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  1. Muff chin Segment 1 (00:00:00 - 03:42:08) Texas A&M is literally on top with a 5-1 record in the SEC. I ran into Chris Valletta. He is one of our most successful former players. He is in town today with Amplify U, which he helped start. He is one of the real success stories. He was also a pretty good offensive lineman back in the day. Segment 2 (03:42:09 - 16:20:09) We know that this is not a team that can play down. They don't have that margin of error, but they have played very well when they play up. I thought Marcel Reed made some beautiful throws. I am still concerned about short yardage without Le'Veon Moss and Chase Bisontis against the really good SEC fronts they're about to face. Do I wish that they would have played better for four quarters? Sure. Do I wish Conner Weigman and Reed didn't make any ill-advised throws in the red zone? Sure. The reality is that they haven't played a football game in two weeks. They played a non-conference game that they knew they were going to win. When you go up 24-0 a minute into the second quarter, there shouldn't be so much negativity after this game. I have seen some bad A&M teams beat up on patsies, and some good A&M teams come out slow and sluggish. The main thing was to shake off some rust and get your starters out early so other people could play. We saw an eye-opening performance by Malick Sylla, and Mike Elko said it, too. It was from him Cashius Howell and Rylan Kennedy. Could they have played better? Absolutely. Whether they beat Auburn by 17 points or lose that game, I don't think what we saw on Saturday has any carryover effect. I don't think anyone is fooling themselves and thinking that they are going to roll through either of these last two games. They're going to have to grind out wins. I agree with one thing about the penalties: You will not have the same margin for error at Jordan-Hare against Auburn or Kyle Field against Texas. Segment 3 (16:20:10 - 17:06:21) You are playing for an SEC Championship. Forget the playoffs right now. You are two games away from playing for an SEC title for the first time. Segment 4 (17:06:22 - 33:26:01) I want smart people to do the CFP rankings. I don't want dumbasses doing my rankings anymore. If you're incapable of critical thinking and analysis without leaning into your computer models and nonsense, then I don't want you on that committee. I think an element of the computer has to factor in things. It's unlike a pro sports playoff element where you have schedules, divisions and leagues. I want common sense on committees. This guy Warde Manuel with an E... It just throws you off. Drop the E, and instead of picking up the E, pick up some common sense when you're answering questions about the playoff. Why is it that every year, they prop someone up at the head of one of these committees who comes off as completely incompetent and inept? That can't answer simple questions anyone closely following college football can answer. If A&M goes 10-3 and loses the title game, that's the only debate. I'm not looking at numbers. Common sense would tell you that they would be in over Tennessee. Does the committee have the balls to drop teams significantly when they lose? Miami should have dropped like a damn rock because of how they looked all year. Miami lost to Georgia Tech. Miami should have dropped more than Georgia dropped. If Texas loses to A&M, they should drop out of the playoff. They might win a national title. They might come into Kyle Field and win. Beat Alabama in the SEC Championship. They might run it. I think they are more flawed than people think. If they don't beat A&M, I will watch the Texas Longhorns and go, "They definitely look like one of the twelve best teams in the country." But if we’re talking about resume, and you only play two top-25 teams in the country, and you lose to both of them... Versus what other teams in the discussion have accomplished, how can you honestly say they deserve to be in? That is a big if. Texas needs to beat A&M. I do not think that Texas losing to A&M knocks them out of the playoffs. I'm not saying it will. However, if you look into the SEC and start comparing resumes and think that the most you'll get in the playoff is four, how will you put them in over A&M, Georgia, Alabama or Ole Miss? Is Texas a top 12 team? Yes. I'm just saying that these committees have them at three. These teams that haven't beaten anyone, if you take a second loss and you don't have that win, then you should go. We let you in the club, and we were skeptical about the way you dressed, or if your ID was legit or not, and damn it, you proved that we made a mistake. Tennessee has a quality win. Ole Miss has a quality win or two. Alabama has a quality win, and Georgia has a quality win. I wouldn't say A&M has one yet because of how LSU is panning out, but if they beat Texas, they'll have a quality win. There would be only one team in the discussion that doesn't have a quality win. Who is SMU's quality win? I know it's a great story, but is it Disney or college football? A&M can get that quality win in two weeks, but none of it matters unless they take care of business against Auburn. Texas is a 20-point favorite against Kentucky at home. They're not losing that. A&M is a one-point favorite at Auburn at night. This is an Auburn team that beat the brakes off of Kentucky. This is a dangerous game, and we know it. Segment 5 (33:26:02 - 37:56:02) Losing Husan Longstreet‍ is a big loss. You wanted a quarterback in this class and no longer have that two weeks before signing day. That is not a failure on A&M's side. They went all in on a quarterback from California who grew up liking USC. I agree that is a risk, but everything went how it should have. The Collin Klein relationship with Longstreet is incredible. His brother, Kevin Longstreet Jr., is here. A&M is winning big games. USC is a humiliation project every Saturday with Lincoln Riley. Their play on the field has been worse than his brisket. Riley has many Heisman trophies and first-round quarterbacks. More than that, it is Longstreet's hometown team. The Aggie coaching staff could have done nothing more. Based on how it went down, I would imagine this one is over. I am not bitter about it. If Elko had been here last year, I think DJ Lagway could have been here. It is a tough loss. You wish he had done this sooner. Watching a team barely beat a horrifically bad Nebraska team in front of 147 people and flipping your commitment tells me that was going to happen anyway. It is up to the Aggies to adjust. Segment 6 (37:56:03 - 39:20:06) You have to play clean and winning football in Auburn. You have to be tough and physical. That is what Auburn is. D.J. Durkin will have a good scheme. Olin Buchanan thinks he is the worst defensive coordinator ever. He proved otherwise when he was here. Auburn is No. 3 in the SEC in total defense. They are middle of the pack in scoring defense because their offense turns the ball over so much. Isaiah Raikes is over there on the defensive line. Jarquez Hunter is a guy that Texas A&M recruited. Cam Coleman was a longtime commit. It is a toughness check. If you want to be one of the teams left standing that we talked about, this is a game you have to win
  2. Liucci whining Segment 1 (00:00:00 - 12:44:24) I like the current snapshot of where teams are at. It is the most fair. That applies to A&M, Texas and everyone in the top 25. Alabama has really done some stuff. They beat Georgia and beat the crap out of LSU. They lost to Vanderbilt. It was a bad loss, but not nearly as bad as it seemed. I think South Carolina will win out, and that loss for Texas A&M won't look as bad. The Notre Dame loss looked bad when they lost to Northern Illinois, but they will be a College Football Playoff team. When it's all said and done, Notre Dame will be in the top 10. I think South Carolina could win out and be a top-25 team. I think LSU could win out. They have to play Vanderbilt. I think LSU will be ranked. I think Missouri will lose this weekend to South Carolina. Here is one thing I have run into. The Longhorns are saying. “We'll have a win over A&M.” We will get to that. My issue with Texas is if you look at who they have played, you have not played an SEC guantlet. Take pleasure in the fact that the year you came in, Alabama wasn't the greatest Alabama ever. Florida is in the dumps. It's is scheduling. It’s the second week of November and they have played one conference road game. Texas will go to Fayetteville this weekend. That’s it. You are not running a gauntlet. It's the children’s version of American Gladiators. I don’t know what Taylen Green’s status is. The number of backup quarterbacks they have played... That number is up to like five. They lost to a Georgia team that got here asses whipped by Ole Miss. They get smashed into the grass in Oxford but beat the brakes off Texas. Texas played a QB from Yale for four quarters this part Saturday. Don’t worry about a fraudulent run to the SEC title game if you are in Texas. It's about the teams that get left out. They have the gripe. A&M has a direct say in it. If Texas is the third-best team, they will have to prove it. They will play, hopefully, a 9-2 A&M team. As of today, Texas looks like a top-5 team. My issue is if they do beat A&M, it really affects other teams in the conference. If A&M beats Texas, that's a 10-2 Texas team. They are positioned so high, so where do they go? Let's see what the committee does with Georgia and Miami. Neither one will drop out of the rankings. If Texas A&M wins out in the regular season and then loses the SEC title game, it will be interesting to hear the discussion around the playoff. You have two SEC games left, one on the road. Auburn has played everyone close. Their numbers don't match up with their record. It is a dangerous game. Segment 4 (17:13:04 - 33:48:16) Baton Rouge was very wet and rainy. It was treacherous getting there and back. I loved the pregame environment. There was a lot of energy. It fooled me into thinking that LSU was going to win that game. I love "Callin' Baton Rouge." I don't know how I feel about "Neck." I am a sucker for anything that gets the crowd involved. They have fun there. I saw a few fights. Alabama and LSU don't like each other. My biggest complaint is that it is dark everywhere around the stadium. The area is not well-lit, which adds to the mystique and aura. It was plenty safe, and everybody was nice. The sound system was not as clean and crisp as at Kyle Field. Tiger Stadium is ten out of ten. Kyle Field and Neyland Stadium are also ten out of ten. Neyland is my favorite outside of Kyle Field. We saw Williams-Brice at its best for a given game. Year in and year out, where are the best environments? It is Tuscaloosa, Death Valley, Neyland and Kyle Field. Remember when we used to say The Swamp? Before the game, I thought it was very electric. It was SEC Saturday night football, and Alabama and Jalen Milroe were going to have to be a great team to win. LSU was not a great team at A&M. Georgia was not a great team at Ole Miss. Texas A&M could not go in and beat South Carolina. I didn't think Alabama would be able to do what they did. I thought LSU would not let Jalen Milroe run on them. All I heard from LSU fans was that the only reason they couldn't stop Marcel Reed was because they weren't prepared for him. They had a bye week to prepare for a guy that you don't have to study up on much to know what he will do. Milroe ran for almost 200 yards. He ran from the beginning to the end. Alabama beat the crap out of LSU, and a big part of it was that they could not tackle Milroe, and Garrett Nussmeier was turning the ball over. LSU is like a lot of the SEC in that they are not great. They are a tick down. They are fortunate that LaNorris Sellers got hurt. They would be sitting on four losses if he did not. LSU fans are starting to recognize that. They can't fire Brian Kelly. They got so mad at me for thinking he pursued the Michigan job. I heard he was and still think he did. How much longer does Sherrone Moore have there? Michigan would be doing LSU a favor. Last year, everyone got very defensive about that. This year, LSU fans would tell him to go. Kelly is better than what he gets credit for. They are getting fed up in Baton Rouge. We have been there. It is hard to see Alabama losing another game. They are probably 10-2 with wins over Georgia, South Carolina and LSU. They are in the playoff at 10-2. Auburn is an interesting player now. Can they disrupt anything by playing both Texas A&M and Alabama? They could be a spoiler. Texas A&M at 10-2 is in the SEC title game. They would have one conference loss, and Texas would have two. We are in year one of Mike Elko, and they will go into their final two SEC games in the top 15 and one win away from tying your best conference record since joining the league. You will play a final game for a berth in the SEC title game for the first time. You will play Texas in your final game of the regular season for a shot at ten wins and a playoff berth. That is what makes this Auburn game so massive. It gives you a sense of unease. At the same time, you know the team Texas A&M has had all year. They have been the better team. That stands in the way of setting everything up for the Texas game. If the Longhorns are that good, they will beat A&M, win the SEC title game, and win playoff games. Here is what I think is likely: Texas, Alabama, Ole Miss, Georgia and Tennessee could all end 10-2. Texas A&M would either be 11-2 or 10-3. One SEC team would be in at 11-2. You would have four SEC teams at 10-2 and Texas A&M at 10-3 because they went to Atlanta. Of those five, maybe three get in. Definitely two, maybe three. The champion would already be in. A couple of teams out of those five would probably be left out. The committee will have really tough decisions. A one-loss Indiana is getting in the playoff even if they lose by thirty to Ohio State. What have they done? I think it is a great story. Michigan is 5-5. I said they would lose four or five games. I was wrong. They are worse than that. I said Oklahoma would lose at least five games. I was way off. Brent Venables is not the guy. I was right about that. They won't fire him this year. Brent Venables, Billy Napier, Sam Pittman and Mark Stoops could be on the hot seat next year. Florida does not have much of a chance. Scott Stricklin has his hands full down in Gainesville right now. Segment 5 (33:48:17 - 43:00:18) I don’t think A&M has shown enough for me to say that A&M is the best team in Texas, especially in light of what happened at LSU this weekend. That said, I don't think Texas has shown that they are better than A&M. I think they are a more balanced team because of playmakers in the run-and-pass game, stability and quarterback experience. Both defenses are really good. Texas looks like they have an elite defense, but they haven't played a real offense yet. A team Texas would not like to run into would be Ole Miss. Based on what I see, I'd put Ole Miss first in terms of offense in the SEC and Texas second. Jalen Milroe of Alabama is a problem when he's running around, and you don't have an answer. But we've seen them struggle this year. I think they're trending up, but I would put Texas at No. 2 and Alabama at No. 3. I think the wildcard is A&M. It's hard to put them ahead of Georgia, but they got their asses whipped by Ole Miss. Ole Miss lost to Kentucky. Ole Miss lost to LSU. Alabama got beat by Vanderbilt and Tennessee. Ole Miss' loss against Kentucky at home is probably the worst in the SEC, Arkansas on the road is probably No. 2, Vandy on the road for Alabama is probably No. 3 and A&M blown out by South Carolina is No. 4. Why is Ole Miss' loss against LSU not as bad as A&M's loss to South Carolina? It might be. There is a real chance that South Carolina will be ranked ahead of LSU at the end of the season. They have to beat Clemson. That's not easy, but I think they will. Segment 6 (43:00:19 - 50:31:27) I don't see a world where the Big Ten doesn't get four teams in the playoffs, which is crazy to me. Unless Ohio State loses to Indiana and Michigan, it is hard to see them not getting four in. The gap is less than it has been in years past. Is Indiana undefeated with an SEC schedule? Texas A&M is probably undefeated against Indiana's schedule. If the Big Ten gets four teams in, then Boise State will make five, Notre Dame will make six, the SEC Champion will make seven, the ACC Champion will make eight, and the Big 12 Champion will be nine. The SEC would have to claim those other three spots to get four in. What if BYU goes 12-0, which is likely, and then loses to Colorado in the title game, which is possible? Does a 12-1 BYU miss out on the playoff for a 10-2 SEC team that, in theory, could be the fourth-best team in the league? Does a 12-1 BYU get left out for a 10-3 Texas A&M? They should, but do they? One of the SEC teams at 10-2 should probably be punished, say a Texas team that is 10-2. They would never put a 12-1 BYU over a 10-2 Texas. Fairly, why wouldn't you? Texas would have been 0-2 in their only ranked games. What about a 10-2 Tennessee that lost to Arkansas? Miami's loss greatly improved the SEC's chances of getting a fourth team. If SMU and Clemson play for the title and Miami sits it out, then the league could be a two-bid league. That would be shameful. I think it will ultimately shake out where the SEC gets four teams in. Alabama and Ole Miss won't be left out at 10-2. The SEC Champion will be in. Texas is going to get in. If it is A&M and Tennessee in the title game, you will get four SEC teams in the playoff. They won't leave out a 10-2 Texas. What if Ole Miss gets to the SEC title game and loses to Texas? They would be 10-3. Are they getting left out? What if Alabama gets into the title game and loses? This is not just a Texas A&M thing. Greg Sankey might have a fight on his hands. In my opinion, the SEC will never give up the SEC Championship game. It makes too much money. If you give both participants automatic bids to the playoff, the Big Ten would want the same thing. There could come a world where a four-loss team is in the playoff because they were a three-loss team and lost in the title game
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