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Starting point is 00:00:00 Two weeks are in the books of ACC conference play. Week three has got a lot of crazy matchups that you need to be aware of. Let's assemble the squad. You're talking ball with the ACC squad. From Florida State to North Carolina, from Syracuse to Miami, and from NC State to California, it's the local experts of the Locked-on podcast network, bringing you scoops, breakdowns, and the most comprehensive preview of the upcoming ACC weekend. Hang on, it could get loud.

Starting point is 00:00:30 it could get heated and it will definitely be fun. Squad up, you're part of the ACC Squad. What's up, everybody? It is the ACC squad here on this fine week three of the college football season. I'm JJ Jackson, the host of Lockdown Blue Devils on the squad today. Kenton Gibbs from Lockdown Wolfpack, Jarvis Davis from Lockdown, Georgia Tech. We've got Brian Smith as well from Lockdown Seminoles, giving you everything you need to know about the week that was. Today's show, of course, is brought to you by Kaushi for a limited time.

Starting point is 00:01:03 Download Kauci, use code locked on, and get $25. When you trade $25, Kalsi trade what's next. Fellas, two weeks now in the books. We saw some exciting results play out and very excited to look ahead to what's coming this weekend. How's everybody doing here today? One too exciting for me, JJ. I was just just saying. You got out here looking at our wounds down here in Atlanta right now, you know.

Starting point is 00:01:33 You. You. Bro. Brian's not the start Florida State wanted to have either. It's about to be a different kind of start here in a week or two. I have a feeling. So that's another story. As the only guy here with no coaches that are in danger of being poach store fired,

Starting point is 00:01:56 I'm doing just fine. I'm doing all right. I've been better. I've been worse. But, you know, we're hanging in here at Wolfpackland. What is it? 14 years, you know? Yeah.

Starting point is 00:02:05 And Dave Gordon ain't going to know where that's job security, baby. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's feeling real comfortable. Let me tell you something. Dave Doran been there since I was 18, okay? He recruited me. That's how long it was. The hair was just reversed.

Starting point is 00:02:17 There was no hair at the bottom. All the hair was up here, you know. But he's still hanging in there. Here we are. All right. So, and looking at this past week, you could argue my Duke Blue Devils had one of the finest performances of the weekend going on the road to Champaign walking away 31 27 victors so many questions

Starting point is 00:02:35 going into the season about walker eget at quarterback we knew the nate train was going to be running fellas and that was absolutely the case against illinois and now you guys are trying to hit panic mode all over the place for the football fans in durham we're connecting the dots manny dyes is a florida state alum could they come calling at some point let us enjoy the moment here fellas as reigning ACC champions and off to a two and no start. You know, Duke has absolutely done a spectacular job this year. And also, Manny Diaz deserves more credit for the job that he's done at Duke. And this isn't just a, I want to push national perception so he could leave for Florida

Starting point is 00:03:15 State type of thing. No, no, no. In our reality, nine wins with Malik Murphy. And then you come back and you get nine more with a defense that could not stop a running nose. And then you come back. And everybody says, including me, I am very much so including that, everybody says, this Walker, he's a kid. He's not it.

Starting point is 00:03:33 This guy is not it. Week one, they got off to a very shaky start offensively. Things look rough. Week two, things seem to be stabilizing. And I'm going to tell you, this team has an identity. They know, like you said, the Nate train chooka, chooka, chooka, chooka, chooka, chooka, chooka, chooka, chooka, chooka, chooka, choo. He may be averaging over 30 touches a game right now, I believe it was 34 in game one and 29 in game two. He may be putting a little bit of tread on those tires,

Starting point is 00:03:59 but as long as that train stay on the tracks, I think they'll be just fine. Yeah, when you have a guy like that, now I'm just going to say it just kind of added what Kenyon, case you said, like, when you have a guy, you can turn around and hand the ball off 24 times an average, six yards, pop, man, come on. That is easy math right there, man.

Starting point is 00:04:17 So for Nate Shepard to be doing what he's doing right now and running the football and playing defense. Imagine that concept. You can win football games in today's college football world where everybody want to be past happy and get all these cute offenses and throwing the ball 35, 40 times a game. But, man, D.S. said, hey, man, we're going to run the ball and play defense and figure out the rest.

Starting point is 00:04:41 And, hey, man, that's a recipe for success in my eyes. I would not want to play Duke with a team that's not motivated. They're going to beat you up. They're physical. Give them credit. Illinois's a physical team. They beat them. I think that's a team that's going to cause some havoc within the ACC race.

Starting point is 00:05:00 Yeah, what impressed me the most was Duke limiting Illinois to just three points in the second half. I mean, Nate Shepard really got it going. He had five catches, two receiving touchdowns, ran all over the field, and then the offense kind of slowed down a little bit in that second half, but here's a good thing. They were able to make Illinois' offense do the exact same thing. So shout out to Duke for that start. Another kind of surprise, 2-0 start to the year in the conference.

Starting point is 00:05:23 How about the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, a double overtime finish over Purdue, these big time matchups against the Big Ten Conference, another win in the ACC's cap? We'll take it, fellas. It was a surprise to who. It was a surprise to whom.

Starting point is 00:05:42 I told everybody. Loving on Wake Forest. We're loving on them. Hey, I'm here for the Dickens. I'm here for the Dicker agenda. I'm here for the Dicker agenda. We want to keep Dicker in the ACC. We want to keep them in Wake Forest.

Starting point is 00:05:53 You know, Wisconsin's getting their grubby little cheese curd field hands all, all greasy and ready to poach him. I want him here in the ACC. And I told everybody, I told everybody they thought I was crazy for saying, Gio Lopez is still a baller. It just, they got some foolishness going on in Chapel Hill that they made him look bad. But he is phenomenal. He is a baller through and through. And did we not see it in this game? first game of the year.

Starting point is 00:06:22 Oh, they play on the island of Misfit Toys Community College. Oh, it don't really count. Sure. But this game up against Purdue, you can say that's a bad team as well. That's fine about me. But last time I checked it was,

Starting point is 00:06:32 well, that's the mighty big 10. And you know, you just can't walk into a big 10 environment. On the road up there in Lafayette, Indiana. What a miserable place to be. I ain't got nothing going on there. That's neither here nor there. G. G.O. Lopez showed his stripes in multiple over there.

Starting point is 00:06:50 times. They blew a lead. They came back. They kept fighting. They said, hey, it ain't over until it's over. My Gio Lopez stock got me eating good. That's a dividend paying stock for my finance guys out there. That's a dividend paid. I'm taking them dividends, baby. Are you re-investing the dog on dividends back into the top? Oh, you know it. You know it. Forgeo, I'm reinvesting them dividends. Come on, let's double down. Let's triple down on it. You realize who Wake Forest plays this Friday, right? Hey, hey, hey, we ain't said that this is going to be perfect. We didn't say that the stock. We never said that the stock price is never going to take it.

Starting point is 00:07:22 Two words, KG, Bussaw. Here's the deal. Here's the deal. Here's the deal. I think that game is going to be closer than everybody thinks, and I think Gio's going to have a great game against them, too. Well, I want to unpack that. I don't want to get to there too early. Let's keep kind of reviewing what played out this past week,

Starting point is 00:07:39 because Jarvis, you talked about Hot Lanna and what's happening there on the flats. Tennessee felt pretty comfortable heading from, down from Rocky Top. to the flats, 4524, the final score, my man. Man, yeah, they felt comfortable. They put their feet on the couch. They don't go, took the socks off and just put their feet up.

Starting point is 00:08:04 They took the best McCallin, you know what I'm saying? They would have got McCallin out of the dog old thing, man. Oh, man. The red label, black label, blue label, they got all of it and said, hey, man, we're going to just going to take all this. And just, man, just. And I knew coming into this game, like, Josh Hyple, I know a lot of people, he gets a lot of, black for like, oh, he got, you run the cute offense and won't throw the ball on.

Starting point is 00:08:30 That man wants to run the rock, man. Like, if he can run the ball 40 times again, with that true freshman quarterback in Fais's on, Brandon, by the way, man's going to be, that man going to play some good football at that team. He's able to, Josh Hyper was able to keep him around in Tennessee. But, like, when you think about the way they run the football, Everybody knew it was going. It knew it was coming. Tech knew they had to be better at stopping the run.

Starting point is 00:08:56 And they could not do anything about it. So yeah, man, it was, but I will say this. Early on, Tech had several opportunities to take advantage. Because Jim Nose is a good defense coordinator, but there were some, he gets a little blitz happy. And Tech just wasn't able to take advantage of it in old moments. And that's what, that's the difference between winning, losing games when you playing against a SEC caliber team, not the third.

Starting point is 00:09:20 old XCC on the dog on pedestal and everything. Like, but they got them four, five stars all running all around, running around that roster. And I think that there were some times where tech could have taken advantage, and they just did not do that. And I think that with Alberto Mendoza, adding the whole turnover piece on those two interceptions, man, that was the nail in the coffin right there.

Starting point is 00:09:41 Faison Brandon was only 10 of 21 for 148 yards, and they won comfortably. Yeah. Man, that's a bad look, bro. Yeah, I mean, and that's the thing like when it comes from a coverage standpoint, the back end of defense, that was the biggest question coming into the year for Ted. They did all right. Can they cover? They were solid.

Starting point is 00:10:01 They were solid. They made him look normal, below average, throwing the raw, throwing a ball. But when he got into the RPO mode and start pulling that bad boy out and breaking the contain when everything break down because nobody's getting open, that's where he was at home. he was very comfortable in that mode. Well, Jarvis, I think that we've got to have a bigger discussion about your boys down there in Atlanta, man. The ninth worst rushing offense in all of America, in all of America, there's only nine, or I'm sorry, eight teams running the ball worse than you right now. This is an actual fact, folks. I wouldn't have seen that, yeah.

Starting point is 00:10:43 The only teams with less rush yards, Oregon State, Sam, Houston, Northern Illinois, Minnesota, Gophers, Florida, Atlantic. Marshall Rutgers, Georgia Southern. That's it. How is this even possible with the backfields all got? How? Offensive line. You can have a Lamborghini in the Ferrari, which I believe they do. Tech does have a Lamborghini and Ferrari in the garage.

Starting point is 00:11:05 Oh, my gosh. If you don't got nobody that's opening up those lanes and open up those highways for them, it ain't going to matter. Like, the offensive line has super underperform. And I think that the style of office that, you know, Buster Faulkner, who's now the office coordinator for Florida, he, he ran an offense that helped shield some of that, you know, the deficiencies that they had up front with officer line. Because, you know, you know how it is, KG. When your quarterback is running those design runs, man, that throws a defense off from a count standpoint. You know what I'm saying?

Starting point is 00:11:41 Like the math is math. And when you got a quarterback that can actually run power and count. her what you know it's like those are some of the things that you have to really take into account when it comes to switching from a really window dress college style offense and Faulkner to george gossi who's running this pro style offense with tight-ins and 12 personnel and we're going just we're going to sit up here and just run the ball down your throat no you're not not until you get some guys some big boys who can do that and they just don't have that right now I think that And it's, it ain't like guys like that are just sitting on the bench and not on the street right now that can do it as well.

Starting point is 00:12:22 So, yeah, this is going to be one of those things where guys are going to have to make some serious adjustment. Got mercy this week. So you're going to be able to, you should be able to tune up a little bit on offense. You should at least drop 30 piece on this team. But yeah, man, this is, they're going to have to figure some things out, man, and start doing some of that window dressing that bustle did last year. You're going to start implementing to that offense because you got to have. your guys out. Can't send them out to the walls like that. Well, there are other big games coming up this weekend, fellas, that I certainly

Starting point is 00:12:52 want to get to with two weeks of play in the books and a massive top 25 matchup that we've got looming here in the ACC between SMU and Louisville. Just how big of a game is it? Let's dive into that here in a moment. Our show today is brought to you by our friends over at Wayfair. Back to school football season or just the change of seasons can be a good excuse. to refresh your space. Wayfair helped you create a home that stands up to real life with quality products, great value, and trusted reviews.

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Starting point is 00:14:51 that's being played. I mean, some teams in our conference have still yet to play an ACC game just yet. But in some ways, it feels as though this could have massive postseason implications. Is it fair in saying that? Let's start there. Brian, why don't you tell us? Is it fair and kind of alluding to the big postseason implications that might be there? Absolutely. Somebody's got to play Miami in the ACC title game. Let's start with that. Oh, Miami will be an ACC championship? There are rumors of it. There are rumors of it. It sure is Kent and I are bold.

Starting point is 00:15:24 I'm going to predict. Can I confirm what deny? Yeah, well. And this game is probably going to dictate which one gets inside track. Watch out for Virginia. That's the other team that I think is definitely in that hunt. But Louisville's at home, man. Lincoln Keenholz has impressed the heck out of me the first couple weeks.

Starting point is 00:15:44 Throwing it and I didn't know he could run that well. That is not a fun team to defend. And after even Florida State moved the ball. against SMU. If I'm an SMU fan, I'm pretty nervous. I like Louisville in this one, but Brett Laschie is a good coach. Maybe they can find a way, but they've been a little lackledaisical with turning the ball over, obviously, as they did against FSU. If they do that at Louisville, they can get bounced. Louisville is going to score some points. They say the biggest jump for every team is between week one and week two, or your first game

Starting point is 00:16:15 of the season and your second game of the season. And what we saw in SMU and Florida State, a team playing their second game against the team playing their first game. Because that was, if it wasn't for all of those terrible turnovers, and Kevin Jennings is known for once a game, he's going to throw you one. He going to throw you one pass where he's just like, not Kevin, no, you got arm strength. You don't got that. You don't got that in your back.

Starting point is 00:16:39 But outside of that, I think that that was just SMU being sloppy. I think we'll see a much better SMU team. My concern for SMU is this. That Louisville offense looks explosive, and Isaac Brown didn't even got going yet. He's still spinning his tires in the mud and that offense looks explosive. Now, anybody who knows me knows how high I am on Isaac Brown, I'm still holding that stock, even though that stock is taking a hit.

Starting point is 00:17:02 It's starting to crater a little bit, but I'm a hoddle because I think we're going to be all right. I'm going to hold that thing. I think we're going to be all right. But that's a serious concern of mine. Like you said, Florida State moved the ball against them. Florida State don't move the ball against nobody throwing the ball this year. That's not how they're going to do. That's not who they are.

Starting point is 00:17:18 That's not how they're built. And you've got a backfield with a back that, again, I think he's Chris Johnson-esque in his ability to accelerate and go from zero to 100 in Isaac Brown. And you combine that with the gentleman they're calling Lamar Keene-Holtz, ladies and gentlemen. I think Lamar, that's a pretty big honor out there in the Louisville. Hold on now. Let's relax. Let's relax.

Starting point is 00:17:41 I don't call him. I ain't call him that. That's not what I call it. You're just the messenger. Just relax. Just relax. Exactly. This ain't smart.

Starting point is 00:17:48 Don't kick me in the hole. Don't kick the messenger in the hole. I'm just telling you. They're calling the man Lamarquino. So that offense, Cleve Loevin and company defensively, I mean, I think that, you know, the old Miss game, you saw one of the best, one of the masters at his craft in Chambliss, who we all knew. He's going to give you problems. He's going to give you troubles. But that offense being as explosive as they are with Louisville, SMU is going to have to keep pace.

Starting point is 00:18:13 And Kevin Jennings' weapons have looked good. Can they keep pace if Louisville is rolling at their highest clip? I'm not sure. I'm interested to see how Lincoln King Holt starts this game because Lincoln King's old started a game how I thought he was going to play for this year, you know, against Ole Miss of that first half. I was like, yep, that's Lincoln Hanehose. I was expected because, you know, he got a lot of benefit of the doubt coming into

Starting point is 00:18:40 these years just because, and I get it because, you know, Jeff Brum is a hell of a coach. Let's just keep that, keep back funky. It's just like they get these weird losses and they kind of fall out of. favor towards the end of the year, but, you know, it'll get your eight or nine games, like for sure. So for me, I feel like Lincoln and Kinghouse is going to have to get off to a good start because when you talk about conference game and all the implications that as Smith mentioned earlier about, like, man, this could be the inside track to who's going to play against Miami or lose against Miami, you know, but you have to put yourself in position to say, hey, Lincoln, I need you to

Starting point is 00:19:21 start playing the way you play in the second half of their Ole Miss game because if you get off to a slow start like you did, you might get boat race because Kevin Jennings can sling it. And SMU has been the most consistent team pretty much since they come into the Congress. So when you look at it from that standpoint, they think Keyholes has to get off to a good start in this one. I'm excited to see it play out. I mean, I think the fact that Louisville is going to get to host a game like this with all the eyeballs there. There's obviously big games in college football this weekend, and everybody in the

Starting point is 00:19:53 sport wants to talk about Lane Kiffin's return to Ole Miss and rightfully so, but for the ACC to have an opportunity like this on Saturday as well with the big game in their own right, I think that could be really impressive when we look at what could play out with the national picture towards the end of the year. Again, it's really, really early, but a game like this could determine so much down the stretch and whatnot. We mentioned Miami, and it's fair to kind of look at where Miami could fit into the college football playoff picture and certainly ACC title odds and what that means moving forward.

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Starting point is 00:23:55 They've got a game on Friday night. Friday night football within the ACC where they're on the road against Wake Forest. We briefly got into this a little bit earlier, fellas. But is Miami really on upset watch, an undefeated Wake Forest team hosting the undefeated Miami Hurricanes? Hell no. Yeah. Hell no. If you're not watching this on YouTube,

Starting point is 00:24:20 you need to see the facial reactions when I pose that question. I'm going to tell you this. I'm going to tell you this. Wake Forest will cover. They will cover. What's the spread? Right now, the sports books generally have it between,

Starting point is 00:24:36 I believe it's 21 and a half and 19 and a half. Those are about the numbers I'm seeing. Wake Forest will cover. Wake Forest will give them a game. Gio Lopez is going to make a statement and people are going to be saying, oh man, you know,

Starting point is 00:24:53 Miami won the game, but Ken, you may have been right to hold that stock because it's looking great despite a loss to Miami. Because again, I think that not only is he fantastic, I think that wide receiving court is really good.

Starting point is 00:25:05 I think their best back is that freshman who keeps getting better every single game. I think that they got some dudes over there that defensively, whatever the over is, take it. Hey, take the over. Take the over in terms of this game. I think it's going to be a track meet on grass up in Winston-Salem. However, in terms of Wake Force offense ability to keep up, they got some guys over there. And I think that they'll post problems for Miami. I'm not saying they win it outright. Not saying that. Not going to go that far. But I think that they cover. I think they lose by about 10ish points or so, which is half of the spread that Vegas. This is good. That'd be super impressive for Wake Forest to be in this game.

Starting point is 00:25:49 I mean, what Miami's done offensively, it doesn't even look like they're trying through two weeks, right? And so this is a conference test for them to see how their offense can fare successfully. I've got to ask you then, Smitty, because I hear that our friends over at Fandul right now have Miami favored by 20 and a half points against Wake Forest on Friday night. They have Alabama favored by 19 and a half points against Florida. of State. What's the more, the closer game then in your eyes? Because according to the sports books, FSU and Alabama appears to be the closer game than Miami and Wake Forest.

Starting point is 00:26:26 I agree with Kenton on this one. Look, Florida State's players, after they saw the AD get fired this week, are they more looking forward to practice to get ready for Alabama? Are they more looking forward to the text message or phone call from their agent to figure out the next school they're going to? That's where this is at. That's tough that that's where this is at. Are they about to get a package? Are they a package?

Starting point is 00:26:55 Because I know a coach and Riley that needs some pass for us. We need a little something on that. No, my. I know somebody that needs some too. Hey, hey, hey. I prefer Atlanta over Riley, just saying. Y'all don't worry about that. See, y'all being gluttony.

Starting point is 00:27:10 See, that's that greed they talk about it in the Bible. That's all I got going on over there. Y'all got enough defensive linemen. Y'all need big fellas that can block. Last time I checked, the DeCill Twins ain't blocking out of soul. Hey, hey, hey, man. You ain't getting none at Florida State, that's for sure.

Starting point is 00:27:27 There's a lot of things that you can't get in Tallahassee that you can get in Atlanta. I'm just saying. The answer here is you're thinking Miami and Wake Forest is going to be more competitive than Florida State and Alabama. Okay. Here's the biggest difference. Alabama's got get back from Florida State getting the win a year ago. That's true. The other thing is Dickert.

Starting point is 00:27:45 is a very good football coach. Does anybody, whether you're listening, whether you're watching this later, whatever it is, or anybody on this panel, raise your hand if you think Mike Norvell is a better coach and dick. There ain't nobody in no cars,

Starting point is 00:28:01 no houses, there aren't dead people, nothing. There is nobody raising their hands. He said, on plays, trains, and automobiles, every hand went down. Put your hand back on your steering wheel

Starting point is 00:28:11 if you're listening. Put your hand back on your steering wheel. We're not going to mistake it for a hand up, I promise. Yeah. I don't know, man. That's the difference. Dary and Mrs.

Starting point is 00:28:20 is so good. He's so good at football. Yeah. I don't know. This might be a track beat, man. I don't know. And I see what you're saying. They could light him up.

Starting point is 00:28:30 Yeah. Yeah, man, that man is a high-man candidate leader. Like, oh, no, he's got to win it. He's going to pick to win it.

Starting point is 00:28:39 Yeah. I mean, it's right there for him to take. And he's not even him. Give the ball to Malachi, Tony, Mark, I mean,

Starting point is 00:28:45 they've just got so much. And this is the thing. I understand why the line is what it is, because if you get into a track meet and Miami just gets two to three stops, it could snowball on you in a heartbeat, which I don't disagree. But if you're asking which game is closer

Starting point is 00:28:59 between Alabama, Florida State, and this game, let me tell you something, okay? We've seen it. We've seen it repetitively. With this Florida State team is really good until they get punched in them out. And when they get punched in the mouth, they curl up into a shell.

Starting point is 00:29:14 Oh, I don't really feel. feel like it. Hey, can you feel this A guy? Not really sure about that. I don't know if I get paid to do that. Hey, man, can you check this receiver? Ah, coach, he's doing double moves. I'm really, I'm more of a I cover outbreak and routes kind of guy.

Starting point is 00:29:30 I don't like all this. Thanks, but no thanks. Exactly. So, you know, I'm saying I see Florida State as a team that got knocked down, has repetitively not gotten up. And guess what? That AD is gone. The posse is getting closer. The saxophone's getting louder.

Starting point is 00:29:46 It's almost that time. Hey, Jarvis, when mama say my crew, let's go, what that mean, what that means, everybody getting the car. That's what Florida State's administration is saying right now. All this crew that was currently hit through this mess, let's go, all of you, round up, get on out. Well, before we get out of here running up against the horn, I do want to talk about what's happening with the Virginia Cavaliers, the ACC runners up from a season ago, led by coach Tony Elliott. ranked this week, gentlemen, number 25 in the polls, and they've got a fun neutral site matchup against West Virginia, a border rivalry between UVA and West Virginia, and of course, a fitting place to play this is Charlotte, North Carolina.

Starting point is 00:30:34 It doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but the Duke's Mayo Classic is this game, a neutral side affair on Saturday, where UVA is favored by 10.5 points. Is UVA legit? Do we need to buy some Cavalier stock right now? Their schedule is legit for them to be taken seriously. I mean, shoot, all they got is what? SMU and Virginia Tech on their schedule right now? That's the only team that really even.

Starting point is 00:31:00 Hold on now. At least be concerned about, you know, at this showdown in Durham, I think. Oh, boy, here we get. Let me tell you. As somebody who saw them play in person, beware of Vanilla Vic. He's wearing number seven over there. and he is rolling down here. They get enough.

Starting point is 00:31:17 You know, that is a team. Vanilla fit. I said it and I stand by it. I guarantee it. That is a team that is as physical as they come. They had 16 guys. I'm ready to go. I'm trying to go.

Starting point is 00:31:31 Listen, 16 guys are their injury report coming in the week zero. And I watch some. Bumpuruba. Okay. Okay. Let me action is. Let me action is. Has there been disrespectful.

Starting point is 00:31:41 You're talking to somebody that grew up in Atlanta and watch. Michael Vick. I own a pair of Michael Vick shoes right now. Can I ask you this? How many games has Mr. Pervula thrown for under 75% so far this year? How many times has he done it in terms of completion percentage? Hey, man, you know. I'm going to guess the answer is zero.

Starting point is 00:32:01 Zero. And guess what? And guess what? They got the oldest offensive line in America. Yeah, I do. Their offensive line. I kid you not, this is an actual fact. The fifth year senior.

Starting point is 00:32:13 is the baby on that offensive line. It's a fifth-year left tackle, six-year right-guard, or left guard, seventh-year-right-tackle. Them boys, them are some grown men. We sponsor by Wayfarer. Well, guess what Wayfarer is? The furniture that they're moving all around the field. They get everybody up and out of there like they're working for Wayfarer.

Starting point is 00:32:35 Come on. Come with me, young man. We're just going to go ahead and run this quarterback power, and Vanilla Vic don't do his thing because there's nothing you can do about it. UVA is legit. They are physical as hell. If you can force them to throw the ball, you may get some traction. But then you got to deal with that defense of theirs.

Starting point is 00:32:52 That is extremely swarming. One of the best safety duos in America, a lot back in core that is getting better by the day, just added back Cam Robinson. And you mean to tell me that team ain't legit? They may not win every game. But I'll tell you what, every team to play them, they're going to need some ice packs.

Starting point is 00:33:08 They're going to need the stem and ice. They're going to need the, the hydro joints for the legs. They're going to need every single recovery method that you can use because they are going to beat you up. By the way, Clemson, welcome your new coach, Tony Elliott. Welcome. Give them a nice coming home press conference.

Starting point is 00:33:27 Yeah, I mean, we've got big conference showdowns we didn't even get into this week. Tonight, Pitt and Syracuse, you've got Duke taking on Stanford, Clemson, North Carolina, tons of ACC action to be aware of this weekend. but we're out of time here fellas. This has been a really fun, riveting, engaging, such a fun conversation on our locked on ACC squad. Be sure to subscribe to our channels, Locked on Blue Devils, Jarvis Davis there with Lockedon, Georgia Tech.

Starting point is 00:33:55 Shout out Kenton Gibbs and Locked on Wolfpack, Brian Smith. He's got the Portal podcast and Locked on Seminoles. Be sure to leave us five-star ratings and written reviews. We're going to be back with you guys next week. Enjoy the ACC football this weekend. This has been a whole lot of fun. see you next time here on the locked on ac c squat peace out fellas

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