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[Music] big noon conversations Dan lenning or Oregon Dan lenning Oregon's the next one all right so now here we are uh we're getting to the point now where people are giving us their predictions for the Big 10 so I think the predictions have been pretty accurate Ohio State's favored Oregon second I think by a stretch they're the best teams I think Penn State's got a good coach and an excellent Young quarterback so I think they should be third USC is about fifth or sixth with Iowa so I I want to start with this um I think USC you can say what you want about Lincoln Riley but in two years they're averaging 40 points a game and he took over a roster as you know that was a mess I kind of think the schedule goes in their favor I think if there's a dark horse in the conference I kind of think it's SC am I being a homer it feels like they could win eight or nine games they don't pay Oregon they don't play Ohio State and UCLA and Michigan are in rebuilds am I nuts on that yeah I don't think that you're nuts I think that USC could be a sleeper team I think it all hinges on that game against LSU to be honest in Vegas um that game is so important for Lincoln Riley because right now it seems like with the USC faithful there's a bit of a wait and see let's wait and see how he's going to do without Caleb Williams and yet from within the program I do know that there is a sentiment that they feel like they can get back to basics get back the fundamentals and and maybe not be better at the quarterback position but certainly be more predictable at the quarterback position I think Miller Moss will give them that ability he's a really smart player and he's more in line with what Lincoln Riley won with at Oklahoma particular in his first couple of years there with Baker Mayfield and so I to think that this this team is going to take a step back offensively would be naive they will not Lincoln Riley will not take a step back offensively so the question for me is more about the defensive side they were abysmal last year and a terrible defense now deanon Linn comes over from UCLA and by all accounts I think that this is a great hire and if they are just better on the defensive side they don't have to be great they don't even really have to be good they just have to be better than what they were then this is certainly a team that if they were to beat LSU could certainly be sitting there in November with the schedule that they have in front of them competing for a playoff spot I don't think that's the question listen uh it's going to rankle Big 10 fans if one of those finesse Pack 12 team comes into the conference and win but Oregon gets to host Ohio State listen their nil is next level it's Texas level they have gone out there's nothing illegal and bought some really good recruits I think Oregon's stacked I don't know what they'll be quite at quarterback could Oregon win the Big 10 I think that I you know they get Ohio State at home it wouldn't wouldn't shock me what do you make they certainly could you know I I do think it wouldn't shock me it wouldn't surprise me this is easily one of the top four rosters in all of college football easily and and you can call them a finesse Pack 12 team they are anything but that they are really good up front in fact when you look at the Blue Chip ratio that they've signed from high school alone on the defensive front seven it's remarkable they've got 11 guys in the two deep that are blue chip recruits up front on the defensive side they're going to be fast they will be physical and this is an offense that I think could have one of the best if not the best wide receiver rooms in the country so if you put a guy like Dylan Gabriel and you might think that there's question marks about that but I actually believe he is the perfect type of quarterback for what Oregon and their offensive coordinator will Stein wants to do will Stein trust me I know this he he cut his teeth as a coach and played for my offensive coordinator and he will do better with a point guard out there that was kind of the bow Knicks uh mold and I think Dylan Gabriel fits in that I think Gabriel was actually miscast at Oklahoma I think he's gonna be a better player at Oregon here's the reason why if you look at what Oklahoma had on their roster last year and what they tried to do offensively was push the ball down the field because of the length and speed of their wide receivers that wasn't Dylan Gabriel he's more of a point guard that wants to get the ball out of his hands quickly I think he takes a step up I think he's a Heisman Contender and it won't surprise me at all if Oregon is able to win the Big 10 this is the top four team in college football and they've got National Championship aspirations so we go to a 12 team playoff and I think one of the schools that benefits from this is Penn State because Penn State is going to pass the eye test uh James Franklin they've got some elite players they have an excellent Young quarterback and when you get down to selecting the eighth ninth 10th 11th 12 playoff teams I cand is going to matter we're going to know who the best four teams are we'll have a strong feeling about like five through seven or eight you're going to get down to like 9 10 11 12 who had impressive wins who who like on Saturday did we go oh oh they could play with Texas I kind of think I kind of think Penn State's an interesting team in the playoff format Am I Wrong Works in their favor a little bit okay so think of it this way too not just this year but in years past Colin if you were to retroactively place a 12 team format over the entirety of the four team playoff okay so that would be that then you have that margin of eight teams that would have made playoffs in the last few years that did not there there was not a team hurt more by the four team playoff than Penn State they're the team that would have made more playoffs than anybody else wow um in terms of it's six years six years they would have been in the playoffs weren't because they were just outside of the top four so you can make a strong argument that there's not a program in the country that will benefit more from the playoff going from 4 to 12 than Penn State I'll take it a step further now they don't have divisions in the Big 10 they were stuck in the Big 10 East having to play Michigan and Ohio state every single year so they didn't necessarily even in a great year have access to a championship game now you fast forward to this year guess what happens they don't have divisions they miss Michigan they miss Oregon in the regular season they've got the best schedule set up of any team in the Big 10 and pending what happens in that Oregon Ohio State game I can see a situation or certainly a world where Penn State would only have one loss at the end of the year and be in the Big 10 championship game and it wouldn't be a rematch between Oregon and Ohio State I think that's plausible and certainly a team that I'm bullish on with the quarterback Drew Aller their talent in the backfield and now what I think is a better offensive cord Ator and Kansas's offensive coordinator Andy codal Nikki they call him Coach K I think he's going to benefit them quite uh quite tremendously I like Ryan day they are viewed um I think fairly along with Georgia Texas as the most talented teams is there a flaw I think they've been too finessed for the last several years and I think Harbaugh illuminated that weakness will they yeah will they because they have a quarterback that is not viewed as a CJ stra level Talent will Ohio State pivot back um to fundamentally a little more physical offense going forward or is this just sort of the new blueprint their receiver and quarterback Leed so Ohio State if you take a look at what's going on in the last couple of years and I think what certainly uh is is a product of the transfer portal and nil is what we've seen is that the best teams in college football become very veteran so you've got to be veteran you can't just be blue chip you can't just be Talent Ed you've got to be veteran and experience and if you've got that combination of talent Blue Chip ratio and Veteran experience then you can consider yourself the best roster in college football and that's what Ohio state is I think you're accurate in saying that they lost some of the physicality and Michigan exploited that over the last few years this is a team that should have the best defense in all of college football the best front four in all of college football on the defensive side an insane secondary with Denzel Burke and Caleb down lean Ransom these guys are incredible and that defense is going to allow the offense to get their feet wet with a new offensive play caller and a new quarterback here's the thing about their quarterback and I think it's going to be will Howard Ohio state is not going to need CJ crowd level quarterback play because of Chip Kelly and their backfield they get quinon Judkins from Old Miss they get trayon Henderson to come back and now with Chip Kelly he is going to be able to run the football to the degree that I don't think any of us are expecting I would not be surprised at all if Ohio State leads the Big 10 in rushing I won't be surprised if they're in the top five in the country because that's what Chip Kelly does he doesn't need a dominant offensive line he will run the football and find a way to run the football efficiently that's why the pressure is not going to be all on the shoulders of the quarterback like it has been over the last few years this is a team that I think is absolutely the best most talented and most championship ready roster in all of college football people say that it's Georgia but when you look at the veteran nature of this team coming back the the guys that they were able to get back from last year to this year and then also supplement with the transfer portal this is the best roster in college football Joel clatt so good to see you again it's so I mean look at you I can tell you've got a couple of day beard growth you're still not in in regular season form you're still a little that's right I mean yeah you got two it's preseason it's preseason I didn't even come on out of the gate like asking where Aaron Rogers was your valuable immediately makes you a Super Bowl Contender but that's fine and like Jared gof over Jaylen Herz I'm probably with JM that's a little bit strange right there I don't know if I buy that too much but you know otherwise it was a cute list you tried hard that's why I tell my kids all the time like just try your best and you did that listen you're going to go into two a days here pretty quickly I wouldn't get too cocky get all cleaned up Joel clatt the voice of college football at Fox good seeing you you buddy I'm so fired up you too buddy have a good day I am hi everybody it's me Uncle Colin subscribe here to get the latest from the herd including exclusive behind the 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