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out. show next January out

1:01

So right after the 3rd. So right after are

1:03

you prepared for what that show is

1:05

going to be? prepared for what

1:07

that show is missing something. Because we're

1:10

missing something. Oh, juice is gonna be

1:12

going to be overseas somewhere. yeah, we

1:14

might never, this might be our

1:16

last time we time we see Mark. What? can't

1:18

can't home, dude. Home, dude. Oh, damn. how

1:20

you feel about the feel a whole

1:22

family. I got a whole family. I

1:24

got a whole family. the first person I've

1:26

ever met this and I'm going

1:28

to Tokyo this Hey going to Tokyo. Well,

1:30

hey, yeah, boy, be gonna You

1:32

feed me feed the flesh some

1:35

of that that. of that top

1:37

nice top nice wag you be. Oh, you know, I

1:39

the American wagyu like you

1:41

and wagoo a couple times. It

1:43

ain't No, no, no, It's getting right

1:45

next door. times. know what I

1:48

mean? That real wagyu, you know?

1:50

getting there? next days.

1:52

know, I mean, that real wag Tokyo, going

1:54

to Kyoto. know, It's, it's

1:56

like 14 hours from days. Oh, that's

1:58

it's a time. I know. All

2:01

right. All right. Well, we're going to miss

2:03

you. Have fun. Come on. I'll carry on.

2:05

year, triple option in Tokyo. Yo, I'm sitting

2:07

here looking at, I'm sitting here looking at

2:09

the the like, it's like. 14

2:11

hours ahead, I'm like, I'm have to wake

2:13

up 1 .m. Like a .m. to watch these,

2:15

you know, playoff games on the first, I'm

2:17

like. I might be up

2:20

all night. I might not be,

2:22

but, be, know? the time confusion.

2:24

It should be fun. right, let's

2:26

talk college football playoff, all right?

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2:42

of look ahead to what's lurking. The

2:45

Monday of MLK weekend, the

2:47

national championship game, both of

2:49

you guys won national titles.

2:51

How did those titles, I'll

2:53

start with you mark define

2:55

your career? I

2:58

think it just, it's the ultimate. It's

3:01

the ultimate achievement to win a national championship and

3:03

to be able to do that as a team,

3:05

to be able to, you know I

3:07

had a bunch of individual success, but

3:09

it's only because I had a great team

3:12

through team success. But it defined my

3:14

career because it's just the ultimate goal, man.

3:16

It just kind of validates you, man.

3:18

You go out there and you have a

3:20

great career, you're on a great football

3:22

team. And you're able to accomplish

3:24

the ultimate goal of winning the national

3:26

championship, being the best team in the

3:28

nation, being the number one team and

3:30

holding up that crystal ball. It's just

3:32

validation. It's just certification that you can't

3:34

hate on me. You got appreciate me

3:37

and you got elevate because, you know

3:39

mean? We did this and we ain't

3:41

new to this. We true to this.

3:43

I did one of them coach got

3:45

three of them. So man, we just

3:47

got the Natties on deck over here.

3:49

We certified, we official. And as much

3:51

as you want hate. You can't, because

3:53

we done did that. You know what I'm talking

3:55

about? I

3:57

started every year of

4:00

Bill Parcell has had a great video

4:02

where he held his ring and he

4:04

said, the moment you win a national champion

4:06

or championship it's like a blood transfer.

4:08

Your officially brothers rest your life. I would

4:10

use that in my team meetings every,

4:12

at the start of every season, that the

4:14

one, you know, one of the great

4:16

things, you know, Mark Ingram goes back to

4:19

Tuscaloosa with his family. He goes gets treated

4:21

like Mark Ingram, like a Heisman trophy.

4:23

We're like a national. I love that about

4:25

that. The players, I would actually have

4:27

a locker for all the guys that played

4:29

in the NFL. They you know, you

4:31

know, the right ears back in the day,

4:33

the Zeke Elliott's they come work out and

4:35

I want him back They should not be

4:37

worried about caring to work out here. They

4:40

have their own lockers I just think that's

4:42

one of the great things about when you

4:44

put your heart and soul into something to

4:46

be able to come back And here's the

4:48

reality when I was at Florida the one

4:50

team that was always back was the 1996

4:52

team You know why they're the national champion.

4:54

They're everywhere. I'd see the former players coming

4:56

back. You know who's not around the players were

4:59

on bad teams. You You never see them.

5:01

Well, why would you come back? You know, your

5:03

son's gonna say, dad, did you play for

5:05

Florida? We're you know, what'd you do? Why

5:07

didn't doing it so let's move

5:09

on. But that's a hard reality.

5:11

The ones that come back all

5:13

the time. are the teams that win.

5:15

Yes, yes. And I used to wear

5:18

the rings and bang them, you know,

5:20

you walk around and you stack that

5:22

ring on the table and everybody kind

5:24

of looks around. So it's a reality

5:26

that you get the name national title,

5:28

the term national title, after your name.

5:30

That's a game. It's you about defining

5:32

moments, those are defining moments. When you

5:34

win, a championship, you

5:36

walk together forever. But dang

5:38

coach they went on that and

5:40

they just can't come back. Well, they

5:43

come back. They don't want to. what

5:45

Did you play son? Did What Sun

5:47

say, coach? I played in the Citrus

5:49

Bowl, dad. Yeah, did you play at

5:51

Banner? Yeah, we didn't do very well.

5:53

OK. Okay, How was your career, dad,

5:55

while we come? Where's your trophy at?

5:57

Dad, where's your trophy at? Yeah, right. Participation

6:00

Hey, where's your picture at? What's

6:02

your son? Mark, what you know

6:04

I'm talking about Mark, what do

6:06

you go about? Who's around? Oh

6:08

my goodness. The championship teams

6:10

yeah championship teams

6:12

the championship players on championship teams.

6:14

Because they're so of that and they

6:16

see their brothers. And this is is kind of

6:18

cool too. Whenever you see you see a

6:20

team together, there's together, there's

6:23

hugs. there's hugs. Yes. And

6:25

that's sports. And rightfully

6:28

so. so. Just love that. Yeah, and that, love

6:30

that. Love your ring? Where's your

6:32

ring right now? know Coach travels

6:34

with his collection of rings all

6:36

over the place. right now? I upstairs all

6:38

in my closet, next to his collection of

6:40

rings all over the there in the yours? Upstairs

6:42

in should go get it real

6:44

quick. to I Yeah, mean? I should should

6:46

go get it quick. quick. gonna the

6:48

us the time. I'm gonna save

6:50

us the time. Like a word next

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had Wendy's nugs dipped in sauce, right, Mark? You've

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had the Wendy nugs sauce? I've had them, and

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I like them. All right. had them all

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9:25

are eight are eight programs left

9:27

fighting for one of these these

9:29

one of those one championship rings

9:31

that both of you guys own

9:33

the big one of course both to

9:35

be guys goes down in Pasadena

9:37

the going to be What goes down in Pasadena the Rose

9:39

the early line favoring one seed

9:41

by the a half favoring the buck eyes of

9:43

the big talking points of course

9:46

coach will be the big the

9:48

rematch of course coach the long right but for

9:50

layoff a month almost a month long how How

9:52

does does one try to get

9:54

their program back back in gear after one

9:56

of these extensive types. type layoffs

9:58

away from real? football? I

10:00

think there's two points here. Number one hit

10:03

it quickly because I've been asked a lot, how

10:05

do you beat, is it hard to beat

10:07

a team twice in a season? You don't really

10:09

know that's happened only a handful of times.

10:11

I think get used to it though, with this

10:13

12 team playoff, there's a chance you could

10:15

play a team three times in the season. So

10:17

we're about to find out how hard it

10:20

is because really, I sure it's hard, but but

10:22

I does it change the

10:24

way you game plan? No, you try to

10:26

win the game. The only thing that does

10:28

give you a little familiarity, for example, how

10:30

to stay better, they'll have a better feel

10:32

for the juice at the wide receiver for

10:34

against. that's number one. Number two, Lou Holtz,

10:36

this is really cool. Lou holds gave me

10:38

the greatest advice. He

10:41

was like a walk, he's like

10:43

a walking encyclopedia. I would call

10:45

him nonstop and he would spit

10:47

out answers. Mark, was phenomenal. My first

10:49

time we, we we beat, we

10:51

beat Arkansas in the SEC championship

10:53

game in -6. We have a month

10:55

to get ready for the national

10:57

title game ironically against Ohio State.

10:59

First guy I call Lou Holtz. Here's

11:02

his advice, number two, two things. He

11:04

said, number one, remember that game is not

11:06

played till January 8th at 7 p .m.

11:08

He reminded me for the next four

11:11

weeks, he said, you don't want your players

11:13

to apex until January, whatever it is,

11:15

January 8th at 8pm. So I would put

11:17

that in bold letters right in front

11:19

of my office on a big whiteboard in

11:21

Sharpie. January 8th, 8pm, because you don't

11:23

want to get them too high, too low.

11:25

The second thing is your team is

11:27

in a routine. Keep in that routine. So

11:30

that's exactly what I did for three

11:32

to three weeks. did a Tuesday hard

11:34

practice full pads, much less than

11:36

what we did during season. Wednesday

11:38

was the third down red zone.

11:40

Thursday was the scripted series. Friday

11:42

was a walkthrough. And then Saturday,

11:44

I then hadn't get up in

11:46

the morning and we just quick, but

11:48

we went through a game day routine

11:50

because players are routine. They, they love

11:52

a routine Coaches routine. So every week

11:55

we just obviously it much, we didn't,

11:57

we didn't beat them up at all.

11:59

So our players. told me to the

12:01

day they, the reason they played so

12:03

well in those national championship games, we

12:05

stayed on a routine for the next

12:07

three weeks. Yeah, guys to stay on

12:09

a routine but. But on the thing about

12:11

how hard it is to beat the team twice,

12:13

it it is, it's very difficult because of the

12:15

familiarity that comes with playing a team two

12:17

times, much like the NFL. You NFL. play three,

12:20

your teams, your division twice a year. And

12:22

what do you do? You self scout

12:24

so now Oregon has had as

12:26

much time to prepare their self

12:28

scouting. What gave us issues with

12:30

from Ohio State? What, what Ohio

12:32

State issues? gave us problems. What, what, what

12:34

presented problems that Ohio State were showing us. And

12:36

now we're working on the pressure packages. Oh,

12:39

what have they got better at since we

12:41

played them? Oh, the pressure packages. Oh, packages.

12:43

Oh, um, offensively, um, they're getting the ball

12:45

to their playmakers now. How are they using

12:47

Trey John Henderson, who had a big game.

12:49

So you're self scouting and you're doing the

12:51

things that gave you problems and you're working

12:53

on those. So I

12:56

think the extra time off. especially

12:58

for a good coaching staff and

13:00

a mature. squad like Oregon has, I think

13:02

it's going to benefit them tremendously as

13:04

far as preparation goes. And when you have

13:06

familiar ready playing teams two times, what

13:08

wins the game for you? When you're familiar

13:10

with a team or what they do,

13:12

what wins the game for you? Situational football,

13:14

10 care football. not turning the

13:17

football over, running the football. At the end end

13:19

day, the small things will win this game.

13:21

So that's what you focus on over the

13:23

time period of having a month long break. And

13:25

um, remember, man, when we had that month

13:27

long break, man, because coach me, he had us

13:29

doing good on good, man. I remember going

13:31

back to some training camp practices, man, like one

13:33

-on -ones, Like, I'm like, we was getting after

13:36

it, man. But, But we um, was it, a good

13:38

thing for you as a player, Mark? Like

13:41

he it was a great thing. I

13:43

mean, I didn't know. in the moment, in

13:45

the moment where you like, what are we

13:47

doing? And I hate this. We hated it

13:49

because I had to block Rolando McClain and

13:51

Dante Hightower and like Courtney up. So I'm

13:53

like, these dudes are huge. But at the

13:55

end of the day, it was getting me

13:57

ready for Brandon spikes. who I was going

13:59

against. We coached. Coach Meyer, Carlos Dunlop, all

14:01

these dudes, major right, like you had dudes

14:03

on the other side that if you weren't

14:05

preparing, you weren't going to be ready for

14:08

the game. So going against that good on

14:10

good type of atmosphere, that competitive atmosphere, it

14:12

had us prepared and ready to play the

14:14

game when we had to play Coach Meyer

14:17

and his gators. Here's the reality Mark and

14:19

Rob too is skill sets deteriorate especially with

14:21

the younger player the veteran the old dude

14:23

this played 2000 I used to have a

14:26

competitor I called the 2000 club your junior

14:28

year mark when you play 2000 competitive reps.

14:30

Now it's all about getting you to the

14:32

dance you know your skill sets pretty developed

14:35

but you take that young player. If you

14:37

sit him down and not keep, you know,

14:39

he's going to regress. Yes. That's science. That's

14:41

that happens. Your skill set deteriorates unless you

14:44

practice and get going. So I'd have my,

14:46

you know, I'd have my, you know, the

14:48

Zeke Elliott or whoever had that competitive reps.

14:50

He'd practice, but he'd get one of these

14:53

early. Yeah. Yeah. Where Curtis Sammi was a

14:55

young buck at the time, he needed to

14:57

keep going. because it's science and it's factual

14:59

skill set that is not being utilized do

15:02

what they deteriorate. Wow. So you got to

15:04

keep them going. You got to keep them

15:06

going. On point coach, on point. And again,

15:08

this one, a rematch to the 2015 National,

15:11

excuse me, a rematch to the 2015 National

15:13

Championship game won by Urban and the Buckeyes

15:15

42 to 20 over Oregon and a rematch,

15:17

of course, of that October 12th thriller in

15:19

Eugene, a one point win for the Ducks

15:22

over Ohio State. This is turning into a

15:24

little bit of a robbery in it. And

15:26

you know what? The future is, those are

15:28

the top dollars. You know, Wolverines will be

15:31

back, but those are the top cats right

15:33

now. It's a birth of an. It's a

15:35

birth of an amazing robbery. I mean, a

15:37

one point lost by a high state on

15:40

the road in Oregon. Now you get your

15:42

chance for redemption in a neutral site. This

15:44

is what football is all about. We like

15:46

it. So you're, if you guys are saying

15:49

those are the big two in the big

15:51

10 Penn State with. to have word

15:53

with with you. They absolutely dominated SMU.

15:55

Exactly. So, so they took care

15:58

of SMU a convincing win, a

16:00

pair of picks, six is pair

16:02

of picks six He had

16:04

Franklin. He had been

16:07

just 12 teams at Penn State entering

16:09

teams at Penn State is

16:11

your saucey nug of the week. That

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16:20

So Franklin able to

16:22

get that top 12

16:25

victory over SMU. People

16:27

can say say. on

16:29

was SME really top 12 team. That's

16:31

neither here nor there. had that number in

16:33

front of them. So front of they

16:35

were Penn they were. the win the win and

16:38

I I this, this fiesta Mark, I

16:40

love love to shake in Look at the shaking his

16:42

you shaking your head at? What

16:44

do you at? want to shake your

16:46

head shaking your head at? for it? And want to

16:48

shake your head at? James Does that we want

16:50

to talk about? what? just move on

16:53

to the next topic. fourth All right.

16:55

Well, the I'm going to zone 19 don't

16:57

want grumpy. I don't want grumpy what

16:59

you want to talk about? I'm just move on to the next

17:01

topic. Okay. All right. Well, That's what I

17:03

was gripping. right. Well, I

17:05

want to cheer you up ahead

17:08

of your big trip to

17:10

Tokyo to Tokyo. because the is a game

17:12

that that should like should like because it

17:14

is. It is, it is, there

17:16

are some runners out there, man.

17:18

And of course, course, Ashton Gente, 2 ,497

17:21

rushing yards this season, number

17:23

one in the nation that came

17:25

in second place in the Heisman.

17:27

only needs needs 132 yards yards to

17:29

break single season rush rush record 132? Only 132? And

17:31

Ashton's had some more had, you know, some

17:33

more games, but we saw did

17:35

did running game their the throughout the course

17:38

of the season and clearly what

17:40

they did against did So it It

17:42

like this game is is really

17:44

going to kind of hinge on

17:46

on the running games of these

17:48

two programs, programs, you have three NFL

17:50

backs in this game and I

17:52

love it. it. Talk about

17:55

Ashton Jetty, the Heisman in the closest race

17:57

since you, boy. race since you

17:59

boy, 132 yards. away from breaking Barry

18:01

Sanders record. But Barry it in

18:03

11 games. Let's not write. Let's not.

18:06

But the fact that he temper it a

18:08

bit, but still give him the accolades, much

18:10

props to Ashton Jetty on the season he's

18:12

had. And then you have Caitron Allen and

18:14

Nick Singleton. This is going be,

18:16

if you want watch some football, if you wanna

18:18

watch NFL backs, you wanna tune in for

18:20

this game. And it's cause we've got three legit

18:22

ones who will all be Sunday football players.

18:24

I just super excited for this one because. Is

18:27

Boise State the real deal? We

18:30

have a chance to see. You go,

18:32

you have Pistate. Everyone wants to know.

18:34

Okay, the college football playoff, everyone wants

18:36

to know what what a team like

18:38

Boise like in the playoff? Well

18:40

hey, we get a chance to find out. And

18:42

Peer State is on a roll. They, you know,

18:44

drew out didn't play his best game and they

18:46

still won in the convincing fashion. So. You

18:49

know, we know Boise plays tough on

18:51

defense. We know they're gonna to stop

18:53

and We know. Pistate is going to load

18:56

the box up and try to stop Jetty

18:58

So can the quarterback do what he needs to

19:00

do, make some plays on the outside to

19:02

back this defense up. to give

19:04

Jenti some chance to be able to

19:06

be successful. But, But if I'm a

19:08

football fan, I want to watch this

19:10

game because there's three NFL Sunday running

19:12

backs in this game And you get

19:14

a chance to appreciate that. The love

19:16

for the RB. You know what I

19:18

found interesting? You were saying, you know,

19:21

is Boise State for real? And this

19:23

is an opportunity for them to prove

19:25

that against against a program. Well, every

19:27

time we say that, though, and I

19:29

jumped on that bandwagon too, and then

19:31

I went back as we did the

19:33

Boise State game, the Mount West Conference

19:35

Championship. And on the plane, I downloaded

19:37

Boise against Oregon. early in the season.

19:39

know, I ran wild.

19:41

and there's a lot of people to

19:43

say Oregon a better

19:45

defense in Penn State. So I'm all in.

19:47

I think it's going to be really

19:49

rugged for a to, and I love that

19:51

kid. I mean, just that whole environment

19:53

that we experienced at Boise, that was one

19:55

of the greatest things I've experienced. The

19:58

whole town's there. But the reality is that

20:00

that how many players in the trenches could actually,

20:02

you know, I don't know this, could, can

20:04

hold up and could actually play at Penn

20:06

State. I'd watch, I'd start at the center

20:08

and I'd work my way out and say,

20:10

okay, where's the matchups? Obviously, you're gonna find

20:12

outside a little easier to find because, you

20:15

know, you got Jeremiah Smith, you got the

20:17

freaks out there, you can see that usually,

20:19

but you got to really study it inside

20:21

and I haven't done that yet, but how

20:23

many players, Mark, Boise State. in the trenches

20:25

could play at Penn State. Right. If the

20:27

answer is zero, one or two, this is

20:29

not going to be a good idea. Coach,

20:32

you said, you talked about that first game

20:34

real quick, Stoner, Ashton Gentry, 192 yards, almost

20:36

eight yards per carry. The difference, the quarterback

20:38

play, Mastin, 17 or 40, that's not going

20:40

to get it done versus Penn State. So

20:42

you have to have better quarterback playing this

20:44

game from Boise State. Because we know Genty,

20:46

we know the identity of this Boise team,

20:48

but. When you're in this playoff at this

20:51

stature of the season, your quarterback must get

20:53

you to the next level. So that's going

20:55

to be the key for all these teams

20:57

in the playoff moving forward. And Batson certainly

20:59

has improved from that point. Only three interceptions

21:01

thrown this season. 29 touchdown passes. Just I

21:03

want to go back to one of your

21:05

points, Mark. You say, hey, there's a chance

21:07

for Boise State to prove themselves against a

21:10

program that is nationally recognized like a Penn

21:12

State. Totally get it. What will be interesting

21:14

about Penn State is should they get by

21:16

Boise State? There's still going to be these

21:18

questions about is Penn State really. Good enough,

21:20

right? They're going to be like, oh, well,

21:22

you hosted SMU. Right. Oh, you took on

21:24

Boise State at a at a neutral site.

21:27

You know, I think the questions for Penn

21:29

State will still be there. No questioning. Oh,

21:31

we still have questions for Penn State. We

21:33

still have questions. Understood. And we have questions

21:35

for Drew Allen, because he looks the other.

21:37

That's too early door day. That's why he's

21:39

coming back for another year, right? Yeah, he

21:41

has to. He's not a first runner right

21:43

now. In these type of situations, you've got

21:46

Mark's face. I know, I'm just, you've mentioned

21:48

in the past that they don't have.

21:50

that speed out wide Penn

21:52

You know, that is

21:54

is a a concern for

21:56

them. But their defense

21:58

defense. Top 10, defense in

22:00

the nation nation, a hair

22:03

over 100 yards a

22:05

game. a They've only

22:07

allowed seven opponent rush touchdowns

22:09

all season top 10 top

22:11

10 So the nation. So

22:13

that's kind of strength

22:15

on strength as well,

22:17

right? Like, right? Like, again, Boise

22:20

State's gonna go as far as as

22:22

Ashton run them. them, right? And

22:24

one of the interesting note

22:26

about it, it, the fiestible and Boise State. Yeah

22:28

those those two have a history, 18

22:30

right? ago that years ago, that classic

22:32

win in the festival Coach Oklahoma. friend

22:35

all those took our good friend, all

22:37

those trick Faithful are going to be going to

22:39

be happy to be in Arizona,

22:41

back at the that yeah place is

22:43

going to put a smile on their

22:45

faces not far far for them it's all sure

22:47

for them that's that's a For them, they would go

22:50

They would go anywhere. They don't

22:52

go anywhere. And for sure. and

22:54

So sure a ground. ground Definitely for Boise

22:56

if if Penn State gets by it, there'll still

22:58

be some more question marks. The winner of that

23:00

game, question We'll take on the winner,

23:02

the survivor of winner of a blue

23:04

blood showdown, a blue Dame Notre Dame and Georgia

23:06

one, New Year's Day in the the Sugar in

23:08

New New Orleans. The big talking

23:10

point of this one, of course,

23:12

Mark, is the quarterback situation for

23:14

the Bulldogs. Carson Beck came into

23:16

the season, the season first favorite first round He

23:18

was going to be all gonna be

23:21

all everything A, to and instead he's found

23:23

the other team a lot more

23:25

than most would expect and certainly

23:27

more than Georgia fans wanted. But

23:29

also, it clearly sounds like it be

23:31

available for this game talking

23:33

about surgery options for the elbow

23:35

on his throwing arm. So

23:37

what you're going to bring in

23:40

right now throwing expected you're gonna bring

23:42

Stockton will get his first ever

23:44

is for Georgia and it comes

23:46

in a ever showdown against and it

23:48

comes in a Dame. final showdown

23:51

had this belief seven man, like... Dame.

23:53

I've said it said it before. at

23:55

I was he was a defensive

23:58

he was the defensive coordinator, know I know how - guy

24:00

thinks, I think he's just going to have

24:02

this team being prepared. Then you give Gunner

24:04

Stockton two weeks to prepare as the starter.

24:06

get the starting reps, get the number one

24:08

reps. He came in the game. um,

24:11

and the SEC championship and was efficient. He

24:13

only had three completions had a turnover.

24:15

So look, you clean up the decision making,

24:17

you click, take away the turnovers and

24:19

let your team do what they do. The

24:21

defense, we know how physical they are.

24:23

You know, they've been up and down. We

24:25

they've always say team A or team B

24:27

Georgia comes with team A. I like

24:29

them to win this game versus Notre Dame,

24:32

but Notre Dame is as advertised Their

24:34

defense flies around. They cause havoc.

24:36

They get tackles for loss. They're

24:39

great in the secondary.

24:41

Jeremiah Love 98 -yard

24:43

touchdown run, flu -like symptoms. the

24:47

question is the

24:49

question is well, Riley Leonard,

24:51

can he it? it? I keep

24:53

saying, can letters. bring

24:55

the Irish to the victory. And

24:57

that's what's gonna have to happen for Notre Dame. Riley

25:00

Leonard gonna have to have a huge game. But

25:02

at But end of the end day, I think Kirby smart.

25:04

I just had this belief in Kirby. I think

25:06

he's gonna have his team prepared. I think Gunnar Stockton

25:08

with a week, two weeks to prepare as a

25:10

starter. It's actually kind of like three weeks when you

25:12

think about it, right? Yeah, weeks three weeks. Three weeks

25:14

to prepare as a starter. And he came in

25:16

the SEC championship game at halftime when Georgia was trailing

25:18

six to three. You're

25:20

right. He, His efficiency was good, not

25:22

a whole lot of yards, only 71

25:24

yards passing on those 16 pass attempts did

25:26

have that interception, but I think sometimes

25:28

in those situations, the guys

25:30

around you step up, right? They're like, Oh, Beck

25:33

is gone. Number two is in. I need to

25:35

I need to move. game. to elevate my

25:37

game. I need to bump my game up. and

25:39

coach. And the receivers need to do it

25:41

because they've been dropping pads all year long. And

25:43

And listen, Coach dealt with this. He understands

25:45

what it is. You go back to that 2014

25:47

run, Coach. You did it. with

25:49

your third string quarterback

25:51

in a stressful situation like.

25:55

going to talk to you manage that, coach? football, playoffs,

25:57

playoffs, how do you do that, coach? How do you

25:59

manage that, coach? like not with with the

26:01

second string, but the third third

26:03

string quarterback first of all you did of all,

26:05

you job recruiting first of all right of

26:07

all, did back then you couldn't leave so you had

26:10

leave. So So you don't people don't have

26:12

quarterbacks now because they all leave they're walking the second

26:14

first of all card all, so so talented, but

26:16

everyone, it was one of those next man

26:18

up A lot of people say that

26:20

we lived it and it was really

26:22

cool. was really cool I want to hit something with

26:25

Notre Dame. This is the second talent equated

26:27

that they they played. is shocking because I coached I

26:29

coached at Notre Dame for, I think,

26:31

six years. And I And I remember I

26:33

used to ask, tell me your scheduling

26:35

philosophy when I got there. got there. And

26:37

because of all the the subway are on

26:39

the the go to the they go they play

26:41

the top teams in the east. Back

26:43

in the day, they would play Miami. day they

26:45

Oh, that's the Miami. they played Penn South. They

26:47

East, they play year they played Boston College, but

26:49

the best teams in the east, then

26:51

they go to the south, they play Miami,

26:53

in they play Florida go to the South, they play

26:55

Miami, they play you know, the best teams. Then

26:57

you go out you you play the best

27:00

teams. Then And that was you play philosophy. Here's

27:02

their schedule teams. this is how the changed

27:04

a lot. Obviously they opened

27:06

up with A &M. North

27:08

Illinois, Purdue. Miami, Ohio, Louisville, Georgia

27:10

Tech, Navy, and Florida, Florida, Florida, State, Virginia and SCs

27:12

down. So this will be So this will

27:14

be their only second means now the

27:16

game. That means now the

27:19

difference in the When going to

27:21

be coaching. When you don't play

27:23

games, games, you you know, you

27:25

just don't turn the ball over

27:27

and usually win that game. win

27:30

that they lost one of those. one of

27:32

those. So. I'm just staring at this thing thing

27:34

and is Dame ready for what's going to

27:36

line up across from the other side

27:38

because they have not seen it all

27:40

year since year since And I would say

27:43

I game one, game didn't have what George

27:45

didn't have How would that team react to

27:47

looking across the line of scrimmage? and

27:49

and seeing a big veined up up that they haven't

27:51

seen all year. seen all year? don't know. That's why why

27:54

I'm so because I think Marcus I done a hell

27:56

of a job. I mean, it's fun to watch a

27:58

job. I He's a great dude and all that. but the

28:00

reality is about to set in and I'm

28:02

not saying I don't I don't know

28:04

enough about them. I'm gonna watch more I'm

28:06

gonna watch only this how many teams can

28:08

say that can say year You've only played

28:10

one other team one other similar type players

28:12

that you have players that you have

28:14

only one yeah and they won though they it

28:16

when they played it it when they played

28:18

it they they won it and except didn't be

28:20

yeah they didn't be in the that wasn't

28:22

how to equate it wasn't But they

28:24

will be up for this game

28:26

game. And A&M has a great defensive

28:29

line, man. We talk about those guys that they

28:31

have on the that and they were able to

28:33

win that game. So to they draw from that?

28:35

they draw from on build on they

28:37

do it? We We see. see. We

28:39

shall see. that Notre Dame that Notre

28:41

Dame up big time showed up big

28:44

time against a very good And

28:46

offense. guess what? The Indiana

28:48

offense didn't get on the bus

28:50

to South Bend because they were

28:52

absolutely marginalized and nullified The defense is

28:54

as advertised. 10 tackles for loss,

28:56

3 sacks. Indiana offense could could never get

28:59

anything going. Georgia has never

29:01

lost to Notre Dame. Dame. 3 and 0

29:03

all time versus Notre Dame.

29:05

Two of those wins have come

29:07

with Kirby come with charge. Notre

29:09

Dame seeking their Dame seeking their first ever win

29:11

season. The The The program history. How

29:14

about that? The Fighting Irish

29:16

got a chance a chance, man. I'm I'm

29:18

getting excited again. again. As you

29:20

should, as you should be. and

29:22

Notre Dame, they a shot against the

29:24

the Bulldogs, man. Let's go. Coach, real quick,

29:26

I'm real quick, I'm curious your

29:28

take on game the with the

29:30

quarterback change. I I want you from

29:32

the Notre Dame side real fast.

29:34

So fast. So comes in. Again, in again.

29:37

Again, limited numbers this season,

29:39

but if you go back to

29:41

his high school numbers, and again,

29:43

I know we're talking high school

29:45

numbers here, but this cat can

29:47

run. He's got legs, numbers here, but this

29:49

yards rushing. He rushed for 77.

29:52

rushed for 77 touchdowns. Suzzy Yeah, that

29:54

is a bonus a bonus nugs. So

29:56

he is much more of

29:58

a of a nimble. running

30:00

type quarterback compared to a to a Carson Beck.

30:02

couple of thoughts. thoughts. is really cool stuff,

30:04

stuff, right, first thought about him being

30:06

a runner. him I don't know who's behind

30:08

him. know who's behind Jones

30:11

took over, we had, we were done. we

30:13

I had I had a jail and my H was was

30:15

a quarterback. a We, every six Every practice,

30:17

I'd stick I'd in Marshall and, you know, you

30:19

in case Cardell got hurt, you can't

30:21

just stop the game. the game. got to keep

30:23

playing. So I don't know. I'm not

30:25

aware. I'm going to look that up. What's,

30:27

what's behind him? If you don't have

30:29

a guy behind him, you can take those

30:32

rushing stats and cut him in half.

30:34

They're not going to run him very much.

30:36

not And you can't because that's not fair of

30:38

the team, but you got to win that damn

30:40

game. And I used to yell at not gonna he

30:42

would scramble. I'd be screaming from the sideline, get

30:44

down, get down, get down. very much. A little little

30:46

bit like when a player gets his first

30:48

start in basketball, the first

30:51

you know, the adrenaline is first shot,

30:53

what always happens. always happens it

30:55

It goes it hits the back

30:57

of the the rim or the and it off

30:59

hard hard everything you're, so we're

31:01

getting ready. Cardell Jones to make his

31:03

first start against Wisconsin in

31:05

the big 10 championship game Big

31:07

we're thinking it through game and game

31:09

plan, it through our game we did

31:11

not have one pass in the

31:13

offense between the the hash marks. everything

31:16

was was on the outside. because what's what's

31:18

a quarterback doing it mean, this kid's

31:20

going to be out of his

31:22

out mind. freaking mind. First he's nervous. be The

31:24

adrenaline's pumping. He's going to going

31:26

to He's going to sail some balls. to

31:28

sail some a ball on an sail a a

31:30

corner an outcut or a fade, you know where

31:32

the ball goes, right? the ball goes, of

31:34

bounds. of bounds. happens when you let one

31:36

sail on a square end or a

31:38

crossing route? route? It's It's called

31:40

interception. So if you go you go back

31:42

and watch that, know, I'm not in the game not

31:44

in the game for for Georgia. I

31:47

would not play that game at all

31:49

between I'd keep I'd keep that sucker on

31:51

the outside. It's certainly in the first

31:53

half, let him calm down Because that, you don't lose

31:55

the you don't lose above, you don't

31:57

lose games because it can play passes. passes.

32:00

You're going to lose that game if he throws

32:02

a pick. if he throws a peck. whole half to takes

32:04

think it takes a whole half to calm down?

32:06

it I don't know the player, to but calm down? I

32:08

don't it was a whole game. the cardel, And you

32:10

know, a ever game. start. what You know can remain to start?

32:12

down? what else helps calm him down?

32:15

A run game. A game. So Trevor ETN will

32:17

have have to have game of

32:19

best game of the season. to control the

32:21

line of to control the but to

32:23

but to help quarterback. Was his first

32:25

start. in the the biggest moment. ETN

32:27

member missed a couple of

32:29

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32:31

rib injury of for the injury

32:33

game 87 yards championship game 87

32:36

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32:38

running to wrap up this Notre

32:40

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32:42

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32:44

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32:46

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32:48

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32:52

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32:54

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32:57

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games right now. We're going to start

36:35

with... games Bowl, We're Penn

36:37

State, Boise State, the

36:39

Nittany Lions. the sitting there

36:41

as the sitting seed. number six

36:44

seed, a mark by by 10

36:46

points. the Boise over the Boise

36:48

State Broncos. 10 points spread

36:50

in of of the Nittany Lions. feel

36:52

right, too big, too small. think

36:54

I think it's the right number. I think

36:56

it's the right number. right I think I think

36:58

gonna cover. cover Penn State. Listen, man, like,

37:00

I still got questions about Penn

37:02

State, questions about at State, right? the day,

37:05

I think the At the end of the day,

37:07

I think the difference play. the quarterback to

37:09

When you get to these moments, I keep

37:11

saying your quarterback, you you have to have a

37:13

a at the quarterback position. And I just

37:15

will lean will lean this, in this game,

37:17

obviously. boys to stay with Ashton

37:19

Gentie. They had their hands full. He

37:21

went for 197 yards on Oregon earlier this

37:23

year, so they are very much capable.

37:25

But at the capable. end of the day, Um

37:29

the quarterback battle, I think that's the difference.

37:31

I'm not saying I believe all the

37:33

way in Drew Aller, but I believe in

37:35

him more than I do I Boise

37:37

State. So I think

37:40

I got, I got, I got, got, got,

37:42

um, I got I I Penn State covering this one because of

37:44

their defense. I think they're going to they're going think

37:46

they're going to try to load up the box,

37:48

stop to try to load think they're going to put pressure gentie.

37:50

I think they're make to put pressure on mass you know, make a

37:52

lot of decisions, put him in tough predicaments. So

37:54

I think they're going to be ready to roll.

37:56

And I think I got Penn think I got this

37:58

one. covering in this one. Yeah, common sense

38:00

tells you State will cover. the problem

38:03

is is I just go back and well, you you

38:05

just many many players Boise State recruited by

38:07

Penn Penn State? And I I always go

38:09

back to know, know, and mono, especially

38:11

up front and the reality is

38:13

that I've watched Boise you take out, I'm

38:16

I'm not sure how good are, and

38:18

Gente's a freaking manster, you know, he had had one

38:20

opportunity against a big dog and

38:22

that was Oregon. They did it

38:24

did it. However, I I just think this

38:26

game will be extremely close close at

38:29

halftime, close and I think I wear and

38:31

tear on the big dogs up front by Penn

38:33

State by Penn State on line will wear them out. line will

38:35

by the time the fourth quarter time the I think

38:37

they'll cover, games, I but it won't be until the

38:39

fourth quarter because I think they'll just wear them

38:41

out a little bit. because I think they'll just

38:43

on big bodies bit. Coach, big

38:45

bodies leaning on big bodies, eventually give your

38:47

days when you had

38:49

to neutralize a a running

38:51

back, And we know know State is is built

38:53

on the run game of Ashton What are

38:55

some of the the quick little things

38:57

that you would do defensively that do You're

39:00

going to say to yourself, guys, this guy, yourself

39:02

guys, not going to beat us. is not

39:04

gonna two things. There's one, you

39:06

can stop the run game one, you can

39:08

the guy, game. And now, just break

39:10

tackles, which O, B, can just break tackles, he

39:12

will have. which he does. He will there'll

39:14

be one extra person will play one

39:17

high the entire game, one extra person. Penn

39:19

State they're going to stop. They're going

39:21

to stop, to throw the football. However.

39:23

to throw the Everybody's done that and

39:25

this kid's that good that.

39:27

you see him his that good that

39:29

he, you see gave us post contact yard

39:31

ridiculous us a 800 yards. It's the country

39:33

More than any other runner in the paper has

39:35

a much better player has a much

39:37

other than Oregon on paper. than other than

39:39

Oregon on number one thing one thing is you,

39:42

you an extra hat in the

39:44

box. The number two thing is

39:46

line movement. movement. And that's, you know, you

39:48

to discombobulate the offensive line of line of Boise

39:50

How do you do that? You do that? You

39:52

do movement. they've had some time to prepare

39:54

for this one. They've been, this one. They've

39:56

tell you what. you what, Penn State's been

39:58

working on Gente for it. a month month

40:00

now had someone else in else in the

40:02

back they're getting ready for for SMU. They've

40:05

been working on this one on this

40:07

one. they're have a pretty good scheme.

40:09

good scheme. does really does They run 11

40:11

players to the ball We have

40:13

a runner who breaks tackles. You the

40:15

football football. You run 11 people to the football. get him

40:17

down down. because he is going to break

40:19

tackles. But when he does break break you

40:21

have to have another person have right

40:23

away. person hitting them right away. So he doesn't. So football, the football,

40:25

the football will be paramount for this

40:28

pitch. They be but that's what they're

40:30

built on. State run high energy, they

40:32

run to the football, on. people to the

40:34

ball, They with their hair on fire.

40:36

So they'll be prepared for this game.

40:38

They'll be prepared for this opportunity. So But

40:40

I do want to see for this game. They'll

40:42

be prepared for Gentie ball. I do want

40:44

to Gentie see Gentie go crazy. ball. I I

40:46

think the neutral is thinking the same

40:48

thing. I want to see this kid

40:50

at a quote-unquote underprivileged compared to the Penn to

40:52

of the world and the the world and the Georges

40:54

and little Dame a tiny small program like program like.

40:56

I'm not little believer whole Penn State, in though.

40:58

I'm not scratch. whole. I know, nobody is

41:00

and not gonna be a big believer in

41:02

Penn State and James Franklin they get. until

41:04

they get. Until they get by a Notre Dame

41:07

or Georgia in the the semi finals. That's the

41:09

only way they can calm calm. calm narrative

41:11

down. and And down. again Boise going back to

41:13

the back Bowl 18 years after that. after

41:15

that game against Oklahoma. Again,

41:18

the one the of the theme first

41:20

round playoff games. games the The

41:22

four winners all won the line of

41:24

scrimmage. And it wasn't even close. And close.

41:26

all the coaches said, the where we won

41:28

the game. So the where to won the game line

41:30

of scrimmage. that Penn State clearly seems to

41:32

have the advantage in that one. Let's pivot

41:34

now to the Sugar Bowl. Notre Dame

41:36

and Georgia. the Sugar Bowl Notre Dame and the teams

41:38

that had that had buys Okay, only

41:40

Georgia is a Georgia is

41:42

a favorite right now. is only

41:45

the four teams favorite and they're barely

41:47

favorite barely Bulldogs favorite right now in

41:49

right now in the by

41:51

one and a half

41:54

points over I'll tell you Vegas is

41:56

tell you, Vegas is amazing and

41:58

I stare at these points. they're right I mean,

42:00

mean, they're right on. My question is,

42:02

and it will be until they play

42:04

equating, use that term term I would

42:06

use it with our players. with our players.

42:08

This is a a talent game. Notre Dame

42:11

should have the same players the they

42:13

players against each other. against each probably has

42:15

a little bit better roster for

42:17

the NFL better they normally do. NFL However,

42:19

Notre Dame, I just, how is

42:21

the I just, how to respond when they

42:23

see a high draft pick across from

42:25

them? Because they've not seen that them?

42:28

Because they've not. One one time

42:30

and that was three months ago. ago

42:32

and they they won the game at Texas

42:34

A &M, but they're... the rest

42:36

of the season, of the season Imagine

42:38

imagine you Mark imagine you or

42:41

13 games you know that that guy

42:43

trying to attack you is not

42:45

as good as you is that's the reality

42:47

of the of you know,

42:49

know the know, the hierarchy of college

42:51

football. So So I think think the point

42:53

spreads right. right. I you're You're asking me

42:55

to pick, I I don't know. know I

42:57

I know enough know enough about Notre Dame.

42:59

Yeah, they're great. coaches, I love the

43:01

dude. dude. Everything's great. great, what they've done so

43:03

far. But the guys but the guys they

43:05

are blocking. been better They've been better than one time,

43:07

and that than one time and that

43:10

was three months ago. to see where anxious

43:12

to their hand, they played probably they hand, they

43:14

play probably four teams that have the same type of

43:16

dudes that they have. Maybe five teams. They

43:18

play the A&M team and they &M team and

43:20

they have some good defense alive

43:22

in A &M, know, you know, next scoring. We know

43:24

about their past rush or they were able

43:27

to were of neutralize that and get

43:29

that win. that and get that time

43:31

ago, very long a very long time ago.

43:33

But the key for time be Gunner

43:35

Stockton. Coach, you. ago. But the

43:37

key for Georgia to deal with

43:39

a third Stockton, coach, you said you

43:41

do a third to deal with a third

43:43

stream quarterback. What's the

43:45

difference between? with a a

43:47

quarterback quarterback. You had to get

43:50

thrown in the game at halftime as opposed to

43:52

prepare it as a starter for two or

43:54

three weeks. three weeks. It's a night day. day. Yes,

43:56

night. So he's getting all the all the reps of

43:58

practice. Exactly. So I I think going to

44:00

stock and we'll be prepared. I think he

44:02

was I think his first efficient in and first for

44:04

Carson Beck. in and Trevor for be

44:06

a key in the physicality of that defense.

44:08

in the I think all of those things

44:10

is going to be a problem for another

44:12

day, but The main

44:14

thing is the main is keys receivers who have

44:17

the most drops drops in the the

44:19

country. they make plays make place to

44:21

help out quarterback? Cause they will

44:23

have have to. will have to, but

44:25

Notre Dame man. They're as on defense, they

44:27

run around They run they get tackles

44:30

for They get tackles for on the back

44:32

end. on a football end. They run a football

44:34

Riley Leonard, Riley Leonard Gunner Stockton.

44:36

Leonard. Gunner Stockton. Stockton. At this

44:38

point of the this point of the

44:40

season, quarterback must make place to win you

44:42

the game. Do not turn the football

44:44

over turn you will have to convert on you

44:46

will have to Which quarterback will show up? Which

44:49

quarterback will have the game of their life?

44:51

That's who's gonna win this game. to gotta

44:53

be in game. I've got to be in Georgia. Riley

44:55

he's been been, he's efficient and hot

44:57

as of late, hot on almost 75

44:59

% of his passes over the

45:01

course of the last three games. of

45:03

the So is coming in with

45:05

some coming in with some one team that

45:07

they've been thrown against that had the

45:09

same players they've had. had the

45:11

same one they will. had. This

45:13

Georgia, they have won they

45:15

straight straight games. Their

45:18

last loss. loss. where they're about

45:20

to play the to play the Sugar

45:22

Bowl their last postseason loss

45:24

and it came to Texas.

45:26

And again, right now again right

45:29

favorite over Notre Dame over that

45:31

Dame in that quarter final showdown.

45:33

a half. a and a half. and a half.

45:35

One and a half. One guys both

45:37

half. Wow. You guys both like Georgia

45:39

to cover? One and a half?

45:41

Wow. I'm gonna go Georgia I'm going

45:43

to go Georgia's gonna going to cover. Close

45:46

though, man. Don man. Don't let Brady

45:48

Quinn hear it. Don't let him be happy about No,

45:50

he's it's not. tell tell you, don't I

45:52

got got this belief in man. Kirby man I just Kirby

45:54

is going to have this team

45:56

ready to play. ready for good reason. one

45:58

for good reason. Yeah Yeah Good he's proven

46:00

it. He's proven it over and

46:02

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46:05

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46:07

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