Rapid Fire: Riley Leonard, Marcus Freeman And More - Notre Dame VS Texas A&M Game Day Edition

are you guys ready for Rapid Fire there's run rapid fire baby let's go here we go countdown to kickoff game day rapid fire do you buy or sell this game starting with Vince as the biggest of Marcus Freeman's career up to this point that a game that hasn't been played yet yes you know I think the Ohio State game last year was big uh you know and I think the way it played out made it even bigger probably but up to this point I think you know in games that haven't been played yet if he can go win this game this is this is a benchmark moment for Marcus Freeman as in his tenure as the head coach at Notre Dame like we like I said earlier if we look back and they win this game we're GNA look back at this and say okay that's where things really got kicked off in the right direction so it it this is this biggest game right now yeah I have to agree um with Vince on this one and again kind of echoing some of the things I said a little bit earlier this is year three for Marcus Freeman this is you know your most deep roster your best coaching staff your probably most talented quarterback um you have to find a way to win on this game on this stage um and springboard your season to where you need it to be right because a lot of people already view this schedule as you know kind of being weak and the true amount of road tests and all that stuff you have to take advantage of this data point because it is going to be very influential to a lot of people by the time the season is over and and again it's going to be I think what either springboards them towards their National Championship run or just another kind of you know maybe 10 and two kind of season right and and as fans the expectations ratchet up every year every year every year with the coach and so to me this is his most important game look you've rebuilt the roster it's the deepest rosters we've talked about that we that we can remember in quite some time there's Talent all over the place there's different length and athleticism and everything else on this roster that we haven't seen in a long time it has become a modern college football program with the way that it's built but the bottom line now is you've got to go out and not just beat teams that you're supposed to beat you've got to beat teams also that you're an underdog against in a you know in a road situation like this again I don't equate Texas A&M to an Alabama or Georgia like if you're going to Tuscaloosa or Athens or one of those places but this is still the world thinks you're not going to win this game the world thinks you're going to lose this game you're going into a hostile environment and you're going into year three for Marcus Freeman and all the things that that year three has been for a head coach at Notre Dame last year that Ohio State game that you mentioned Vince was the first opportunity at a signature win for Marcus Freeman this would be a signature win for him and again with a schedule that doesn't have much teeth the rest of the way this would be huge for Marcus Freeman and this program so I'm buying that as well so Riley Leonard's season yardage over under on FanDuel 2525 and a half over under on that guys can you give me um I don't have my laptop in front of me right now can you give me his number his full season number at Duke do you have that on hand TW over a little over 2900 that he had two years ago including his bowl game now remember this is this is a this is a regular season number so like 26 I think it's right around it's 26 something that he had for the regular season but including his bowl game it was 29 plus so um to me well I want to say easy over but you got to look at the schedule right there might be times where he's not even playing what you would hope playing in the second half or you know fourth quarter of these games right but you never know um I I still just really like the over because of who who his offensive coordinator is um the amount of weapons that he's going to have uh at the wide receiver position you know Jayden gr house Chris Mitchell Jordan Faison uh Bo Collins jayen Thomas Jeremiah Love out of the back Back Field like I I really like that in terms of you know fitting into a Mike Den Brock offense the only thing that has me hesitant is like I was saying the potential to get into some of these blowout type situations uh that you that you would hope for um and he might not be able to rack up some of those extra yards that might be you know crucial by the time the season comes to an end but I'm still going over at the end of the day over that was a wonderful answer Jesse I I also am tempted to take the over here and I think that I would since I'm you know not playing with any money uh at the present so I would take the over I do think that he's going like there's going to be many opportunities for this wide receiving core for yards after catch and and things of that nature right and and I think that Riley Leonard will be the recipient of some big plays where he doesn't even necessarily have to push the ball down the field I think the the players will push the ball down the field for him you know what I mean and so uh while I do think he will push the ball down the field and I do think he will rack up some yards uh it's funny like originally I was thinking like 25 2600 in that neighborhood would be a good year in 12 games right I just you know I think he'll hit that I do even in the games where he gets pulled early I think he's going to rack up those yards in the first half you know and you know it might be a full game's worth of yards in the first half against some of that competition so I feel good about it and I will take the over on this one yeah cuz you know like even you look at at you if he's in blowout games and and those kind of situations like how that affects his yardage and and all that different kind of you know like it's only 208 yards a game and that's what I was you know it's right around like I was just doing the simple math of my head if it's two you know 12 games 200 yards a game put you 2400 right there so now you only need 126 more yards basically you know so it's not like a massive number now at the same time Sam Hartman had a similar number last year and Hartman only ended up with 2600 I just think that playing in a more Innovative passing offense with the targets that he's going to have around him I think that that ultimately that is going to put him over the top because I think kind of like Jesse was saying just piggybacking on that you know even if they're blowing some teams out in the first half and he gives way and Steve vanelli gets to come in in the second half he's probably going to hit a couple of big pass plays just like Tobias meow weather had you know on his big pass play last year you know so I'm gonna go over his you know his his running and all that stuff factors into this as well like how much that takes away from him and everything else but it just seems like you know again 252 25 it seems to me like 2600 is a very realistic number for Riley Leonard so I've got to go over what about his touchdown number 19 and a half and he got 20 for the season in 2022 when he was at Duke so I mean this is like right on that number there I feel like you Hammer the over on that I I feel real good about that number I I don't think that's going to be a problem in any way shape or form yeah I actually think this is easier than the passing yards cuz that boils down to just like one and a half passing touchdowns a game uh even if he only gets like let's say one against you know Texas A&M he'll EAS I think he easily gets like three against you know Miami of Ohio or Navy or you know those sort of games right I think it's going to balance it balance balance out I look at him as more kind of like a 24 and a half kind of line at the end of the day so I think again this is easy o this is I I feel way more comfortable about this one than the passing yards yeah I've got go over on this one as well because just what you mentioned in the in the four games against group of five teams and they are you know they're because they're playing two serviceis and two Mac teams this in those four games alone he could have 15 or 16 touchdown passes just depending on the flow of the game and and how things go you know so like or or at a very minimum he could add 12 in those games and that leaves you eight other games for him to get you know what eight more touchdown passes so I just feel like I I agree I think this is a really easy over as well on 19 and a half it's a real shame that Ohio is real lame I might have to uh cross scoot back into Indiana you're gonna have to do it pretty quickly you're gonna have to ride that River over here if you're gonna You're Gonna Make It come on over you see a blue WFT uh coming down that's that's me this is not a Vegas number for Jeremiah love but it we're do this over under he doesn't have one that I could find unless you guys have seen one 999 a half rushing yards for love this season I would I would take the I'm gonna hesitantly take the under on this just because I think he's going to if you said combined yards I think he might hit that but jarian price is still going to have a role in this offense he's still going to see his fair amount of touches um I I like Jeremiah love as more as you know the allpurpose receiving and uh rushing type yards but again I just think that it's a very very cautious line to kind of tread so I'm going to take the under I would take the under on that one I would take the under as well for that exact reason I think he's he is a very versatile back he's going to get a lot of touches and he may hit that but I think the odds are that he is splitting carries uh because they're both really really good backs and uh you know jarian price gonna get a bunch of touches Love's Gonna Get a bunch of touches but there's only so many touches that are going to be had right and so I think that's what keeps him under yeah I agree I I think that 800 is probably his max number but I put it up you know like everyone's very high on Jeremiah Love so I put it up there uh at a thousand to see if anyone thought that that he was going to get like I wouldn't be surprised if it's price is the guy who ends up with a thousand yard rushing season and love ends up even somewhere around between 13 and 1500 total yards something like that you know because like just what you guys said the versatility the all-around play that he's going to have with Notre Dame of course opening at Kyle Field College Station Texas heat has been a big topic of conversation what do you guys think hopefully this is the last time we ever have to talk about this but bigger Factor the environment or the Heat this weekend oh it's the environment I mean the the heat okay like people are making a big feel about the heat well last time I checked it was hotter here in South Bend this week than it was down in Texas it was so I that it's an it's it's null and void for me like it it is not a factor in any way they practice in it on purpose and they're used to it it's not even a factor for me they've been working on you know the the the fluids and you know the hydration and all of those different things and then they actually got to practice in the humidity and the heat okay so that part's not an issue for me so by default it's the atmosphere of the 12th man right and Kyle Field and you know the SEC and you know all of that and you know look you you can play major college football this is what you signed up for I mean it's going to be a factor but I don't think it's G to be the be all end all every time I get this opportunity I always take it heat kills bacteria The Only the Strong Survive the Heat and the thing is both teams are playing in the heat right and I I I think it's great that it was so hot that we had this kind of mini Heat Wave this week it allows them the proper preparation that they need at the end of the day so I've said this before and Vince I think you can agree with this like you get to a point in a game where your body just doesn't really feel the heat anymore right you're just playing like you don't think about the heat like every everything's hot you're all sweaty like it's fine you got cool Rags you're going to have fans you're going to have cold water Gatorade on the sideline it'll take of itself the only thing I'm worried about in terms of heat is how the body responds are you properly hydrated do cramps come into play you know that's the only thing I'm worried about with heat but environment man when you talk about a loud Stadium a young offensive line that's going to be trying to communicate picking up pressures um an offens you know a quarterback that might have to go silent count uh a Mike demra offense where they they like to motion they're going to have to hit their landmarks and no into to motion and that sort of stuff so to me that has a far more more impact than what the heat will have I completely agree it's the it's the stadium environment the cyfield stadium environment I I don't need to rehash any of the you know the heat related stuff that you talked about I'll just throw in the fact that they are using the you know the new helmet headset Communications this year coached a player in the helmet so you know are they going to effectively be able to do that when Notre Dame is on offense is Riley Leonard going to be able to hear everything or they're going to have to go to signals and all that kind of stuff so I I I think it's definitely the stadium Factor the environment Factor that's going to be the bigger deal I think blank okay go ahead sorry the last thing I'd say about this is like the only reason Texas A&M is favored is because they're playing this game at home and the environment that it creates if they're playing this game in South Bend and it was as hot as it's going to be you might see the line the line would be in Notre Dame's favor the line is switched up because of where they're playing the game at not because of how hot it's going to be I agree that's a great Point glad you brought it up fill in the blank it'll be blank if Notre Dame has another 10 men on the field kind of moment this season agonizing I can't deal with that I I can't I don't want to deal with it I don't want to have to defend it I don't want to I mean yeah it'll be agonizing I I just come on now don't do this to me I would say I would say detrimental because like you just can't do something like that again it's kind of like your one warning right like we we we kind of got over it but if it happens again that's when it kind of becomes I I think more detrimental to you know people starting to question is Marcus Freeman cut out to be a head coach is he cut out for you know making sure that you know that sort of stuff the easy stuff I would say is taking care of at the end of the day yeah it it will be coach defining I think in the in the in you know in the the the the view of public opinion on Marcus Freeman that's kind of the direction that I was going to go that where Jesse finished there it'll be a a big referendum on where people think Marcus Freeman is in terms of his Fitness to be a head coach is this young charismatic guy as you know as as many good things as he has done for this program in a short amount of time is he really cut out to be a head coach if you have that kind of thing again that's that's just the way it to go you know especially two years and it doesn't have to be 10 men on the field I'm just talking about some kind of stupid boneheaded gaap that is otherwise preventable you know that that happens in the middle of a game at a crucial moment speaking of kind of coaching Fitness did you guys catch the you know he was on part of my take earlier this SE or earlier this week and they they gave him the hypothetical you know coach you're three minutes left you're down two scores you score are you going for two and then you know basically the whole go for two situation right you get two shots if you don't get it the first time you got the second time to get it but if you get one of them you end up winning the game got a lot of criticism for that because he said he's not going for two at the end of the day so I guess what would your guys's opinion be if you're if you're the coach in that situation are you you're down by three scores would you go for two you're down two scores you you just went in for your your first score um and there's we down 16 are we down 15 I mean there's a big difference sorry sorry sorry all right all all right you're down 14 slow down just scored there's about three minutes left in the game are you going for two or are you giving the ball back to your def you go you go for one the first time and then you see what you know you see where you are the second time you sa you don't chase points early because then that puts you in a situation where you have to go for two the second time you don't go for two on the first touchdown not a chance so that's where he was getting a lot of flack because the the analytics say you go for two in that situ that's dumb you don't chase points at that point just like Sean said you you are down 14 points you're not down 15 where you know you're gonna have to go for two if you miss like you said you then you have to go for two I I would much rather push it to overtime and have an opportunity to win the game even later or if i' if I feel like I've got momentum and maybe I'm on the road or maybe I have no business being in this game yeah okay then you go for two but give me that that option at the end like right you don't even have that option if you go for two a Miss early yeah terrible that was kind of Marcus Freeman's actual rationale he said you know we get to that situation in the second score I trust my team in overtime I trust my roster in overtime comparatively comparatively to you know whatever is going on so he has more kind of trust and faith in his team and overtime if it came down to it and I like the answer I don't I don't like the whole go for two as well I think you're thinking too much about it in that at that point there's a place for analytics it's obviously become a big part of sports that I think you know a lot of us don't even think about you know that because there's so much of it going on with what the coaches are thinking and stuff like that but look Brennan Staley got a head coaching job because of analytics he's also been fired already because of analytics how'd that work out for him like you have to have you have to have some feel for the game as well I think Marcus Freeman actually does a good job you know like with going when to go forward on fourth down some of those things like you know like I think he's done a good job with it so I I hadn't heard that that became a thing with you know with with with his answer to that so interesting just thought I'd bring it up just kind of you know talking about people's perception of his of his coaching abilities I guess you would say sure so which is more likely to happen in this game Notre Dame Texas A&M one Jordan Faison returns a punt for a touchdown two Jaden Harrison returns a kickoff for a touchdown or three I looked at the wrong I had it all written out here or three um James Randell James Randell forces a fumble I think I had it written down here wrong that's what was confusing me Texas A&M fumbles a punt off the foot of James renell one of those three things it's the third one James renell fumble you know forces a fumble on a punt return you know that kind of thing because the ball comes down in such a weird angle there's no way to practice that and nowhere has that been put on film yet for them to practice that like they have no idea what's coming their way and it's super odd and it's super strange and I think there's going to be a muff in there someplace where Notre name could take advantage I do so I'm gonna be uh different and I don't want to copy what Vince is saying just for the fun of it um I I think that Texas A&M will probably might likely might see a punt or two and and just get into a lot of Peter situations be like you know what we don't even want to deal with this just get away with the ball get away from the ball you know wherever it gets down it gets down so I I think I'm going to go with a Jordan Faison touchdown at the end of the day because I think you know it's it's expected people they know you know if if Texas A&M did their due diligence in their homework they know who Harrison is as a kick returner he got brought in he was you know a very good player at Marshall I don't think a lot of people know about Jordan fison quite yet I think his shiftiness his ability to kind of you know elude some tackles his size I think plays into it as well being able to be more elusive um so again to be fun and to be different I'm gonna go with the Jordan FIS on punt return I like the Jordan faon answer and I've been thinking about like when I was writing this question up I was thinking like I think we're going to see some shiftiness and maybe he breaks one you know he kind of reminds me a little bit of like a joey gaol kind of guy from from several years back you know just kind of with that size and that wiggle that he's got to him you know but um I'm going to go with the with the Muff punt thing too it's something that we've talked about and having seen the way it comes down it is very unique I think that is going to be an issue for some teams this year it's interesting because when the coordinators you know they do it like the Tuesday media availability all three coordinators come out and someone asked Marty BAGI about it and he basically didn't want to talk about it like he didn't want I I don't think he wanted to sort of alert people that it could be an issue from them because they've never seen this guy you know punt over here before so like especially if it's raining out there tomorrow night you know Saturday night like I can see that being big isue so yeah all right Riley Leonard says his two favorite places to eat here in town are Mission Barbecue and PLO Pizza Jordan Fon says Chicken and Waffles at pegs are his favorite so my question where do those three places rank for you in terms of local favorites here do they do they register for either of you guys so first of all I don't think I've had Mission Barbecue we're being honest I've always got first of all souin Indiana if you want barbecue you're in the wrong place brother I'm just GNA tell you that right now unless unless you make a price isn't bad pig isn't bad it's a couple miles from where we live right here I like Frank a solid option but again if we're talking like top tier top end barbecue there's not a lot in in the South bent Indiana region true um pegs I haven't been to in a while and and again even if I have gone I don't think it's maybe once or twice and then can you say the what you said PTO pedos pedos Pizza yeah I again I don't know if I've ever had pedos pizza when we're Pizza in South Ben I'm I'm going with you know barnab Brunos that kind of situation maybe I've had plos because I feel like you guys have tried just about every pizza place in the in the area I'm sure I've probably had it at some point I actually did some door Dash plos pizza because it's not far from where we live now compared to where we used to live I did some door Dash during a couple football games last year from plos nice so I I guess long story short I don't know if my answer would have a lot of weight wa um but if we're just say just say they don't register that's all you got to say yeah that's what I'm saying write God Vince uh this one's easy for me although we had we had Mission Barbecue last night actually and you must to went with Brian oh no it was actually the featured meal at the senior SL you did the yeah okay okay so which we also helped coordinate but anyway is really good uh but at the end of the day if I'm making a decision on where I'm going to eat it's plos all day and it's not close uh plos has amazing Pizza it's a little too far for a drive when I'm just like hey I'm G to go pick up a pizza kind of a thing because of the you know just the distance yeah but we used to go to plos all the time uh when you know earlier on in our marriage uh because it was located in a different place right but then they move had a kitchen fire several years ago had fire exactly so they had to move uh so it got a little bit too far away but I love me some pedos pizza so it's plos and it's not close pedos is good like I'm not as they they've got a New York style and they've also got like a stuffed pizza and like I used to be big on their New York style I'm much more on their stuffed pizza now I really enjoy it it's like a stuffed with meat and cheese and stuff like that so you know like you said Jesse like from a family standpoint if we're going to like get a pizza we're we're more likely to go to Barnaby you know here in town but plos is very solid Mission Barbecue is not bad you know but it's a chain place I I prefer a couple of the local spots that I mentioned just because they're they're local and not chains I I don't I don't know that I've ever been to pegs if I have it's maybe been once never have yep that when he said the chicken and waffles it made me want to maybe check it out so I don't think I've ever had chicken and waffles I don't think I have either maybe once yeah I'm going a breakfast place that's not high on my list of things there's actually Place Syracuse that I saw on Food Network that's like a big it's like a waffle place and you know like they do all different kinds of waffles and they've got like a chickenin waffle that I really want to try okay when I go there with basketball this year because I haven't tried so far if we stay okay let's predict the 12 team college football playoff oh field oh so let's go around start with your four Conference champions start with that it helps when you look at the rundown Jess come on no I know and I actually suggested this question I think you did actually yeah he certainly did resources were limited today and I definitely forgot this was on the Queue but you got your car total so you know like got the car total um I I'll give the easy ones to start I like that we're going with the the easy ones uh Vince homework I like that man Vince is coming he's just saved that from from what he did like a month ago when I told him he did it the wrong way yep exactly what happened but it's here Miami Georgia Ohio State Utah are my four okay so you're going out of the box a little bit with Miami as your ACC champ okay there going hard on cam or not cam Hart cam Ward yeah I have no faith in cam Ward so Miami is definitely not my ACC Champion I had Florida state which maybe isn't a great pick at the moment but we'll see how it all plays out obviously but I have uh Georgia as my one I've got Ohio State as my two I've got Florida State as my three and I've got Utah as my four okay so I've got basically Clemson we've all got somebody different for the ACC I've got the other three though Georgia Utah Ohio State Clemson and that's mostly because of the fact that Florida State didn't just lose that last week they lost a conference game right off the as well I know almost out of my mouth I was like but conference play hasn't started but yeah it did and uh and they lost so they're already fighting an uphill battle so yep uh what about your group of five team who do you think is going to be the best group of five team which will get you into the playoff if you're the highest ranked group of five team this year this this was actually tough for me because it could go any direction you know what I mean it just it I picked Memphis um I I think at the end of the day it doesn't really matter who the 12 is uh because they have to go on the road to the five and it's probably not going to be all that close uh but I I did pick Memphis in this case Jess Liberty Liberty was mine came down to Liberty and Boise State uh but Liberty is edging it out for me a little bit more experience I think on the national stage especially of recently I went a little bit different direction and I'm going with Troy as my group of five team Jared Parker Parker that's right he inherited a team that was in pretty good shape won 11 games last year so I'm gonna say Mighty Troy is the group of five the top group of five teams that'll get into the playoff wouldn't that be something if Troy come to South Ben for a playoff game just to get just to have to head back with an L but it would be pretty cool you want to talk about story lines that one of them that's right okay so that leaves us seven other at large teams yes for the playoff who wants to go first you have ready Jess go ahead yeah I I I refreshed my memory um okay Notre Dame Texas Oregon Alabama hen State oh miss one more I think you got one more yeah I got one more but I can't decide who that my last team was the hardest one I felt like because I've got all the other teams that you just named Notre day M Miss Texas Oregon Penn State Alabama my last team was the hardest before you give yours Vince do you have any that are different than those six um I have alab I have Miss out okay so they are they are not in my f because I I only have three SEC teams three big 10 teams two big 12 teams and two ACC teams so so you've got Utah winning the Big 12 who's your second Big 12 team Oklahoma State Oklahoma State okay yes good pick yeah and then another ACC team then uh Clemson Clemson so you've got Florida State and Clemson both making yes okay so Jesse your final team is who I got to stick to what what the common common uh trend is and all of these and that's SEC bias bias so I'm just GNA throw another one in and say our good friend Brian Kelly at LSU oh so you've got five SEC teams making the playoff in that case I do I've got I've got lot bias I initially didn't have Alabama in but it's like 12 team field it would like it would be pretty shocking if Alabama doesn't even make it in a 12 team field SEC is not getting five teams in beat up on each other enough that that's not going to be the case yeah I'm going a little Darkhorse here and I'm not feeling as good about it because they struggled Thursday night in their opener but I'm going with NC State they're a little bit of a trendy pick I'm going with NC State as a second ACC team okay to get in I've only got one big 12 because I just Oklahoma State it's a pretty solid pick but I'm just not that confident in in most of the teams in that conference Arizona could actually be a little bit of a dark horse as a second team in the Big 12 as well Arizona is a trendy pick I just don't trust their quarterback everybody everybody just loves him so much and I just don't see it all right let's finish with some game props some individual and then we'll pick the uh the winner here at the end we don't have have to spend a ton of time on these Jeremiah Love over under 58 and a half rushing yards over yeah he might get that on one play yeah I'm going over as well or at least two plays I'm going over yeah as well Jaden greous over under 38 and a half receiving yards over over wr1 he's gonna have more than that he's the most important wide receiver wide receiver in that offense I don't disagree I'm going over as well what about Chris Mitchell his over under 37 and a half yards this is the classic Chris Tyree dilemma last year he could get this in one play if he ultimately wanted to I think he's going to get his shot eventually on some one-on-ones stretching the field down the sideline that's going to open up the middle of the field for the rest of the team um he'll get a one-on-one some point so give me the over yep agreed I'm going to go under I think that he's going to get a lot of the attention from the secondary because of the Season that he had at FIU last year and the rest of Notre Dame's receiving Court especially the the two Notre Dame you know the the three returning guys Thomas great house and fison who are going to be a big part of the rotation as well I think it's going to set especially a guy like great house like you were alluding to Jess so I'm gonna go under on like he could easily do it in one catch but I just think he's goingon to get the bulk of the attention from Texas A&M secondary in this game what about A&M receiver moose Muhammad over under 40 and a half yards probably over because I think they're going to be throwing the ball a lot because they're going to be coming from behind yeah I mean again even if he's got five catches you know that's still only eight eight yards a catch and he's going to hit that over being a focal point of who they're trying to get the ball to I would just take the over it's it's a better bet yeah I'm going over as well don't know exactly who their number one is going to be just like we don't know who Notre Dame's number one is going to be it's got to be somebody so I put it on Muhammad Riley Leonard's passing yards over under 201 a half yards this one's so hard I mean I want to go with over but I just don't know I I think his legs are going to be the X Factor I don't think it's going to be his arm I mean and I'm not saying he can't do it I just don't know if he will do it you know what I mean so I would stay away from this one but for for the argument I will take the over but not by a whole lot I'm gonna take the under I think this is more so like a 150 to 180 type range but don't make up the difference with his leg um and again Jeremiah Love jarian price they're still going to have a big impact as well on the kind of total yards for the offense yeah I'm hesitant on this but I will take the over I'm like my thinking is somewhere around 210 maybe 215 something like that plus about 75 80 rushing yards to go with it but I'd go I'll I'll go over on Leonard but again I'm not confident enough that like I probably just stay away from it Conor wigman's number is 230 and a half under I I'm going to take the over just because of volume I think they're going to be throwing the ball a lot and they may Dink and dunk their way to 230 it's not going to translate to points but it they he could get some yards I'm still gonna go under like I I can see the path that Vince is talking about like they're chasing points maybe toward the end and they're you know they're they're throwing it around and stuff like that but I still hedge toward the under on this team Point totals in this game were interesting A&M's over under for their score 24 and a half points noted Ames is 21 and a half points so like that shows you right there what you know where Vegas thinks this game is gonna be which is just absurd to me I'll take the under for sure on A&M's uh we'll get a better idea from my score prediction and I'm gonna take the over on Notre Dames as well AB prediction yeah 100% on all of it exactly the game over under is 46 and a half points and I guess we'll get to that with our predictions right now Vince I'll let you lead it off what's your prediction for this game well I have to take the over if I'm going to stick with my prediction uh because my prediction is 48 total points so I guess I got to take the over I if I'm betting it though I would probably take the under because I think points are going to be a little bit more harder to come by uh but again I my my score prediction is over so I I guess I gotta stay consistent obviously I would take Notre Dame plus the two and a half I would also take them on the money line I've got Notre Dame winning 31 to 17 you know you might to be honest with you at the end of the day you might be able to take a touchdown away from both teams and you might that might actually be more closer to the truth but I do think Notre Dame is gonna score and I just don't see A&M I mean honestly I'd be surprised if they put up 17 um I I think I feel like a late touchdown you know when the game's kind of already been decided could get them there that's why I put it uh but I think 3117 that's what I've got I'll just say this up front any team that gets to 30 wins this game no matter what if you get to 30 you win this game I agree with that for sure I don't think either team is going to get to 30 though uh my final score prediction is Notre Dame 27 uh Texas A&M 13 mine's 27 to 17 so we're all kind of right that same ballpark again I feel like the team the offense that makes the most explosive plays is going to win this game and I think that between Riley Leonard Jeremiah Love and the running backs or the uh wide receivers rather and even Mitchell Evans the tight end that Notre Dame is is going to have on the field Notre Dame is going to have the much better chance to hit some explosive plays against A&M than A&M is against Notre Dame's secondary guys that's gonna do it game one is on the way we're almost there thanks everybody for uh watching or listening great to see you guys enjoy your Labor Day weekend don't forget Vince and I will be back on Monday for show and of course there will be a late night postgame show are you gonna be part of the postgame show again Vince oh I'm hosting the postgame show hosting the postgame show yeah baby that's right is down there so all right the star student enjoy the game Notre name Texas A&M coming up IB countdown to kickoff and we'll talk to you next week