Aggies vs. Fighting Irish. Who takes it? | TA Rewind w/ Billy Liucci, David Pollack & More!

an outstanding college football defense playing for a defensive-minded head coach uh that I think's pretty damn brilliant well howdy everyone welcome into the texags rewind presented by specs we're outside the r Insurance studio and um obviously I'm not David Nuno Nick Savage here he took off it's Friday we're super swamped K killing it uh Luke not so much has been more of a nuisance than help uh Zoe my right hand and uh partner doing a great job helping me run the show hopefully y all enjoyed it today we had OB we had David Pollock we had Billy Luchi and we had the mckin Bros on the program check it out they can both run I think I think uh Riley Leonard is more accomplished runner at this point than than Connor but Connor certainly uh has that ability we saw it for instance against LSU and that big win you know the ability to take off and extend the drive that's what uh that's what Riley Leonard can do uh Conor might is probably a better passer overall you know at least from what I've seen uh but there's no doubt that Riley Leonard is an excellent quarterback that did some great things at Duke uh and he's a problem yeah but Conor is a problem they're both behind suspect offensive lines what offensive Line's going to help his quarterback the most they both have re receiving cores that are somewhat questionable uh without a doubt they've got they've got receivers with ability but uh who's been a star on on either team uh at this level nobody yet so they're both looking for somebody to emerge as a star um but and yet the quarterbacks both have star potential yeah and maybe it's not even potential maybe it's already proven so um they don't go against each other but uh when they're on the field they create problems for the big problems for the defense because just just um just having the right coverage isn't always going to be enough because they can throw the ball accurately and the ability to run if everything else is breaking down follow me on this one let's just say Okay um that in this conversation Riley Leonard is better with his legs than Connor okay okay and I'm not saying that's for sure but let's just say that's okay if that's the case I will still say Connor is a much better thrower of the football than Riley is so my point is if if Riley Leonard has the advantage there mhm Conor has it in the pocket yeah is he a much better thrower I haven't watched enough Riley Leonard I've seen seen him play some games and I've been impressed with him but I I have seen Connor what I love about Connor is um he's not trying to not that anybody's trying to do this but his completion percentages aren't boosted by always throwing checkdowns and always relying on the medium pass if he sees an opportunity deep Connor goes for it give me your thoughts on what you thought of A&M the last few years and maybe has it changed with the hiring of Coach ELO first of all I'm I'm fully on the wagon um I yes it's changed it's changed dramatically you look at Jimbo Fisher obviously he had a great run at Florida State um he recruiting was not a problem and talent wasn't a problem you went to practice you're like oo who's that guy who's that guy like you saw dudes everywhere and you saw talent and that wasn't the problem but being able to gel talent and really maximize and develop that's a different game and that's a different strategy and Jimbo Fisher won 12 games the last two seasons Mike Elco won 16 at Duke and we're not talking about hoop season we're talking about football season so like you talk about a guy that's kind of the opposite that that knows how to mesh talent that knows how to bring people together knows how to develop knows how to coach ball and so I I just think that I think it's a massive I think it's a massive upgrade I'm a big Mike Elco fan I I think A&M is a place that just like you visit all around the country and you go man that place could be really good that place could be good A&M doesn't take a backseat to many people man I mean they've got the resources they've got the facilities they they've got money we all know Texas Texas has got money so I think A&M is a place that this year is going to start something special for them I think El I think they can win 10 games I think they can win nine games I I I think that's possible and I think they're going to have a lot to say about people in the playoffs too and who makes the playoff and who doesn't like you start the season with Notre Dame Notre Dame doesn't have a lot of schedule or a lot of tough games on the schedule they got to come to you just like Missouri has to come to you LSU has to come to you Texas at the end of the season you you might have a chance to ruin their playoff hopes at the end of the year so I think Texas A&M is a stock if I was buying I'm buying as much as I can of it cuz I think it's on the Ascend when I'm looking at matchups I I've talked this into into the Earth I believe I want to see the A&M receivers make plays against an elite secondary do I think this Notre Dame defense is like some of the B defenses A&M's face like recent Georgia defenses or like some of the LSU defenses the Aggies a face no not not at all like the Clemson defenses back a few years ago Jimbo's first two years not at all remember those defens has had o like over the course of multiple classes five six seven first round draft picks on them this is not that but this is for this year an out and for last year an outstanding college football defense playing for a defensiv minded head coach that I think's pretty damn brilliant uh on that side of the ball and you what you have are guys that came back David that should be playing NFL football right now that should be competing for starting jobs in the NFL particularly guys like Morrison uh to me Morrison and watts in particular and I know Howard cross gets a ton of run to I think he's really good but I think Morrison and watts would be like starting NFL guys today yeah and they're starting in secondary and they returned so much on that defensive side of the ball and I think that matchup A&M doesn't win this game unless the receivers in maroon and white make some plays and they don't have to dominate and there doesn't have to be a 100 yard receiver but you've got to have guys that when we look up at the end of the game we could sit here and go man those four or five grabs were really big MH and there was a a big play in there over the top and then there was a really tough snag across the middle to keep that touchdown Drive alive and then so and so had a really strong game six catches for 80 yards for Noah Thomas you know something like that what if that's what we're talking about that that to me will be enough and I'd say the same thing for Notre Dame against the A&M secondary it's time for the freak and the sleep of the week we'll start things off with the freak of the week steveen of the week hey right you that was good that was good dud kind he go hey like that was a good ending to it that was so great um you know mine this may not be a surprise but I think Nick scorton is going to be the freak of the week okay I mean let's think about it dude the guy LED Big 10 in Sachs last year he's coming home home man his first game at cyfield fired up this guy yeah he's going to be playing out of his mind like there is no way this guy gets out of this game without at least one sack he would he would be the guy on the sideline crying like weeping after a win if he doesn't get a sack in this game so I'm I'm going Nick sorton is gonna be the freak of the week I like it I like it I'm GNA go wait wait let me let me just throw one more in there oh that's what you just nameing people how pull a billy I got I just got one more no right we were going to do like two each and shut you up no wait I'm next go ahead yeah okay okay so you're screwing the whole plan up here buddy Connor man I'm going with Conor he's going to be the the the the freak of the week for sure on my end he's get to go out there with a new offensive system which I am tremendously excited just to see what it all means I mean like I've watched all this stuff on YouTube about K Klein's offense and I've like tried to watch it and practice and figure out exactly what the scheme is it's going to take a little bit of sitting and actually watching a whole game progress to go okay this is what we're doing but I'm excited just to see what what is going to happen out there and whether he's going to be running the ball a lot which he can do or whether he's going to be asked to pass the ball more which he can also do so I'm tremendously excited I think he's going to be uh the freak of the week for sure all right y'all remember to like comment subscribe keep watching all of our content follow us on X Instagram all that good stuff we'll be back with you next week beat the hell out of Notre Dame [Music] n [Music] [Music]