Notre Dame. You got Penn State. That's next
Thursday actually. So you got Texas, Ohio State
, Notre Dame, Penn State, the biggest brands
in all of the sport. This is a gem
for us in football. Rarely do you actually see
the biggest brands, not just regional programs, national
programs in the Final Four Chase. Who gets the
early edge? You know what's crazy too is can
we throw back up that graphic because when you look
at it. And this is a conversation about the
bye week, right? The 1st 4 seeds are
out and the last 4 seeds are out. So
I think in college football next year something has to
be changed with regards to seeding. I don't necessarily
know if you want a bye week, OK?
I just want to say that first. Secondly,
pause on that, yeah, because you're saying something
that's incredibly unconventional. It sounds dumb, so make
it intelligent. Why would you not want a bye
week in the NFL you're seeing Patrick Mahomes. You're
seeing the Eagles not chase records because they want a
bye week. And now you're saying you don't want
to buy. You're talking about the NFL. In
college, if you play, you continually get better
. I, I get that they're going to a
season. I mean, if you play every game
of the playoffs and get to the championship game,
you're playing a 17 game season, 16 game season
. So in college, I've always struggled in bowl
games because you have 3 weeks off and you just
don't play, you don't practice. In college,
I'm a firm believer of if you play, the
more you play, the better you'll get. You'll
get the rust off because even the first games without
the biweeks, the first, um, like games
at campuses, there were teams that were rusty.
Like Penn State was rusty in the first half and
then now they're playing really well. So for me
in college, it's all. about going and playing
football. I would not wanna buy if it was
me, and that's all the buy weeks are though
, right? The number one, they always tell
us in the playoffs the hardest game to get is
the very first one, right, because you come
out flat. You, you've been practicing against each
other and all that. So the physicality sneaks up
on you. The speed sneaks up on you.
And then you second half, you're like, OK
, I know what's going on, and sometimes it's
too late. And when you watch these games across
the board, Oregon. Real quick in the mouth
, you know what I'm saying? So when you
have came from playing games to playing a team with
a B, usually that's how it happens, starting
off slow. And then so early as to win
it. Let me get back on track here.
It's gotta be Ohio State. They're the most talented
team in the NCAA. My question mark was their
quarterback Will Howard. How could he handle this offense
? Jeremiah Smith, um, all these guys,
um, offensively, the Weapons that they have,
he's been playing really good as of late. And
so in college, if you have a really good
quarterback that can distribute the ball to really good playmakers
, you paid a lot of money for that offense
. You know what they're doing defensively. My biggest
thing is Ohio State in every single game in the
playoffs, they started fast. They've outscored their opponents
35 to 0 in the first quarter. They have
to continue that. They look like the best team
. They're playing like the best team. All these
Ryan Day haters are in shambles. Oh my gosh
, because they are rolling right now. Early edge
with my bias is Texas, obviously with my analyst
is Ohio State. Now, here's a dilemma for
me, Shady. Ohio State has the worst quarterback
remaining. Period. They have the worst quarterback remaining
and Will Howard, I can confidently say that.
Chase, you said your concern was their quarterback.
My concern is their quarterback. Riley Leonard against with
Notre Dame one, he's been in college for forever
. But um also, you know, you saw
him put a team on his back. They won
because of Riley Leonard yesterday. They didn't have all
these first round. Picks out a wide receiver.
There is no Emekabuka. There is no Jeremiah Smith
. There is no Quinon Jenkins back there. You
won that game because of Riley Leonard. Quinn Ewers
is the most talented quarterback remaining there. Will he
play like it? We got to see it because
Quinn Ewers, you gave us 5 good minutes against
Arizona State. Thank you for those 5 good minutes
at the end of the game. But will he
play like it? We got to see it.
We already know the quarterback from Penn State, he's
. Supposed to be a top 10 pick when he
decides to declare next year. He is the most
physically talented, 6'5, 235. Hugh Jarman to
some degree he is mobile. So Will Howard is
the limiting reactant for Ohio State. So I like
Ohio State, but make no mistake about it,
that quarterback we saw him do it against Michigan.
He can underwhelm, he can underperform. Real quick
, I was noticing, so there's no odds for
Penn State. James Franco was my boy. I
don't think he gonna win it all, huh?
They didn't make the top three. That's tough.
Um, for me, the early edge, Ohio
State. And so you like the quarterback, but
you don't. No. Well, I'll say this
though. The reason why I like the quarterback is
because when you got all this extra help around you
, I don't have to press, right? Texas
quarterback, he gotta play well from the win,
right? Notre Dame. I mean, he,
he does everything for the offense. Ohio State.
I could throw a slip screen and he could take
it 80. How you know that? I watch
him do it, right. So now when I
look at the game, OK, so I could
play in my own shell here and I don't have
to press. I could be Iur. I could
be like Jalen Hurts and get a championship, and
that's what's gonna happen. You look at Ohio State
, they have everything you need. They have defense
. They have offense. They have playmakers. They
have 1st rounders. They got everything you need,
2nd rounders in college football, they have a 3rd
round 4-round draft, it's really, really good.
Sometimes he like the super superstar on the team.
They have those. It's gonna be hard to beat
Ohio State, and they are gonna smoke. You
hear me, right? Where you, I don't
know whatever you got like a like I've never in
my life. I've never liked did drugs ever in
my life. We've had a lot of fucking drunk
on the.