Texas A&M hosts Notre Dame in first game of 2024 season | Morning in America

DOWN ALL THE ACTION FOR THIS WEEKEND. WE'VE GOT SPORTS ILLUSTRATED STAFF WRITER MIKE MCDANIEL. MIKE, GOOD MORNING TO YOU. IT IS AN EXCITING WEEKEND FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL FANS. THERE'S 3 TOP 25 MATCHUPS ON THE SCHEDULE. THIS WEEKEND. CLEMSON VERSUS GEORGIA. YOU'VE ALSO GOT NOTRE DAME VERSUS TEXAS AM AND LSU VERSUS USC. WHICH ONES GOT YOU MOST EXCITED. >> NO IN TEXAS. AM IN MY OPINION, IS THE BIGGEST GAME OF THE WEEKEND. MICHAELA IN HIS FIRST YEAR IN TEXAS, AM ACTUALLY WAS A FORMER DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR AT NOTRE DAME UNDER BRIAN CALLEY AND NOW HE'S HOSTING NOTRE DAME IN HIS FIRST GAME IS TEXAS. A M'S HEAD COACH IN HIS RETURN TO COLLEGE STATION WHERE HE WAS ALSO THE FORMER DEFENSIVIVE COORDINATORS. NOW HE'S LEADING THE TEXAS AM PROGRAM. THEY HAVE A LOT OF TALENT. A LOT OF TALENT ON THE DEFENSIVE LINE. NOTRE DAME STARTING LEFT. TACKLE WAS LOST IN TRAINING. CAMP OUT FOR THE SEASON. >> SO THAT'S REALLY A MATCHUP TO WATCH OUT FOR AND HOW HIS NOTRE DAME TO JUST VOTE AT ROAD ENVIRONMENT AND IN THE TRENCHES AGAINST A REALLY GOOD TEXAS, AM DEFENSIVE LINE THAT HAVE MULTIPLE FUTURE NFL START ON IT. >> TOP RANKED GEORGIA IS 42 INTO OVER THE LAST 3 SEASONS. BUT THE BULLDOGS THEY'VE GOT A TOUGH, TOUGH ROAD GAMES, I SHOULD SAY, AGAINST ALABAMA, TEXAS ALL MISSED THIS SEASON. HOW DO YOU THINK THEY'RE GOING TO FARE. >> YEAH, THERE'S TALENTED AS ANY TEAM IN THE COUNTRY. BUT THEY HAVE A REALLY TOUGH DRAWN IN TERMS OF THEIR SEC SCHEDULE OF COURSE, TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA ARE ENTERING THE FRAME. SEC FOR THE FIRST TIME. THIS SEASON AS THE 2, OF THE CONFERENCE'S NEWEST ENTRANTS AND BE HAVING TO DRAW TAXES AND YOU'RE 1 IS A REALLY TOUGH ASK TEXAS HAS A REALLY TALENTED PROGRAM. A REALLY GOOD QUARTERBACK. WHEN YOU ARE IS A BUNCH OF OFFENSIVE TALENT IN GEORGIA'S GOT A TEAM THAT DIDN'T LOOK THAT THERE'S COUNT IS A TEAM IN THE NATION. BOTH OFFENSIVE LEAD EVENTUALLY MULTIPLE NFL STARS ACROSS THE BOARD A VETERAN QUARTERBACK PERSON THAT BUT ANY TIME YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THAT GRIND OF AN SEC SCHEDULE, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THE GAMES ARE GOING TO FACE ON THE ROAD. IT MAKES IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT GEORGE IS GOING TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE SEASON UNDEFEATED, BUT THERE'S STILL CERTAINLY A TEAM TO WATCH THE 12 TEAM COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF AND THAT IS TO MAKE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. AND YEAH, THEY'VE GOT THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM THIS SEASON FOR SURE. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DEFENDING CHAMPS, MICHIGAN. THEY OPEN UP AGAINST FRESNO STATE TOMORROW. THE WOLVERINES, THEY LOST PLENTY OF PLAYERS TO THE DRAFT. THEY ALSO LOST THEIR HEAD COACH JIM HARBAUGH. HE TOOK OFF FOR THE NFL CAN MICHIGAN GET BACK TO THE TITLE GAME. >> IT WOULD BE VERY HARD AND THEY'RE BREAKING IN A NEW QUARTERBACK. AND ALEX ORJI. THEY HAVE A AN OFFENSIVE TOTAL OFFENSE MAKEOVER IN MY OPINION, THEY DO HAVE DONOVAN EDWARDS STILL RUNNING BACK WHO WAS A CONTRIBUTOR LAST YEAR REPLACING A TON OF TALENT ON DEFENSE THE THOSE PRESEASON TOP 15. THEY DO HAVE PLENTY OF TALENT. THEY'VE RECRUITED REALLY WELL SURROUND MORE, OF COURSE, A HOLDOVER FROM THE OLD STAFF. THEY'RE DEALING WITH A BUNCH OF OFF-FIELD RAMIFICATIONS THEY RECEIVED NOTICE OF ALLEGATIONS FROM THE NCAA OVER THE CAR. STALLIONS VIDEOTAPING OPPONENTS SIGNALS LAST YEARS. THEY'RE DEALING WITH SOME OFF-FIELD DISTRACTIONS AS WELL. IN ADDITION TO ALL THE TALENT LOSS. I THINK MICHIGAN HAS A CHANCE TO COMPETE IN THE BIG 10. I THINK THEY'RE MORE LIKE THE 3RD OR 4TH BEST TEAM RATHER THAN THE TOP TEAM IN THE COFFERS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER OHIO STATE IN NEW CONFERENCE ENTRANCE ENTRANT, OREGON, OREGON ONE OF THOSE GAMES. I THINK IT CERTAINLY MAKE A PUSH FOR A NATIONAL TITLE GAME ALONG WITH OHIO STATE THIS YEAR. I WANT ASK YOU QUICKLY HERE ABOUT THE NEW LOOK, WE'RE GOING TO SEE WITH COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR. EXPANDING TO 12 TEAMS. >> AS A FLORIDA STATE FAN. I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS. I THINK WE GOT SNUBBED LAST YEAR. BUT THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE. LOT CAN HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY. BUT WERE YOU LOOKING AT AS POTENTIAL TITLE CONTENDERS. >> YEAH, MICHELLE, OHIO STATE IN OREGON. I THINK GEORGIA CERTAINLY IN THE MIX AS WELL AS TEXAS. I THINK THOSE ARE 14 CERTAINLY HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. THERE COULD BE ANOTHER TEAM OUT OF THE SEC TO WATCH. OLE MISS HAS A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM. THEY'VE MADE STRIDES CONSISTENTLY UNDER LANE KIFFIN THIS THE MOST TALENTED TEAM HE'S EVER HAD. I THINK WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIAL NATIONAL TITLE. I THINK IT CERTAINLY HAS A REALLY GOOD CHANCES HERE COME OUT OF EITHER THE SEC OR THE BIG 10. YOU MENTIONED FLORIDA OBVIOUSLY LOST THE OPENER AGAINST GEORGIA TECH. THEY STILL HAVE A PRETTY TALENTED TEAM AT TEAM. THAT CERTAINLY WIN THE ACC. BUT I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT KIND OF THE OTHER CONFERENCES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE BIG 10 ARE THE 2 CONFERENCES. THEY'RE MOST LIKELY TO HAVE A NATIONAL