Locked On ACC - Daily College Football & Basketball Podcast - Which ACC Championship Contenders Are Emerging? | ACC Squad

Episode Date: September 12, 2024

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Fran Brown let the whole world know that the orange were tough on Saturday by defeating Georgia Tech. But are they tough enough to be taken seriously in the ACC? Let's bring in 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. It could get heated and it will definitely be fun.

Squad up. You're part of the ACCC squad. Shout out to the everydayers and welcome into the squad. Big wins. Some heartbreaking losses. This episode is brought to you by Fanduel. Now through September 22nd, all Fandual customers can bet $5 and get a three-week free trial of NFL Sunday ticket from YouTube and YouTube TV. Visit Fandul.com to get started. We will take a look ahead to this coming weekend. We'll take a look of the AP top 25 rankings and whether the ACC is represented well enough. But, oh, we have a lot to talk about on today's episode. We've got Brian Smith from Lockdown Seminoles. Seminoles did not lose this past weekend to the buy week.

We got Jackson Holzer from Lockdown Syracuse. We got Kenton Gibbs from Lockdown Wolfpack. Grayson Boone from Locked on Wolfpack. Isaac Shade from Locked on Tar Heels. And we got J.J. Jackson from Lockdown Duke making his squad debut. now Jackson Holzer, I'm going to let you buy the first round because Syracuse, they pull off the home upset against Georgia Tech, and your quarterback has looked pretty darn good. All right, everyone. We're going to do a little exercise here. We're going to do a blind resume. How's that sound? Everyone excited? Cool. We're going to talk about this. I know you're not excited, okay?

14 starts this player has made in the last two seasons. And in those 14 starts, he's got 3,900 yards. Kyle McCord. He's got 32 passing touchdowns. He's got only seven interceptions and a completion rate of about 67 percent, and his record is 13 and one. I know it's not DJ We Youngloway. That is correct. It is not him.

It is actually Kyle McCord. Who is him? So Kenton, you're not a believer in Kyle McCord. Neither is Brian. Guys, this is now 14 games. How much longer until we finally give Kyle McCord his props? I think he's pretty good. I just name the numbers.

I'll own that he is better than I expected. I have 1,000% own that. I have 1,000% see, and this is what Donna was talking about with the eating crow because I'm pulling out my little knife. I'm pulling out my little fork, you know, take it back to DPS. I got the spork on them and I got to eat my crow. I'll take it. Am I ready to say he's him?

Am I ready to say, hey, this is your ACC player to year or even in contention for that? I'm not certain. I'm not certain that he's that level of guy yet. He looked good against the Mighty Ohio Bobcats and he looked great last weekend against Georgia Tech. I'll give him that. But two games, a really good player does not. make and those stats are very interesting when you leave out the context of playing with a top four draft pick.

Oh wait, wait, wait, wait. The last two games, he's thrown for nearly 800 yards, eight touchdowns, and one interception. And unless I'm nuts here, I don't think there's anyone on Syracuse weapons-wise. That's going to be a top four pick. I don't know. No, but Arrondon Gadsden. You don't have to wait long in the green room? Can't have to wait long?

Yeah, I don't know. Gadsden's really good. He's not real love is hanging out till night two. Hello? Hello? You know, but you know what, Jack, in the words of boss, man, D. Loew, you did a lot of working just to talk your stuff. So I'm going to talk your stuff because Brad Brown showed up, you know? I'm taking the Oars teams right now.

I'll take all the Oars teams. I don't want to hear about no more awards. I want to hear about Clemson. I want to hear about Clemson. I want to hear about Tennessee. But I got to do it. I got to do it. So I give you a love, more power to you.

Syracuse is looking legit through two games. You absolutely all. Where would you rank, Kyle? McCord in the ACC right now and in quarterbacks. Where would you rank? Up five? I'd say top three to five. I'd say top three. Top three. Who were the other two? Well, Cam Ward. Cam Ward. Cam Ward is definitely my one. But that's picky. That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying. Yeah. Who is that other top three guy? Hinton might not want to hear this, but is it Tyler Shuck? And that's what and here's the

hold on. Hold on. Now, I'm not him too. Louisville fans. They love to give me crap about Tyler Shuck at how he's performed. But Donnell, what did I say? If Louisville can do this, there'll be in Charlotte at the end of the year. You said, and I said, if Tyler Shuck can stay healthy, which has been what he hasn't been able to do

throughout his career. He's been healthy. Two games, he's been healthy. Through these two, he's been healthy. Listen, I thought that he was trash. I watched some film on him right before the season start. I said, hold on. If he's healthy, they'll be all right.

So I will put Kyle McCourt behind those two. But again, top three in the league ain't bad. That's not a bad spot. at all. You know what? I'll accept that. I think he's number two, but I will accept top three. I'll do that. Now, as long as he's in the top 17 on Brian's ranking, I'll be happy on that one, too. I've got him in top five, too, but I haven't seen everybody play. He might be top two or three because he, I mean, he torched a power four defense last weekend. That's more than what a lot of quarterbacks in college football did. So now the question is, I know this is what Kenton's talking about. the film is out, the players he throws to, it's actually, there you go.

It's everybody has to do this every year. How do you adjust? Now people are going to look at him. He's not the hunter. He's the hunted. And teams are the only going to scheme against him. That's just, hey, this is what you want if you're Syracuse, because the other result is, it means you got your bucket.

So good for him. And hopefully Syracuse can keep it going because like the ACC right now is not exactly pulling their weight as a conference. I'll just make that statement for everybody. Outside of Cal. Except for Cal. I was going to say, that was horrendous. I thought about picking up a cow t-shirt and seeing if we could get Blackerby in here.

For those who don't know, Zach Blackerby's our boss, the host of Locked-on Auburn. We needed him in here so he could eat crow. That way we could take some of the attention off the wolf pack guys. Fernando Mendoza is the quarterback at Cal. He started 20 of 22 against Auburn, literally. That's 91%. I don't care who you're playing. They hit 91% you're going home with an L.

And what surprised me so much about Cal was Jaden Ott was a non-factor in that game. He had 11 yards. 10 carries for 11 yards. And they had other running back step up. And Mendoza, the defense was great. So, you know, essentially their best player was a combination of schemed out of the game. And I don't think he was completely healthy. And they still managed to outplay Auburn.

Yeah. How many hard turnovers? I was just about to say the defense came away with more picks than the Black Panther Party in the 70s. I mean, it was absolutely terrible the way that every time Peyton Thorne looked up, he said, wait, which Jersey? Are we in the day? So, you know, I mean, shout out the Cal's defense. Again, Lawrence Ross warned us that that secondary was completely revamped. And they looked like a really good secondary.

Did you see, by the way, so Peyton Thorne, the Auburn quarterback who threw four interceptions in the game, he revealed that he's been receiving Venmo requests from Auburn fans to pay back their lost bets. I mean, that's like the most 20-24 headline ever. Starting court, getting Venmo requests to payback lost bets. That's your, that's the people. That's your problem. Jackson is exactly. That's what I do it over that. It's 100%.

Sorry. Like, after some of the things that I've seen in sports where you just know, it's a sure thing. It's all that. Let me tell you, I'm going to go to Vegas, lose $5 and I'm done. I'm all right. That's it. That's it.

That's it. That's it. Don't put me on not near another slot. Speaking of picks, can I ask Jay, a tangential ACC question. JJ, how did you feel watching Riley Leonard throw that late pick against NIU that allowed Northern Illinois to knock off the Irish? After having the post-Duke Bowl in week one, right, with Mike Elko at A&M taking on

Riley Leonard at Notre Dame to see Riley Leonard take a tough L against Northern Illinois. I like the guy a whole lot. But he left. He did. He did. numerous on Notre Dame's behalf, but for Riley personally, I mean, I was a big fan of what he did. Well, he's got a torn labor room now from what I've been told. So his season's probably over and it is what it is.

Now what, yeah. Another $2 billion down the drain. Boy, I'll tell you, they, Notre Dame loves spending up some M's on the ACC quarterback or one-year rental at that. Just, no. Wait, wait, wait, wait. So Notre Dame lost to a Mac team at home. Yes. Yeah.

Wait. And Syracuse beat a. Mac team at home. And our quarterback played well against said Mac team. Their quarterback did not play well. He's not his team, Matt. I'm just going to say that. That's it. I mean, I'm here for my, I mean, the most embarrassing. I did not think that this episode of the squad could get more embarrassing for me than what NC State did last Saturday. And we have, let's talk about it. And we We're not going to have to do. We'll get to that after the break.

But we have matching all the ACC. Don, no, get us the break. Get us out of here. Get us out of here. I'm going to do just that. But you know what? Kenton and Grayson cannot escape the upcoming segment. Neither can Brian Smith, because Florida State has Memphis coming up this weekend.

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I host Locked on Cains. Brian hosts Locked on Seminels. Jackson on Locked on Syracuse, boy, he's been having fun these last couple of weeks. Kenton and Grayson on Locked on Wolfpack, not having as much fun so far this week. Isaac Shade unlocked on Tar Heels. J.J. Jackson does an awesome job on Locked on Blue Devils. And all right, Kenton and Grayson, what the heck happened on Saturday? We got some splaining to do.

Now, look, I was on the last week and I gave you kind of the writing on the wall. We had big time concerns coming into this game. the only problem is they happen probably then exponentially. Our fears were realized on a much bigger scale than we could have hoped. Tennessee offense is real and they are dynamic. They didn't even need Nico to pick us apart through the air because they were just beating our face on the ground with Dylan Samson. The NC State offense, we got a real problem on our hands

and that is in the form of Grayson McCall at quarterback and the effectiveness of our offensive line. We need answers. Not a top three quarterback, by the way, Grayson McCall. Not anymore, maybe preseason, but not currently right now. And so there's a, I wouldn't say panic button. You might see a lot of Wolfpack fans already starting to tap that panic button. Kenton and I, not so much, but I wouldn't lie to you or not that far off either.

We need answers and quickly because it was a drubbing on Saturday night. The average, Gracie McCall is throwing two interceptions this year. The average distance from the line of scrimmage that those two interceptions were is two yards per throw. two yards per throw. Grayson and I said after the week one interception, if you do this against a better team, it will be a pick six. And everybody says there was a pick six

that was backbreaking against NC State. And, you know, I'm going to say this, Grayson McCall, pack your bags, brother. Pack your bags. Don't get too comfortable in Raleigh. Don't get too, because in the year that was supposed to be it, if you do what you're supposed to do, you'll never have to buy a drink again in Raleigh.

We didn't know that meant because people, were going to be throwing them at you. We didn't know that that was going to be because people, every time they see you, that little $2.00 bud light is going to be flying your way. I mean, to say that that man has been stinking up the joint is an understatement. P.U. There's a dead carcass on the field in the shape of Grayson McCall because that's not the Bracson McCall that we were told we were getting. It is God awful what he's doing right now. The mechanics are not there. The decision making is not there. The accuracy and timeliness is not there. So if you cannot do what your superpower is, I'm going to tell you what Thomas Woodcher told me, my sophomore year in high school,

Coach Thomas Woodrow, Kastak, you know, I love you. I know you listen. He said, Gips, if we're going to lose, I'm going to lose, I'm going to lose, I'm going to lose with a new regime. I'm going to put y'all young boys in because if I'm going to lose, I'm not going to lose with seniors making fresh mistake. I'll let you make that mistake so you get older and get better. But what Grace McCall did out there, absolutely atrocious. And even beyond Grayson McCall, linebackers that cannot tackle to save their lives, I know Peyton Mooseley walking through that door,

but damn, the squad could have did a better job of tackling than that. Jackson Hozer, after being geeked up on the Georgia Tech win, could probably do a better job tackling a shovel screen than what I saw. I don't think I can. I'm not big enough. I'm just saying. At least we can try. There are seven of us,

there are seven missed tackles on the shovel screen. All I'm saying, If you ain't got it, Brian Smith got it. Somebody got to have it, damn it. Because seven missed tackles on a shovel screen on third and 14, you get what you get. Well, Grayson had 104 yards passing. They had 49 yards rushing as a team. The opponent averaged 5.7 yards per carry, and they're a passing team.

Besides that, Kenton, they have nothing to worry about on the defensive side of the ball. Like, NC State's got a good defensive staff. They do. Yeah, what's crazy is we talked about this the other day. The crazy part is like, I actually still feel really good about our secondary. I mean, we forced Nico into two picks. That part was fine. The bad part is we only really competed for about a quarter, maybe quarter and a half.

And then after that, Tennessee just pulverized us on the ground, mistackle, getting dominated up front, both sides of the ball. Again, the writing was probably on the wall the whole time, but I was just really disappointed the overall effort that we showed. Was it a pretty even fan split in the stadium? Yeah, no, to be honest with you, I think NC State's fan base really did have a good showing. I'd say it was probably closer to like 50-50, maybe like 55-45. It was a good showing, however, didn't exactly help on the field.

Wow, man. Guys, heading into, because Brian, I got to get your take because I think you mentioned with us last week, Brian Smith representing Locked-on Seminoles, that you were very concerned from a Florida State point of view about the Memphis game, which is now coming up this Saturday. Are you predicting a Florida State loss or you think it's going to be a close one? I'll take the Tigers. I don't like Florida State. Wow.

Mike Norbel is going to lose the Norbel Bowl? Here's the reasoning. If you lose to the program you built up, I don't think any of the same players are there, but does that really count as a loss? Well, Florida State gets an L even on the by week because they lost two recruits this past weekend. So they stayed on. One of them was in our building, by the way.

during the Georgia Tech game. Yeah, Florida State loses even when they don't put on a uniform right now. That's pretty hard to do. But congratulations to the Knowles on that. Hey, Ryan, next level, can they cover? It's six and a half right now at Fandall.

Fort of State's favored? Yeah, six and a half. I just looked. I'm picking them to lose outright. Are you kidding? I was just saying they go lose outright. No, way to cover it. That's true.

I mean, bro. Straight up. They can't stop the run. They can't run the football. They're average. You ready for this? This is Florida State's rushing average. 2.53 yards per carry.

Oh. What? I thought we already talked about NC State. Grayson well said, too-shay. But I mean, like, Florida State wasn't playing the balls. No offense to Tech into BC, but Tennessee has way more defensive defensive. Pierce and those guys. I get not running the ball well against Tennessee.

They're legit. But those other schools don't have the same talent. Florida State doesn't have any chemistry. They don't even try. Last week when they played BC, they did not have a first down rushing attempts by running back in the first half. The coaches knew.

I mean, Norvelle, he's a proven play car when he has playmakers. He knew it wasn't going to happen. They just came out throwing with DJ. Okay, no offense, but that's not a good sign. Florida State is in deep, deep trouble. Wow. So what would be your final score prediction

if you had to give us one right down for Memphis, Florida? state. I'm going 31, 24 Tigers. Wow. Go Tigers. The way you're making it seem like I don't even know how Florida States are going to store 24 points. Like, where are these coming from? I think that the game will be a slug fest. They've got more depth than Memphis, but I think

Memphis will control the game. For those who don't know, legitimately, the quarterback at Memphis, Seth Hennigan, is legit. He's good. We're playing the National Football League. It's just one of those weird oddities. They ended up with him. and he's been a four-year guy for him. Like, that is not somebody you want to face and they've got two quality running backs. If you give him a two-way go

and when he could run and pass, he's semi-mobile anyway. Like, he would start it probably out of all the schools in the ACC, there are only three or four he wouldn't start at, and that's iffy. Cam Ward's like the only one definitely, I think, is better just pure talent and all that. And Florida State's not playing good.

So, you know, if it's in question, I always go with the team that's got the better QB. anyway. Wow. Who knew? Yeah. Who knew holding on to a quarter of a week. Yeah. Oh, go ahead. Sorry. So when is Florida State going to win a game? Let's talk about this ranked on ranked matchup. Come on, Donnell.

Get us to the ranked on ranked match. Hold on a second. When is Florida State going to actually win a game? If they don't beat Memphis, the following week, they got Cal at home. Then they got at SMU. And I know SMU hasn't looked very good, but like, that's still a road game. It might be a win. Are you thinking what I'm thinking right now? And then you got Clemson at home.

Where's your wing coming? No. Maybe against Florida. Maybe. They got to beat SMU. They got to beat SMU. You got to be ESMU. It's added to you and they got a legit quarterback.

I mean, Preston Stone is good, but they can't, they couldn't block us. They, they, that, we be, we do all right. Stone's out. You got benched. Florida states average in 2.53 yards per carry. And DJ Owey Youngle is your quarterback. Show me where the offensive production is coming from, Kenton. I, you know, I normally don't like to say, I normally don't like to say this, but I got to say, that's fear on the hell.

It got to mean something. They got to mean something to you. You got to think so. But right now, I mean, three, oh and four, oh and five after SMU, Clemson at home. That's a loss. You're at O and six. And then you're going to Duke. Oh, and six.

I'm like, Jay. Jay. No way they're O and six. Like, that cannot happen. It can't happen. It can't happen. If it does, we can all come on here and just make fun of it for a half hour on the show that week.

Oh, absolutely. Longer than a half hour. Oh, absolutely. That would make me feel good about my walk back. Can't go out to. Live stream if Florida State starts going to put up about it. We got to take a... To quote my wife from last week, she said,

they need to bring old crab legs back. Yes. Oh, come on, man. Come on, man. Hey, listen, James is all a lot of eligibility, but how the hell is DJ you not? Because, I mean, if y'all learn anything else, if you learn nothing else from the squad this week, please, college coaches, please, stop messing around with one-year rentals. Stop it. I get it.

No, no, no, no. See, here we go. We got Kyle McCord in Syracuse. We got Kyle McCord and Syracuse are one-year rentals. Okay. not just fine. You just don't have the right guy. It's okay. And who let's not have the right guy. But we start off the show talking about Maxion because of who? A one-year rental. Grayson and I are talking about a quarterback that can't hit a damn stickoff because of who?

A one-year rental. DJ you got Brian Smith out here silent because of who? A one-year rental. I'm sorry to tell you. Like I said, if you got a rental quarterback, he's going to be talking about rental cars and Enterprise next year. No. We need to get to a quarterback that's been in the store. system. But it's not, it's not about that. DJ you, what is DJU ever done to make you think that he would be good as a one-year rental? Here's the thing. DJ you look serviceable at Oregon State. He didn't look great. He looked good enough. He looked good enough to say. He had a great offensive line. He

had Damian Martinez as a running back. That's why he looks serving. Exactly. And he also is a DJU says hello. Okay, but, but other than that, there are still plenty of players that are one-year rentals that we've seen in the ACC or that left the ACC that completely pissed down their leg. I'm sorry if you can't get them for two years, unless you're paying top, top, top-dollar, leave it the hell alone. Listen, it's also possible. One-year rentals are lemons. Some of y'all's one-year rentals are lemons. But Jackson and I, we're going to start quoting stepbrothers to each other. Do we just become best friends? My army hasn't beaten an FBS team who will still have a coach in November.

Let's watch. I think with NC State, they just don't have their guy. I don't think it's the same thing with Florida State. They just don't have their guy. Like to sit here and be like, well, it's a one-year rental. That's obviously the problem. That's not true. I mean, Cam Ward's

at Miami. He's bawling. We already talked about Kyle McCord to start the show. He's bawling. They're both one-year rentals. They're gone. They're doing great. That's true. Those guys are just good. And then Grayson McCall is not very good. DJs also not very good. Is Joe Burrow good? Was he good?

What are you doing year one to comparison in the year two? He was 53. He was pretty good in that year one with LSD? Was Jordan Travis good? What are he doing year one in compared to year two or three at Florida State? I'm sorry to tell you. The math is there. Justin Fields, Cam Newton, etc.

They're the exception. The rule by and large. I didn't say Justin Fields and Cam Newton. I said Kyle McCord and Cam Ward. And there's the exception. examples of one-year rentals. Because I can name guys all year long like Brennan Armstrong, who's looked completely terrible. I can give you guy after guy after guy that doesn't look good in year one. My point is that it's not about the one-year rental. It's about is he actually good

or is he actually bad? Now, if they're not a one-year rental, maybe they have a little bit longer of a leash, like a guy like Joe Burrow, who took a little bit more time to develop or Jordan and Travis. But for Kyle McCord and Cam Ward and Cam Newton and all those other guys, they're one year and they're looking really good. All right, friends, K, Kenton, Kenton, I'm sorry to cut you off. But I feel like at some point you're going to reach through that screen. You're going to try to punch Jackson in the face. Absolutely.

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that's LinkedIn.com slash locked on college to post your job for free terms and conditions apply. Well, it was a tough one for the ACC when Kenton and Grayson's Wolfpack got beaten 51 to 10 by Tennessee. I'm hoping we don't have a repeat of that, guys, when Boston College, who is ranked now, 24th ranked Boston College, plays at Missouri, and the Missouri Tigers are 17-point favorites in this game, guys. whoever wants to take this one first can take a stab at it. What does Boston College have to do to pull off the upset? As someone who's just humbled on a national stage, I'm a little bit worried for the Eagles.

I think you will see that discrepancy between SEC and ACC talent. I think Missou might just overwhelm them from the gate. I think they do have that type of talent. I don't know how they're going to be able to cover Luther Burden. I think he might go crazy in a game like this one, but I would love to see Boston College be able to compete. at least for a little while. Show us something that can prove that maybe you are a lot better than people believe that you are.

Maybe you can make a little bit of a run in the ACC. But all in all, I'm a little worried that the Eagles might have some Wolfpack treatment coming their way. The only, I got the game plan, okay? I got the game plan. Get to Mizzou's team hotel, kidnap Luther Burton and Eli Drinkwitz. Don't let either one get on the bus. Don't let either one get on the bus. And you'll be just about.

Coach Drink, if you keep him away from that team, You keep Luther on, you know, hold him for the game. You know, like, what was it? Was it Celtic pride? Was the movie with Damon Wayne's where they got like that? Just hold them for the game afterwards, let them go. But, yeah, this is going to be bad. This is going to be bad.

And here's the thing. I'm going to say this, because I know everybody likes to pretend like I hate everybody in the ACC since 90s State. I hope that I'm wrong. I love Castiano's. And everybody knows if Boston College has a shot, Castiano has to put on not a good performance. He has to be Herculane.

He has to be special. He has to be different. He has to be him, as Jackson Holder said about his quarterback. He has to be the best player on the field by a mile. It cannot be close. Now, can he? I'm not sure. I'm not sure about that.

But the fact that there's even a doubt in my mind bodes well for Boston College. Because, again, Thomas Cascianos is, he's very special in my opinion. I think this is the first time where we really start to see what exactly the factor of the O'Brien, the Bill O'Brien of it all is as they go on the road here. And also jumped out out of nowhere to me that Missouri is sixth in the nation right now. But I think we really start to learn exactly how big a deal this coaching staff is on what's going on at BC. Being on the road just makes this seem so challenging for Boston College, right? And we talked about the big game last week with NC State and Tennessee.

At least you guys had somewhat of a neutral site set up there. in Charlotte when you're looking at the differences there. But yeah, for this, Boston College going all the way to Missouri, I don't see how they get it done. Columbia is a miserable place, too. It's about four hours up the road for me. It's awful. Yeah, I'm pretty much in agreement with everyone.

Kenton was mentioning kidnapping some players. I mean, I was going to go with good old-fashioned prayer. I mean, you just pray that you win. And hopefully it works. I mean, but to Kenton's point, I honestly agree with him on this. I'm not a believer in BC's quarterback, just to be perfectly honest with everyone.

But if there's ever a game that you're going to prove me wrong, this is the game to do it. I'm not saying that he's got to leave Boston College to a win. Can you at least be good? Like, can you cover the spread? I think it's like a 17 point game. I think that's what the spread is right now. I want to see Boston College's quarterback look really good

against a team that they probably are not going to beat. But hey, if you're a BC fan, you can look back at the game and be like, hey, at least we had a chance maybe in the fourth quarter. That would be what I would be hoping for. They need to get him on the outside edge where he can be a playmaker. If he has to throw from the pocket all day, BC has no chance. That's over. Yep. Yeah.

Hey, we got a basketball game going on too. Yukon's going to Duke, man. That's going to be a great basketball game. I can't wait to watch it, honestly. And the backyard bra. We got Pitt in West Virginia, man. That's going to be big this weekend. I'm excited for that.

You know, I look at that game and I see it like this. Has Pitt not already beat multiple teams out of the Big 12? Have they not already shown themselves to be a team? So I'm calling Drake Toll and company out. If we find a way, if Pitt finds a way, now, Dozie gets it done in the backyard ball. I want to have Drake Toll on the squad. I don't want to have to, or we can go over there. We can go over there and get, as they say, walk in your trap.

We could do that the big trail to squad. We can make it clear. We the actual squad since I want to talk, y'all talk over there. Are we really going to have a battle for who is the third best conference in college football right now? Is that really what we are right now? We're going to have a battle for third place. Jason, you were just battling match. Yes, I will take turn.

What are you talking about? Listen, I'm not here to, ready to storm the castle and everything like that. I mean, like, I believe we're the third best conference, but I'm not going to storm the castle. Who cares about the Big 12? The Pac-12 would love to be the third best conference in the nation right now. We're trying to battle for every dollar we can to survive, brother. We got to take care of this thing. This line is only two and a half.

Come on, pay, let's do work. Let's do the work. Ryan, you tell the Florida State to stop suing the conference? Well, honestly. Honestly, if they lose to Memphis, they should just drop the suit. Like, seriously, like, you're embarrassing yourself. Drop the suit if you lose to Memphis. They might have a lot of reasons to drop the suit after about,

week five or six. Oh, man. In Brian's voice every time he talks on the squad is electric to me. It's like I almost, almost want to see Florida State win a game just so I can see Brian smile. But, you know, as a Miami guy, I, Owen 12 sounds pretty good. Actually, I've just realizing something here,

but Brian had a really bad week last week. Oh, I had a lot of, lot of rates. Every game that I was either a part of, I wanted to know about whatever the team I was interested. and they lost. He covers Auburn, too, just so people know. And that's, I watched that,

watching the quarterback play for Auburn, they're not an Auburn fan, but I was at the game. I'm like, this is hard watch. Like the receivers were on the same page with him at five turnover. So if I go to one of your games, you will lose.

So don't make me back in America. I'm going to stay away from Hard Rock Stadium. No, no, no, no. Stay away. Yes. Far away. All I'm saying is the Lotech Bulldogs said they had a fat hand of you, waiting at Carter-Findley Stadium.

So if you want to go and root for the Bulldogs, I ain't going to stop. You're going to stay far away from Raleigh, my friend. They don't need any help to lose right now. You know what? This week, Syracuse has a buy, but the following week we got Stanford. All right?

So, you know, I'll buy you a Stanford shirt. You know, we'll make you Stanford's number one fan. All right. Long time, Stanford supporter, huge donor, booster, everything like that. He looks kind of like Stanford. Steve.

He seen Stanford. Steve? If you lose to Stanford, then the Kyle McCord train ends. Oh, yeah. I agree with you, but they're not going to lose to Stanford. But they're not going to lose to Stanford. All right, my friends. We've said a lot today.

I enjoy my time here. We even had a debut from JJ Jackson on the squad. JJ, I'm going to make sure your computer is logged in again for next week, so we want to have you back. JJ, awesome work. Isaac from Locked on Tar Heels, Grayson and Kenton from Lockdown Wolfpack, Jackson from Lockdown, Syracuse. I learned today, apparently Kyle McCord is now the Heisman frontrunner, Brian Smith,

Lockdown Seminoles. I am Alex Dono from Lockdown Caines, and we'll talk to you again next week when we reassemble the squad right here on the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day.