no sacks. Marcel Reed's not on the ground. He's running just enough at 35 or 40 yards or whatever he had

in a touchdown to be super, super effective with his legs, picking up a first down here when he needs to go and get it. And he's throwing the ball really well. Look, 280 yards and three touchdowns. Put some respect on his name, for real. I mean, this guy's leading a very good ball club with a defense that looked a little banged up at times tonight and had some guys down and coming in and coming out. But at the end of the day, look, Elko has these guys rolling.

He's got them juiced. We still have a hard schedule. We still got a game against Missouri. We still got LSU. We still got Texas. But for now, if they continue this week-by-week approach, how can you not love the Aggies? I mean, we're ranked four in the country.

We're going to get to LSU in just a second. I'm sure that it'll be tough. But you look at A&M, Johnny, you guys had 29 first down. You were 5 for 11 on third down, but you were a perfect three-for-three on third down. 497 total yards, possess the football a little less than 34 minutes, as you said. No turnovers. The ball wasn't on the ground. Neither was your quarterback.

We're missing our running back, too. We're missing Levy on Moss. We're missing Levy on Moss. That's a huge piece for us. So to have guys, to have Owens come in at N69, Reed has 55, E.J. Smith has 52. Like for us, those guys are averaging 5 yards of carry, 9.2 yards of carry, and 7.4 yards of carry. And Concepcion gets one carry for 16 yards, averaging 16 a carry. Colin Klein has some stuff up his sleeve right now, and I think he's dialing up really good game plans every week.

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Visit Toyota.com slash NFL now to learn more. You guys are probably climbed. The number two, Miami, the Canes, they lost. Beck had a horrible game through four interceptions last night. The question I have for you, Johnny, is this the Aggies year? We're in the best position we've been in in decades. We're in the best position we could possibly be in. Our schedule is favorable.

Our team is playing well. Our coach is embodying everything that Texas A&M is about. Once again, and every Aggie will tell you, read any comment on any of our posts or anything, Texas A&M. Everybody is like, just keep playing ball. We don't need to be crowned national champions right now in October. We need to get into the country. college football playoff, playing good football, and hopefully get a favorable matchup. That's all the Aggies can hope for.

So is this our year? Yes, this is our year in the sense that we need to get into the playoff. We have a schedule that the outlook of it looks like worst case scenario, we drop a couple. But at the end of the day, the way they're playing, I would put us on the field against anybody right now and say we have a good shot to be victorious at the end of the day. And you want to get hot too You want that time You want that timing

And when you get into a group Offensively and defensively You want to hit it at the right time You don't want to peak too soon You don't want to peek too soon Peak right before Maybe a week or two before The college playoffs

And then you get going That's what it's all about Who's playing the best ball At the end of December Middle December Yeah You don't want to peek too soon Look I try to watch a different

team, obviously the games that we're going to talk about. But right now, if you, if you force me, I think Ohio State is the best team in football. Now, I don't know, I don't know if they play top-notch competition, but the way their defense can dominate and those, those playmakers, they got on the outside and they can run the football. And that quarterback, I don't know where they got it from, but he's playing his ass off. So on a neutral, because is it still the same? Well, you know, the first game is at the home, it's a home game?

And the college football playoff guy, Johnny, you know? Is it the same? I'm pretty sure that you still get a home game for the top CD teams to get a home game. So it's going to be tough. Good luck going into the horseshoe and beating Ohio. Yeah. Because they got played for them. They ain't going to walk through this playoff.

They're not just going to walk down everybody and hawk them down and walk through this and be like, what's up? We're champions again. That ain't going to happen. Yeah, well, we're going to look, the game that they want, they look, obviously they want to be national championship, but they want some revenge on Michigan. Michigan will be kicking their ass for the last two or three years.

And it didn't make a difference. Coach, uh, uh, Jim Harbaugh, he leaves. And now the other guy comes in, he's still kicking ass. And he beat him last year in Ohio State. So you know, that's how he got the contract. He got that contract. Hey, man, you beat Ohio State? Yeah.

Let me go and get that. But the guy that you're mentoring, the Vanderbilt Commodores, the number 17 Vanderbilt Commodores, 31, the number 10, LSU Tigers, 24, Pavia, 14 to 22, 161 touchdowns, no interception. Quarterback, the ball, nor the quarterback was on the ground. He had another 17 carries for 86 yards and another two touchdowns. So he had three total touchdowns. They ran the ball 45 times for 200.

39 yards. Yeah. You, man, you know, Brian Kelly now, you know, he's known to jump ship. You know, Penn State job opening because he's Cincinnati to know the name, know the name to LSU. It's a lot easier route up there in that conference, that's for sure. And he's going to have a lot less of a hot seat up there. It'll be nice and comfy, cushy, new contract.

Look, Bandy can play. They went in there at home. Nussmeyer play well. He scrambled out of a lot of plays. They had a lot of explosive plays in this game. LSU did. And Vandy answered back every single time. Pavia, he did his scramble for a touchdown

late in the fourth or whatever it was. Really good drive by them. I think Vandy just answered the call. This is not the Vandy of old. They are playing with a lot of swagger. They played two and a half really good quarters versus Bama and then kind of let it down and didn't play.

the way they needed to. But at the end of the day, Vandy's a good football team. Diego Pavia is an experienced veteran of a quarterback, a guy who's spent a lot of time there. He plays with a lot of swagger, a lot of heart,

and the guys on the team love him. You look at the sideline when he comes off, when they score a touchdown, that's great team camaraderie. He's a great kid. He's a great friend of mine, and I'm happy for him.

If you look at the LSU side of things, we're back to banging our head against the wall because this is a good. tough one to swallow. You can see it on the sideline. Nuss Meyer was hurt after this one. And, you know, for me, I've had a lot of people reach out to me about, you know, why are you supporting Diego Pavia so hard when you got a guy in Marcel Reed that at A&M is doing amazing things? You want me to tell you why? Because I fuck with every quarterback that's going out and living their dream and playing on Saturdays. Every single one of them. Carson Beck, you're on my

shit list a little bit right now after what you did. this week, but I still love you. I'm still going to see you in the club live on Sunday, I'm sure. Nevertheless, I want to be a guy who comes in and helps hype up these dudes, give them good advice, learn from my downfalls, from my pitfalls. So whether it's Marcel, whether it's Diego, whether it's Ty Simpson, whoever it is, I'm reaching out to all these guys. I'm sending a lot of love and a lot of advice in whatever capacity they want to run for me

and any quarterback that's out there in college football, living their dream, walking into a Saturday and putting the university on their back to go try and win a game, there's nothing but love for me. Vanderbilt is 6-1 for the first time in 75 years. And so in seven decades, 7 and a half decades, they're 6-1.

Pavia has a passing in a rushing touchdown in 25 straight games. That is the second longest streak since behind FSU, Tommy Costalanos, 27 games. Oh, look, this is not the Vanderbilt that I grew up on, Ocho, you grew up on where there was everybody's homecoming. They had their coming out party last year when they did what they did to Bama, and everybody thought that was a one-time thing.

They backed it up this year. They played Alabama tough, as Johnny mentioned. Now they get a win over a number 10 team in the country. So now they start to believe Because they got this this quarterback When you got the quarterback You got a chance I don't give a damn what conference you play in

And I don't care who you play If you got a guy that's going to touch the ball In college somewhere between 65 and 80 times a game If he's legit You got a chance That's exactly what they got That's why Vanderbilt looks the way they look now This is why they've been

Why they're 6 and 1 after being after never having a record like this at 75 years you know how god damn yeah i do not not being able to be to be good and obviously is obviously coaching but also also having the players having the players on both sides of the ball including special teams as well that that gets left out but when you have a quarterback in place like you said that can handle what he needs to do as much as he touches the ball this is how you look band of dominated time of possession almost 12 and a half minutes longer than actually 13 minutes longer than LSU had the ball there was six and 13 on third down there was two or three on

fourth down yeah if you were Brian Kelly young if you were Brian Kelly right we know how he is we've seen his press conferences we've seen how he is He's got a track record throughout the years. But if you are sitting there and you are in his shoes, what do you do? I would have never left, I would have, we don't, I don't know. In my life. You never left Notre Dame. No, sir.

But now you do, and you're in the booth. And now you've got a bunch of fired-up occasions on your ass every week. And you ain't got a daddy yet. If you can't win in LSU, you're not winning the Penn State. I agree. You get superior athletes in LSU. Now, I understand it's a superior. I think the SEC is the toughest conference in football.

Now, you can debate that and go back and forth. I mean, team for team, but I think when you go back and look at it, more players come out of the SEC, go to the NFL than any other conference. That's happened. I don't think, I don't think he can recruit any better at Penn State than what he's recruiting at LSU. Agreed. Can I say some real quick on?

you know one thing it doesn't even come down to recruiting anymore it doesn't come down to recruiting anymore i don't care how i'm i don't care how many houses and how many couches you sit on and talk to people's family it all comes down to the check that you're writing the check that you're writing for these individual players that you want to come in and change the trajectory of your team and want a chance to compete ac c c c it doesn't matter how much are you willing to pay because in order to win now which is right you see that the the the playing field has even from team to team, and there's no domination by one team. And week to week, when we watch these games on Saturday,

there's a good chance that either team can win. It's a good chance. And we've seen that time and time again this year, it always happened. Teams are a team that normally dominated back in the days aren't dominating like they once did. Why? Because the money, money talks. It's different.

Players are going all over the place now. But where is there more money at? Penn State or LSU. Ooh, that's interesting. That's a good, that's a good one. Because I think it's about the same. I do. Yeah, I say it's probably pretty close.

I say you're going to have a $20 million roster at both places, probably. Right. And that's just a number. You got some schools that are going to spend $25, $26, $27. That's a $7 million difference. You're definitely going to have some backups in a better spot and some starting players in different positions that are making a little bit more. But for the top, you know, 10, 15 programs, you're at a $20-plus million

dollar roster. I think it's probably pretty close. I think I think the SEC and LSU and what they've done has been historically better. So you're going to have a little pedigree there and just where you're recruiting the athletes from and in the south is going to be better at LSU. So he's going to have to grind it out, try to find another quarterback after Nussmeyer that can get the program rolling and you just stick it out. Yeah. He's known to jump ship. I I don't know, Ocho, if the same amount of money, you know, you had Jane Daniels and you didn't win a national championship or you didn't even come close. It's, it's always, he's always losing the game, Johnny, that you're like, okay, they're going to win this one and somebody nips him. Somebody gets him and then, you know, he would be a hard coach to play for because, you know, he blamed the player than this and that.

I'm like, bro, what about you? What about you? You talk about us and this is not what we coach. It is. It is. The direct deposit hits every week. When the direct deposit hits

Brian Kelly's bank account every week, he's happy no matter what. He's sending the blame everywhere else. 2025 NIL rankings. LSU, 20 million. Penn State, 13 million. Okay, there you go. Seven million more.

That's huge. Oh, okay. Hey, matter of fact, on that ranking list, who's number one? I'm curious. I think Ohio Stadium or Texas A&M. Okay. It's going to be close. We're at about 26, 27-19, probably.

Texas is number one with 22. They had a good game today against Kentucky. Ohio State is two at 20-21 or 20.5. Wow. So think about it. Top three are in the SEC. No, Ohio, excuse me. LSU is three.

Texas is one. You got Ohio steak smack dab in the middle. Alabama up there somewhere. What's the top five? Does it say? Did you say Alabama is three? No. Oh.

LSU is three. Texas, Ohio State, LSU, Georgia, A&M. All right. Four out of five, SEC. Alabama is seven. Who's six? Oregon. But could we see a switch?

Michigan is six. Could we see a flip? James Franklin goes to LSU. Brian Kelly goes to Penn State. I think I think Penn State needs to go after Matt rule with everything that they have because Nebraska ain't going nowhere. They can't be

Minnesota. We're just we're out in the woods in the mud with our tires spinning and just burning the engine. We ain't going nowhere with that program. I think the thing is, but here, let me ask you this, Johnny, because I think the thing a lot of

times is that I remember what Nebraska used to be. Of course. This is like talking about Colorado and what they used to be. I remember what Penn State used to be. The question is, and maybe we need to reshape our vision or what we think they can be. Can Penn State ever be what they once were?

Yes. In my opinion, yes. Their conference is too easy. You get two big games a year. Go win those big games. If you lose one, you're in the playoff every year. Your program's hyped up enough. You're going to be ranked in the top 25.

You go 11, 12, and 1. You're in the playoff. All you got to do is play ball at the right time. So, yes, because your conference is so easy. Well, Penn State might have been looking at Signetti, but he's like, nah, Indiana said, nah, y'all ain't going to get him. Hey, we're going to drop the bag on him. 11.6, we make you the third highest paid.

He deserves it. Behind Kirby and Ryan Day. Yeah, absolutely. To win, look. I mean, he took a, he took a, that's a basketball school. Indiana is a basketball school. Everybody, when you think of Indiana, you think of Coach Knight, and you think of the Hoosiers and being undefeated in 76,

the last college basketball team to go undefeated and win the national championship. That's what you think about this. He's making you reevaluate how we look at the Hoosiers. So now they're just not known for that bicycle race that they have every year where the co-eds ride their bikes. or, I don't know, what is it, 50 miles, 75 miles, or the basketball team. He's a hell of a coach.

He was on coach Sabin staff. He was a wide receiver coach, Ocho. But he wanted to be a head coach. He left, go to a division two school, take $125,000 pay cut, got a daughter about to go to college. He says, but I want to be a head coach. He was, look, you already know,

if you coach on, if you were on Nick Sabin staff, who didn't get a head job? Lane Kiffin, Kirby Smart, Billy Napier, a Cristobo, Mel Tucker, who didn't get a job? Dan Landy was a grader sister, head coach, Signetti, head coach. Who didn't get a head job if you're on the staff?

Right. And I got a question. Speaking of head coaching jobs and vacancies that are open, Penn State. Yes. With the chances that Nick Saban comes back and takes that, it takes that opportunity. Well, they were talking about it this morning,

zero, Ms. Terry said he's having too much fun and she don't want to take no championship from their babies, which is Lane, or Kirby. I don't know how much longer Billy Napier going to have that job in Florida if he don't win out from here.

And that's not a very good chance because I think they still got Georgia on their schedule. But I don't think Coach Saber. I don't think Coach Saban is coming back because the issue that forced him out still exists. I think you're going to have to get

some of these younger coaches that are coming up in the ranks, the coach at USF, the coach at Tulane, Texas State has a really good coach that's up and coming on offense. I think you're going to have to find these young guys who are offensive-minded who put a good program together on a smaller scale

and you're going to have to give them the opportunity and roll with some youth and that's it. Yeah. When you look, look, what does, if he comes out of retirement, Ojo, and win the championship. That doesn't change. Everybody believes he's the greatest college coach

to ever live. He got one of their last year. He got six in Alabama. And he lost, he lost a Clemson, he lost to Georgia. So he's the greatest, it's either him or Coach Bryant

is the greatest college coach they ever live. They're both in Alabama. So that's what we do. The two greatest college coaches to ever coach is Coach Bryant or Coach Sabin. Many believe Coach Bryant, considering,

You know, a lot of those championships that he won was before integration, Coach Bryant did. So we get that. But I don't think Coach Saban, I don't think anything, he comes out and he wins number eight. Do you think more of him because he won eight instead of seven? No. And it's just more headache.

He's like, you know what? He got a great job. He does an unbelievable job on college game day. He's great at it. He knows it. He knows how to talk. On both sides, he can talk to the players and like how he was with the players. It's like when they were good,

I was harder on my coaches and the team when they were good. I was easier on them when we lost. So I don't see Coach Saban coming out, but hey, never say never because that encompasses never and always. And I don't believe in saying that, especially how much money Penn State got? A lot.

You got 15 mail a year? I mean, probably not. It ain't going to happen. really isn't. They need to go find somebody that has wanted that Penn State job. It's a dream job for them that really cares and can buy into what it is because it is a good job at the end of the day. Like we said and spoke about a couple weeks ago, do we think James Franklin should have been let go? Probably not. But at the end of the day, it's a good opening, a good job. You're going to see some good openings of good jobs around the country. And we're going to see who

they fill them with. As was saying that on college game day that Ms. Terry said, we have haven't heard a number yet. Oh, it is. And I think Jimmy Sexton is, it's Coach Saber's agent also. Look, I think he's very content with where he is right now and what he's doing right now.

He makes good money doing what he does. He still has an office at Alabama. They still pay him. And I don't think he wants to deal with the headache at this age and time. Agreed. Right. So what you think about you, huh?

No. I don't want it. They ain't got a number. They ain't got a number big enough. Because you already, you already know how I am. I ain't got no patience. And so it's understood.

That's why I've never, I ain't no coach. I've never wanted to be a coach because I know my patience. I already know how I am. I would get mad at the guys, bro. We don't practice this all week. We talked about the first 15 Saturday morning.

We went over the next 15 to that Saturday night. And then you come and eff it up Sunday, up the gate? No, I couldn't do that, man. If I couldn't. I mean, I could just, I could see the program turning around under you. What about this? What about Deion?

At, uh, at Penn State. Why not? I don't, me personally, I don't know how much time's going to, how much longer time got the coach. I don't know if his health is going to allow him to have one of those long careers. Ten years. Right. You know what I'm saying?

Yeah. I, you know, he got in, you know, most coaches start, start coaching college in their 30s. He got in really late. Right. I mean, you got to think about he was in his 50s when he got in. I mean, think about Bobby Bowden was, with Coach Bowden, when he retired with 40 years of coaching, he was only in his 70s.

So I just don't know if his help, you know, dealing what he's had to deal with with the blood clots, you know, standing doesn't help the out. the burning of the midnight oil doesn't help. You know, he had the bladder surgery. That can't help. I just don't know if his help is going to allow him to have a long, fruitful, fruitful, prosperous career. I know I would definitely, I would definitely call Jimbo Fischer.

Oh, that's a good one. Hey, Jimbo said he already packaged your money. So, yeah, I go, I double dip. He said, y'all gave me 80. That's a good one. Y'all gave me 84. Hey, well, y'all gave me 80. But they're still having buyout money, too.

You know what? To be honest, Penn State may be able to get, I mean, Jimbo. Get them, get it for a $5 million deal. Sign him up for 10 of them. Yep. You're right. You're right. Another great day in college football all the way around, though.

A lot of upsets this week. A lot of people went down. Arizona State played a really good game against the number seven Texas Tech today. You see the Miami Canes, they lose, go down. All the way through. There was a lot of upsets, a lot of good ball from underdogs this week. So it's a hell of a week for college football.

I think everybody who was watching should have enjoyed thoroughly this week. Yeah, but I don't know if Penn State going to let Prime have all them jerseys and all them combinations. You know, Penn State, they got two colors. They got black tops with white pants and they got white talks with white pants.

That's it. That's it. That's all you get. The number 21, Texas Longhorn, go down to Lexington and hold on and win 1613 over UK, University of Kentucky. Kentucky got stopped, second and goal, third and goal, fourth and goal. Texas goes down, kicks a field goal, and they win at 1613. Arch Manning did not have the best day, but they won the ballgame. He was 12 or 27, 132 yards, no touchdowns, no interceptions.

Quintravion, Wisner, random, a long touchdown. How they won this game, I don't know, Ojo. They had 132 yards passing and 47 yards rushing. So they had less than 180 yards. The opposing team had over 400 yards.

And they get a victory. Johnny, I need you to help me understand. how Texas won this ball game eight first downs five of 16 on third down a hundred and seventy nine total yards 12 of 27 they possessed the ball half the time that UK had it UK had 26 first downs uh they had 395 total yards so they out gained about over 200 possessed the ball 19 minutes longer yeah somehow lost the quarter of back of Texas throws for 44% completion on the day for 132

yards, 4.9 yards an attempt. Texas's rushing attack this year is what we like to call abysmal. Terrible. They can't run out of a wet paper bag.

47 yards rushing, 1.7 yards of carry, and this is in four quarters of football. I don't know how they sneak out of here with this one, but at the end of the day, you got to give them their props. Everybody in Austin is throwing their horns up tonight and saying we snuck out of there with one.

I mean, let's turn it over to the man that sat in the student section and watched. That's what I was about to say, Ocho, you had a bird's eye view of this ball game. And you probably thought, man, the Wildcats going to get a victory over the number 21 race, because it's longhorn. So you were there. Do we got video on you were there? We do?

Oh, Lord, have mercy. Yeah. Hey, hey, you see the rhythm? The whole week, we was at that going crazy. I'm like, you know what? I'm like a professor, I'm like Cleetus Day, of Cleetus, let's say, I don't know that fool. Okay, listen, if I'm going to, if I'm going to go to a college game,

obviously my daughter's homecoming, the full experience i told the ad i told ray uh ray oliver who was my strength and conditioning coach when it was in cincinnati if i'm coming yeah you know that i know that i know yeah ray is in kentucky i said do not put do not put me in the suite do that i want to know what it's like to be at a at a school of this magnitude and sit with the students in that section because i know they get turned so they put me down there and watching and watching the game for me kentucky many yards that they did have had, Johnny, you know, they couldn't score. They couldn't put themselves in position to get field goals.

If you don't, if you're not going to score and defense was playing well enough to where you should have won this game, this is the game that you should have won. This is a game that you should have won because you should have had more opportunities to do some of the things that Texas couldn't. It just, to me, offensively, in a sense, I'm trying not to say anything. like too bad about Mr. Stuth because they hit the whole crowd honk. I'm not sure what's going on. It's my first time being in the game,

but everybody, they chaned fire stoops. Fire stoops. I'm like, well, God damn, what do they do wrong? But then I watch how they play offensively and what they were doing where at

time, Johnny, they couldn't even get past midfield. Well, hell, don't look like Texas guys past me and field except that long touchdown. Do they remember what you do what Kentucky was before Stoves got there? I don't think they remember that, Johnny.

They do realize that that's, basketball school. It's been a long time since the hefty lefty, Jared Lorenzen, wrestling, Pete got out my guy. And also my guy, my guy, Randall Cobb. It's been a long, long time since those Kentucky Wildcats have been in the Jersey. So listen, it's SEC. Everybody wants to be good, but they need to get ready for hoop season. They'll be

all. Yeah. I mean, look, you only go, first of all, you only going to get, you only going to get some players. First of all, it's not like Kentucky is like when you think are great football players. I mean, I think Charlotte Alexander's from Kentucky. But where did he go, Ocho? Alabama.

Alabama. So if your best players are leaving, are leaving the state, you don't have much of a chance, especially if you Kentucky. Now, you know, you are obviously Florida. They're going to be spread out. You got U.M., you got UF,

and you got FSU, and then something's going to, to go to Alabama, some going to go to Ohio State. So they're going to be spread out. But Kentucky, you've got to keep your best. You can't afford to have your best go and make somebody else's program

better. Better. No doubt. And that's what Kentucky, like I said, I think Stoops has done a great job given what he's got. I mean, I don't know. Y'all not getting Nick saving. Listen, we at one point in time through our coaching

search after Jimbo tried to hire Mark Stoops and college station almost burnt to the ground. So I don't know what it is about him or what people think about him. I respect him. I played against him. He was at OU whenever I was there, whenever I was playing

against him. I think he's a good coach. I think he's doing the most with what he has. It can't touch. And that's what you got to give him credit for. But today, in this setting, in this game, this is one you got to go reach out and grab and find you're right. I agree.

I think also people like, well, Indiana is a basketball school. But look at what Signetti did. So why can't that be us? Signetti came in and said, listen, you know what I do? I win. Everywhere I go. Google me, bitch.

That's what he said. He did. And he came in without out of doing. He said, you know what? I don't care that we're at Indiana. I don't care that I'm out here doing this. I'm going to go find a way to make it happen. The running game looks good.

their receivers can play, their quarterback has game. Mendoza's playing Willie Reilly. Mendoza's G. Now, I don't know if he had to run that gauntlet, that's the FCC. That's a whole different animal.

Look, Kentucky has gone to a couple of bowl games, but I think, you know, when you look at it, what is their realistic expectations? Are they expecting to be in the college football? Playoff, are they expecting to contend, for national. I mean, when you got Georgia, Alabama, LSU, Texas, A&M, when you got all those on your schedule, damn, but that's murderous road. That's why it's so hard for a team, even the Alabama, the LSU, even the top teams to go undefeated in that conference. Yeah, you'll get a

situation like Alabama has gone undefeited. You get the 2019 LSU when you talk about one of the historically great teams in college football history. But for the most part, you're not going unscayed in the SEC. It's just not going to happen. So I just need to know Kentucky if I, if I, you know, can talk to their fan base or their alumni, what is your realistic expectation for UK?

Is it not 8 and 4? 8 and 4 is good with a bowl game. Yeah, for sure. I don't think they're going to get to 8 and 4 this year. But, I mean, can they get bowl eligible? What's the UK remaining schedule? They're two and three going to this game. They're two and four right now.

And so they play, what, 12 games? So they got six games to go. So theoretically they could go eight and four. All right, here we go. The last 15 years of Kentucky football, six and seven, lost in the Gator Bowl. Seven and six, lost in the Gator Bowl. Seven and six, lost the Music City Bowl.

Ten and three, 2021, Citrus Bowl, beat Iowa. Five and six, eight and five. 10 and 3 in 2018, beat Penn State. And then you go back, 7 and 6, 7 and 6, 5 and 7, 5 and 7, 2 and 10, 2 and 10, 5 and 7, 6 and 7. So you got a couple 10 and 3 sprinkled in, but really, your median point for success is 5 and 8.4. Yeah. 8.4 would be out of this world for them in a bowl win. They just lost in Texas.

They're at home versus Tennessee, at Auburn, home versus Florida. They got Tennessee Tech at home at Vanderbilt at Louisville. Today didn't work out well. Tomorrow ain't looking much better. Listen, today looked much better than what people thought it would have been because there was the chance. UK had a chance to win this game. They just couldn't put the ball in position to score.

Maybe if you can't get a touchdown, get three. They could barely get 10 to 50, huh? And to me, it just kept seeing like they kept running the same play. Draw, draw, draw, draw, draw. I'm like, what do we, it's the same thing over and over. I'm looking at this. No play down clear. I saw, I saw, I saw a few dig routes and a few flat routes,

but there was, there was really no creativity to the offense. And obviously, you are playing against a very good Texas team. So I kind of understand you don't want to, you're going to put your young quarterback in harm's way that makes your decision making it is good, you know, you don't want to put too much on the plate, but a game like this, man, you throw everything you've got, plus the kitchen sing. Ocho, they got Tennessee, Auburn, Florida, Vanity. Tennessee Tech, and they act on the road against Vanda and Louisville.

Like I say, today they look good. They got a good much better. That's tough. Yeah. On to the hardwood. On to the hardwood. Jeremiah Love and the number 13 Notre Dame fighting Irish beat the number 20 USC Trojan 3424 in the 96 meeting between the two rivals. Love finished with a career high, 228 rushing yards, and a touchdown to lead Notre Dame attack that racked up 306 rush yards.

Notre Dame finished with 442 total yards. Jadarian Price also added 87 yards rushing and a touchdown and returned to kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown. Damn, USC. They just did whatever they wanted to do, y'all. There it is. This is one of a few games that wasn't able to see.

I didn't get the chance to see this one. How did the receiver do, the receiver from USC? He's really good. Lane here, six foot, buck, 11. 18.5, 18.5 to catch. The quarterback, 18.5. Two turnovers, though. That was the difference in the ball game,

well, actually, they turned the ball over three times. Might have been a different ballgame if they could have held on to it. Listen, Notre Dame's doing what they need to do. They need to go through and run the table, and they're going and playing. This is a huge rivalry game forever. Notre Dame comes through. Yeah, they can't lose another game, though, Johnny.

They got to run the table. They're five and two. They can't run it. look at their schedule. Let's let's take a peek at their schedule for the rest of the way, all right? They got Boston College, Dub, Navy, Dub, Pitt, Dub, Syracuse. Okay, they'll play them tough. And then Stanford, that's tough. So get through Syracuse.

Yeah. And they do it. Hey, listen, football on Saturdays has been so funny. the teams that the teams that you're supposed to be that have been a lot of surprises this season there have been a lot of surprise this old. Notre Dame is known to give it up to a team the Northern Illinois

and they are the Northern Illinois and teams like always tripped them up. I like Notre Dame. Look, they maybe have one of the best running backs in the country, I think. They do? They have a, quarterback who you go back and look at the A&M game really solid you look through the board

their defense is solid their team that can get in the playoff and cause some havoc their coach is really good I tell you what I'm going to do I'm going to force that quarterback to beat me I am as well I'm not going to let them run the ball I'm not going to let them run the ball uh uh 44 times definitely you're not getting no 300 yards rushing because I mean you're you're not getting no 300 yards rushing because I mean you run the ball for 300 yards that means you you got the ball you got to have the ball for an extended period of time well yeah they didn't have it that long only 32 minutes or 33 minutes which is not a long amount of time when you considering but see they were three of 11 on third down so three of 11 on third down

that because if you you you know let's just say for the sake of argument you six or seven four eleven that means you're going to be on the field for an extra two minutes yeah yeah um but i don't know link you make they win the turnover battle they have 91 more yards than penalties though but same amount of first downs 442 yards look it's another uh it's another good win for notre dame they're just trucking along doing doing what they need to do. Let's try and get in the playoff and see if we can't make something shake.

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