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very good friends. When Notre Dame loses do you console her? Do you make fun of her eye? So when I will lose is, if somebody text me you're on that list. We're not pals. I know you don't really care about me. So when I saw that Notre Dame lost, I literally looked at Thomas and I said I will not say one word to Jess and then Iowa. I said, well damn, we're both in a tough spot here. So I made a little joke and so since we both lost I'll say something. But if Notre Dame had lost Iowa one you bet I would have not answered this question right now. Mike how does it work with you when um loses do any does anyone here Barry you or do they all leave you alone? Because they know you care way too much and it's unreasonable. Usually it's the only time I get to actually talk about Miami football when they lose someone pretty quiet on my friend today. Yeah I've never texted Mike after a loss ever. Yeah, but I mean, Lucy's not here and Jess isn't here, so you can put all that Mike makes a schedule talk away. Lucy, did you see any of big noon? Because Mike Ryan has fallen in love with. What is the? It's the alternate pregame show because game day has been the master for a long time. But big noon kickoff is something that a lot of people are noticing that it too is good. I did not watch big noon this weekend, but I have watched big noon, previously. I think they do it. A job. I think that College GameDay is kind of following suit with what big new did. These big noon started like really trying to engage the fans originally, where College GameDay was just like an experience. You go and you watch and now with like a Pat McAfee, he likes field goal and like a little more like crowd interaction. You can see they're sort of taking a page from big news Playbook. I think both shows do a really good job and it's honestly for me, I know that all watch the show that I had, that's at the game. I care more about you. Yeah, they're both really good shows. I think big noon is creeping more into the national conversation with the stuff that they're doing. Be it live music performances which is something that I enjoyed from last week's show. Matthew McConaughey actually giving really good analysis. Leaving Urban mine, Urban Meyer's speechless. At one point during halftime and then having a face off on the field while holding a longhorn flag up against Charles Woodson and both of them talking trash face. The face, we're in a pretty good ERA of college football coverage and We all used to be all in on game days. The only thing that matters and now that you have an alternative, you can actually sample. Both have one on each screen flip channels depending on the game. And last week was certainly a big, big 10 game between Texas and Michigan. They might actually give you more of what you want. I love having options. I was driving on Sunday morning before football and Lucy. I'm curious what your take here is because it's not surprising. But I'm, I'm legitimately staring at my radio. So Sirius XM with my mouth open because we've already gotten to what you can't blow it up again in Colorado. You know that D on might leave with chador and Travis, right? You know, that he might leave with Travis Hunter and should door and other people are saying. And, you know, he's not going to let you fire him. He's going to and I'm like, whoa, were there already? But it looked that bad against Nebraska? It didn't look any better than last year. I think like, I think that's kind of my take away from the two games. Colorado is played somehow. They Exact same team with all different players like the exact same team. Nebraska is not a bad football team by any means Nebraska's a team that is like not their record has never really been accurate to, how good they've been the last few years. But this was a long time coming for both Colorado, and Nebraska, Nebraska was going to get that big one in Colorado was going to show exactly who they are, which is not a good football. Team, their defense is bad, their offensive line is terrible. They have three players, they have three players on that football team, but yet there, Three really good, really fun player. So, we have put so much into that when the rest of it is, genuinely terrible and unwatchable football, they were really committed in offseason Talent, acquisition to the offensive line, and you've got nothing to show for it, except a quarterback throwing that offense of line. That's so got a block for him under the bus. One of the offensive lines that really also caught my attention for playing poorly was or again. What is happening with Oregon right now? They conceded all five sacks, all of last season, they conceded for just a Boise State alone they needed to Returns for touchdowns to eke, out a w against Boise State, which with all due respect is a good football. Team, always good? Yeah, they're they're good. They have they have the best running back in the nation but I cashed out on an Oregon to win. The national title Futures bed because that offensive line, Lucy that does not appear to be it? No, that was my thought watching that game back was. So my thing is, I don't really take too much stock in a close win against Boise State, because like you guys said Boise state is unbelievably good and Ashton He is the best running back in college football, and if you have not watched him, you showed its appointment television. He had six touchdowns the first week, but the offensive line looks so, so bad. And organ still has that big play potential but like, Dylan Gabriel doesn't necessarily have like the fiery zest of bone X. So he needs a little bit more from his offensive line which were not seeing so far. And as as good as Boise state is, you're about to enter the Big 10 which is built on the foundation of very strong defenses and very good. D lines, organ is going to have Some changes pretty much ASAP because like, you are not going to have the luxury of, you know, to like returns when you're playing a big 10 team, like that's just not going to happen but the offensive line was my biggest issue. I think just like defensive lies. I'm not too worried about giving up anything that shouldn't because he's literally. So so so good. What is this fiery zest that you talk about what? I have not heard anyone in sports analysis. Say that someone has a fiery zest. I what is this? How he like runs with his head cut off like a chicken. They bow next bonus experience, maybe you don't know what you're going to get. It's crazy. I just wild get about four area, ards. Yeah, three point three yards per attempt in Denver, whether it didn't seem like, fiery zest, it seemed like charred remains of garbage. Yeah. Well you didn't watch freshman year Auburn at bone X. That was the best. That was his nose. Just a young child when that happened. Yeah. And he was awesome. He was great that I'm what organ does isn't what the NFL does Bo, Nick's kicked acid organ last year the last few years. He was so fun. He was one of the best offensive players in the country. Sorry that I didn't translate to your precious NFL. I just don't know what this fiery zest is. Who else has fought bone exit organ has fire is all right, who else has fiery zest right now? Who else showed you? Let's do a segment. Let's get a let's get a sponsor for spicy foods and let's get a who showed you fiery zest this week and you wept you wept again during the wave. Yeah. Okay but that one I feel like it's really, really valid there. Waving to children in the children's hospital who are too sick to be there to watch the game. So they watch from up there. You're right, everyone. Cries at that I cry every single time. Lucy mentioned are bully me for that Dad. I think you tipped your hand. I used to where you're going next week. What's a, what's a game this coming weekend? Is it Wisconsin? Alabama. Yes. Tyler bands vs Alabama crazy. This has been a very like this is kind of one of those weeks where you look at it and you're like, oh okay, we're like, bam or game day is going to LSU at South Carolina. Now, like all right, like I guess this is what we have. So like, Alabama's got Wisconsin, I don't expect it to be very great. Although Alabama did look iffy against USF this weekend. I'm just a little nervous because I do think Alabama is going to win and not that I'm rooting for Wisconsin but I'm in dangerous. Ted Cruz territory of going o. N3 For the home team and no one's ever going to let me back. Well, this is part of what's Happening Now. The energy of the reports gets you have to do a lot more work when the home team loses, correct? I do. But like most of the stuff we do is before the game and everyone has like this insane confidence that they probably shouldn't have. But it my job is a lot easier when the home team wins. And so far we are owing to on that. And like most likely bamas going to beat Wisconsin by 50 and that's really going to bomb us. Out. But on the bright side, I think, Wisconsin and Iowa and the same sort of family tree of they get so drunk and tailgates and they will be fun. No matter what the biggest story of the weekend was Northern, Illinois of the college football weekend is Northern Illinois. Going into Notre Dame and winning at the at the last moment. What's second The second biggest story. Yeah. Just something from the weekend that you would put in the there's nothing to put in the realm of that. But you say week, 3, you're not totally thrilled with what's coming up. What about what we just watched week. So I think the second biggest story is that several teams tried to do what Notre Dame did this weekend. Penn State was down at 2:30, Bowling, Green Alabama, LED you to USF by one point in the fourth quarter? Like We There were so organ. Barely beat Boise. It needs two game-winning field goal. There were a lot of top 10 teams this week that were so close to doing what Notre Dame did. And so that makes me excited because I'm hopefully maybe that means that in the coming weeks were going to start see that happening and more of the Notre Dame and I you results, but I think it shows that like, you know, it's not as wide open. We didn't think that we thought the top was a lot heavier than it is. And so, playoff could be crazy, things are things are going wild right now. I think another great. Eight story is what Tennessee is done. They've defense is really good, NC State spent a fair amount of money in Talent, acquisition along the offense, and you wouldn't know it from watching that. It appears like Tennessee is getting to Tier 1 status, Lucy. Oh, absolutely James. Pierce is one of the best players in the entire country. And obviously, we all know that Tennessee is going to have a really great offense to Angie's a super interesting team because it feels like no one's talking about them, except for you just asking that question right now because you're on the SEC where you just saw, Texas, beat the Wrap out of Michigan and Georgia beat the crap out of Clemson last week. Tennessee is still very much a contender and they look really, really good. Because the thing with Tennessee, a few years ago, when they had hidden hooker was their offense was amazing. But their defense was still one big giant question mark. That's events looks really good right now and I know that into State isn't like a high-flying offense or anything, but the way they were able to score against one of the better defenses in the ACC. And then to be able to defend the way they have with James Pierce, who I cannot emphasize enough is one of the best players in the country. Tennessee is a very, very dangerous team. It seems like you You two would both go in terms of early first month of the Season that it's Texas. Tennessee. And Georgia is the best of what you've seen. I think, Ohio State's really Jeremiah Smith is outstanding. I think that they're like in a tear and teams like Nebraska and Miami or kind of like figuring out where they fit in this expanded college football playoff. I think it's irrefutable though, Alabama's, probably in that second tier 2 to refutable that that the talent has dispersed Across the Nation. And really like maybe four or five teams have Legitimate shot at winning. This National Title. Yeah, for sure. And I also think that like, I have to tell myself this every week. One, every week, two of each new college, football season. We all got to chill out for a little bit. We all have to just collect ourselves. This is why I wish like poles didn't exist till week 5, because two weeks ago we thought Florida say was a top 10 team like we're all still trying to learn and adjust we don't really know who's good yet or who's not but I think we can confidently say that the only teams were very sure. Are good Tennessee, Texas, Georgia, Ohio State. Very, very good. What was the Fallout on? You. Appearing on. Jimmy Kimmel. It was cool. I don't know. There was not very much Fallout. People seem to be pretty happy for me for the first time in my life. My brother thought I was cool. He was like, hey, Lucy meet my friends. She was on Jimmy Kimmel, that's never happened. So, that was really, really cool. I've been getting like, Mean Tweets a lot lately, but I don't really care about that. I get Mean Tweets. Just doing this. What about your returned to Iowa? You go back frequently. How did all of that end up feeling to you? Oh, it was so fun. I wish I don't know if roses in studio or not. She told me unprompted that Iowa, the best tailgating of anywhere we've ever gone, which I took so much pride and that it was great to be back. I know the Vibes were kind of they were really high, because it's a rivalry game in. Iowa scored 40 points the week before, obviously losing sucks, but it was always, it's always so much fun to go back there and everyone treats me like a little celebrity, which is so cool. They said, Lucy, can we get your picture? However, I will say that to fans of this show. Shout out to you guys. After Iowa gave up like an 80 yard touchdown pass in the stadium was silent. I was standing right? Behind the Iowa bench and they were all in a bad mood and these fans just kept screaming, Lucy, Lucy Lucy, which was very nice, but you picked the worst possible time. Let's go. You got to get your timing, right. I would people you have to be zealots in the correct way with rhythm. And with respect to the product on the field,