Which Aggies will surprise on Saturday? | TA Rewind w/ Stephen McGee, Ryan Swope & More!

well hello friends and welcome to texags rewinded presented by specs the good guys from the fan show presented by priz pi in the studio in the brand new r Insurance Studio gentlemen Roy May Hunter shirtliff Matt brownie can we talk about this awesome place I know people probably sick about it but is your first time here no the only complaint I have is that I'm next to this loser he's actually a pretty nice guy I don't know not when he's wearing that uniform he's not all right I'll give you that got stuck by the Notre Dame at me in front name so I'm like Touchdown Jesus right now this touch down agie right side this place is like a cathedral relative to like Studios this place is amazing you guys the old Studio the old Studio was quain it was cool it was a neat little place but this is this is this is Taj Mahal compared to that so I think a successful four days of tech sags live the Rebrand of the show will we have a successful football season we talked about that on the fan show and Beyond what was your favorite part of the show Hunter McGee and Swope they were great yours uh Olen changing his name yeah sholan sholan but you have a new name for him well it's OB so it's shimoi w Kobi shobi one Kenobi shobi one Kenobi favorite part of the show fan show baby show we have a national sponsor now too so price by the way and uh Aaron Torres from Fox Sports Radio it's the rewind check it uh here's who I hope has a sneaky good good game who's that but I I I don't know who he is the center oh I see what you're doing there because now you don't get the stats and things like that but if he's having a sneaky good game then that means they're probably doing a lot toward neutralizing how Cross the third I like the way you think mine is along those lines no it's not along those lines but you can you can this is a reason for it I'm saying Amari Daniels okay and I might be way off base here because I think Le'Veon is going to be I don't to me Le'Veon is not a sneaky pick Le'Veon is like I know it's hard to run on this Notre Dame team right that's what it's some say that's what some say I've done a little bit of research and conversations and I don't know if they're sold on their Edge okay I don't know if they are sold on their Edge and I think that's where Amari Daniels can certainly Shine off tackle going wide go you know catching the ball out of the back field I think he can sneaky have a really good game well you I hope so I um when you say they're Edge are we talking about the kid from duke that that transferred inin Obin yeah who's very good yes um he's very good but is he fast enough on the and there's another Gentleman on their defensive line that uh played a little bit last year I'm going to get you his name right here I have it written down I'm sorry um it is Batello who played towards the end at the edge he doesn't necessarily have a lot of speed he's very good but he doesn't have a lot of speed so I'm wondering if you're gonna run the ball on Notre Dame obviously in the middle is G be difficult hopefully can be done where you're gonna have more more of your success is off tackle and around the edge I'm G give you two guys that we haven't seen a lot of we will see jab barbar at some point this season he's the one who had the amazing spring and I think Cyrus Allen from lawtech I think he's another name we'll be talking about yeah I like Cyrus Allen that dude he I saw him and you know uh glimpses of him in the spring and um you know I think he's going to bring a dynamic explosive explosiveness um just a bit we need a guy that you know that we can lean on for those explosive plays and I think he he's going to feel that you know obviously nias losing him was huge and we're going to miss him but I think uh Cyrus Allen's going to step in and do a good job for us yeah Noah Thomas I think is the guy that can go up and and make I we saw in the spring game when he's he's making tough catches contested you have the big play ability and can he stay healthy I think it's always a question mark you know not a lot of people talking about Trey Watson either right tight end I'm excited about him I that's a big position and often gets overlooked as a as a Target you know in the throw game but and Donovan Green too and Donovan Green he's healthy and he was Conor's one of goto guys when he was healthy yeah when he when his engines turned on and he really wants it I think he has the ability to be a really top end player too but we talked about Notre Dame's tight ends and the you know the the mismatch you can have in Personnel groups you know if they're in 12 personel same deal for A&M if both those guys are on and and able to take a workload and and fully healthy I think they can in both you know stretch defenses as well and that's that's big for Connor but I think to your point swoke putting them in a position to succeed I I I just got frustrated last year when we would start series as an offense taking deep shots right that's when your defensive line that you're going against is going to be the most fresh that's when they're teen off that's when you want to get the ball out of your hands quickly right get the first down get another first down get the chains moving now that defensive line has had six seven snaps they're getting a little fatigue now you take your shots right so part of this protecting the offensive line is saying hey as a play caller I've got to put them in a position to succeed right and then allow my guys to have time to get open downfield but we've got to have receivers that in those early Downs can win on a slant route can win on a hitch route when it is contested right that's going to be very important so if I'm looking at this team early I want to see how how are we how are we moving the chains on the on the short stuff when you have a a corner that's down there pressing them can you beat a guy on a slant route and make a contested catch to keep the chains moving those are important plays that often get overlooked let's jump a little bit to the A&M game and and when you think about the quarterback battle that's going to be Connor versus Riley Connor wigman versus Riley Leonard both are Elite quarterbacks in different ways Connor to me is just like a stoic figure who can run when he has to delivers a great ball sees a lot of traffic and is able to still deliver a pretty ball Riley's more he's going to beat you with his legs and can make some throws but maybe not as accurate down the field how do you caddy this quarterback battle well I just think it's interesting with both guys coming off in you know major season ending injuries how how loose these two coaches led him and and you know you would know being at practice and everything how the offensive line has developed and this and that um but you know I I think that to me is the most interesting perspective of this game is it's not only two you know two really intriguing teams but two quarterbacks that are off injury I don't think we should know what to expect from either of them now I have a little bit more faith in Conor wigman you know obviously ANM guy he know you know he's worked with a lot of those players before a lot of those guys were on the field last year with him so I think it's a little bit different I I think the other interesting thing about Riley Leonard I think you and I might have mentioned this last week I haven't heard a lot of people talk about is that this is a guy who not only missed you know the final month of the regular season last year and that's okay you know injuries happen you feel bad you're glad he's healthy but he also missed Spring ball of last year and so probably doesn't quite have the Reps that I think a lot of people think especially with his new teammates at Notre Dame so Notre Dame lost four offensive linemen off last year's team obviously there the projected starting left tackle is out for the season with injury I think it's gonna be a fascinating matchup and I think it obviously it goes up thing it's not like I'm breaking some incredible news here but I think it obviously starts with the two quarterbacks under Center Saturday night in College Station what a blowout and whoever wants to start here on either side surpris surpris you if A&M wins 30 to 10 27 to 10 let's call that blowout numbers or vice versa would any of those surprise you Hunter you start us off yeah I mean it would I I I see that over under at 46 I I'm you know you kind of lean toward the under in first game uh and I think that's turnovers and special teams if you get a blowout then you're you're going to have some additional scoring opportunities that would that would surprise me would love it if it's on our end but anything north of 10 points to me would be a blowout so like I I picked this game 2112 um I I won't tell you who I picked yet cuz I guess we'll get to that but like I I picked it as a tight game yeah um and again it if there's a blot like you said I can see it's because of a defensive score you know or a slip up on special teams kind of thing where you you know it was a seven or 10o game then all of a sudden it's 14 and because it's it's it's a tight line right it's it's three points and I understand how lines work and how the money comes in I get that but um I I I just I can't imagine any team running away with it if I team runs away with this watch out for that team the rest of the year that's kind of how I look at it because both defenses are formidable so I I just can't see a blowout yeah I mean it would definitely surprise me for sure so the I mean my entire thought process this whole week is that the difference is going to be the 12th man the fact that they're playing in such a hostile environment in a night game in their first game talking about a brand new quarterback their o line issues all that I feel like same kind of the same they kind of like where said they've kind of got the same issues that we have but we're doing it at home and they're doing it on the road in one of the hey according to college football 25 the most the most uh the hardest place to play in the country so hey so let them that's what I thought I thought the cyfield is going to be the difference and it's going to be a one- score game is what I thought and I I and I I think we win but yeah so a blowout would surprise me I would love to see one on our end right right right uh but uh um I definitely I don't think it I don't think we're seeing a blowout either either way all right we're going to close it out but Juan's going to do for us can you tell the people what to do also can you tell the people what's happening with game day What's happen like people are camping out people are camping out oh yeah people are camping out for game day I saw tents I saw people waiting you know in lawn chairs everyone's excited you know game day is back yeah game day is back tell the people what to do hey EGS make sure to like subscribe comment share and make sure to you know turn on your notifications for the next video freaking like like legit he probably grew up in a family that does it right that's how he seems probably young enough to know that all that's what you're supposed to do say there's excitement on campus there's excitement in the town and those of us that live here I love it because every game weekend start about Thursday evening Friday morning there is like a palpable buzz and starting with Notre Dame makes it that much better thanks everyone see you tomorrow on The Final Countdown with Seth and Steven Luchi and everybody else we'll also have David Pollock on the show we'll see you then [Music]