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at the end of his career. But my take on bow Nicks was that's exactly what Sean had texted me, that's exactly what I saw in college. No big surprises. You're a former scout, what'd you see?

then Oklahoma started. You didn't need a big arm quarterback. I remember watching him in college going. I think his arm's a little bit better than the way he's getting I would say, kind of pigeonholed as a player, and

you watch him today. I don't want to say he's you know, he's not Brett fahrv or Josh Allen, but his arm strength is well above average in the NFL, and that touchdown pass he had was in and out of his hands in the corner of the end zone, hitting the guy accurately at the front of the pylon. It doesn't get any better than that, the velocity, the accuracy, how quick it is. And then obviously you see again Patrick Willis isn't exactly chasing him, but clearly his athleticism

moving around translates he's and he's confident. Like that was the thing with Trey Lance when the Niners got him his athleticism, he wasn't confident in it because he had never been chased by the caliber of player. Bo Nicks has been playing the best of the best, like I said, for ten years in college and athleticism movement wise. Clearly what Sean Payton wanted to do and this didn't work out because he's not a quarterback, was a guy like Taysom Hill who could move around and throw. You know,

Drew Brees was stagnant in the pocket. Now he's great at it. But the modern day football, you have to be able to move to throw. I don't need you to be Lamar Jackson, but you've got to be able to keep plays alive. You notice all these rookie quarterbacks athletic, and they all can throw on the move, and bo Nicks clearly can and I know Sean kind of old school not naming the starter had him down. This thing's over. Okay, I don't even know who the Broncos play week one.

He's your starting quarterback week one. You agree with that, and this thing will play itself out, you know, I think you want to make him earn it. Sean is not one of these new age thirty eight year old offensive coordinators. Yeah, but this thing played itself out today in front of everyone's eyes, like there's no point putting. It'd be one thing if they had Peyton Manning or something. This Jared stid him like this, this thing's.

and thump. Oregon State was good. USC could score Arizona won seven in a row and beat Oklahoma in a bowl game. The conference was really.

game and I got like second row seats. I called the buddy. I got right down the field, right behind the Oregon bench because I wanted to watch he and Penix. And he's more cut than you think he's He's ripped and he is really verbal on the sideline. Dad's a coach. And then I met him in person for about an hour forty five minute interview, forty minute interview before and after the show. I was just blown away by him. And then I got a couple early texts from Sean

Pateon and I was like, this kid's really working. And the other thing about him is there is something to be said about seeing the field. We've always said this was Zach Wilson and justin fields, they just don't see it. It just takes a beat too long. Bo sees the field. And some of this is not only did he play at two schools. I believe he had five different coordinators in five years. It could be four, but I think it's five. So John, this kid has had to pick up.

We've never seen this kid have the same system back to back. Here.

of quarterbacks. His own team drafted another player before they drafted him justin Herbert was kind of an afterthought after Joe Burrow into a tonguea by Lowe. So you look at this class. Bo Nicks got beat up bad when he was in the SEC and had to transfer, and clearly it changed his career. Right, So you see a lot of these guys. You know, Caleb is one guy that had a lot of success, but I think this class is full of guys that had to struggle, and he,

to me, is at the top of the way. Him and Penix I mean had to transfer, were not viewed as first round picks by any means at the time they transferred and really had to earn it. And both those two guys, I mean, Bo was awesome. I mean in college obviously statistically he was incredible. Now, it's a little inflated the way people play. It's why that any coach will tell you, Okay, he throws a bunch, you know, parallel to the line of scrimmage. When I evaluate him,

we don't watch those passes. I think Sean said that I cut those out and we evaluate everything past the line of scrimmage, the timing, the rhythm, the accuracy. Yeah, I mean I was pretty blown away. I mean, I was bullish on him just because of his coach, but his physical skills. That's the other thing. Him and Caleb Bright aren't super tall, and it stands out when you see him. They're not six four sixty five. Both of

them are thick, both of them are built. Russell, who's shorter than those guys, had that same thing early on. You're like, well, he looks like an NFL guy physically. Kyler, who's even shorter in that also built, and that matters. And that's like watching Jayden, very physically gifted, throws a beautiful ball.

So these linebackers now, they don't wait two sixty. They weigh two twenty eight or two thirty four. They're running four four fours and they will destroy that. They'll break your collarbone, they'll break your leg.

a bit sloppy. Mahomes does, or did early in his career. Mechanically, you know, Patrick's running around, he just gets a little backyard football. Ye, And both the gms I talked to with Caleb said he just just has to get more in rhythm, which he said, I think in the pros he won't run around as much. He's a smart kid. He'll figure out I don't want to get hit. The second thing is sometimes he's a little bit of a playmaker, a little bit of an ad libber. But Jordan Palmer said, listen,

he got bored with college. He was the Heisman winner right his first year at USC, and then USC can't stop anybody his second year and he's like, Okay, and terrible, and he's like, we're not a national championship team. And Jordan said, when I watched him, I saw a guy that was bored out of his mind. And I think there's a lot of truth to that. So when you get bored, you lose focus. When you lose focus in any job, you get a little sloppy. I thought Caleb

was a little sloppy last year. And I think sometimes Lincoln Riley, because of the offensive line, really struggled with what to call. And I heard that inside the program. It's like Lincoln just didn't trust the protection. So he's like, I'm not getting Caleb Williams hurt. I'm not getting it, you know, because Caleb was He came all the way out to USC first year, got pretty good protection, wins the highest. But I think Lincoln feels like, you know what it's worth it, this is gonna be great by

the second year. Halfway through it. I think Lincoln, what I was told is Lincoln just there's things Lincoln wouldn't call. He didn't want to get him hurt. And so I think go back to the previous year, that's the Caleb Williams you're going to see in Chicago, which is focused runs. The play can have live if he has to. But Jordan's whole point was don't judge too much. In the last five or six USC games, team was terrible. He was bored ad lib in a little bit more than

he probably will in real life. So what's your thought on that?

means feel in the pocket. That means to know when it's not going to go well and I got rid of the ball immediately, or when I can keep a play alive. And I think the new trait that every team looks for is the scramble to throw and keep plays alive. But to scramble to throw, you need a good arm. It's what Aaron Rodgers built a Hall of Fame career on he could throw outside the tackle box

ropes accurately. And that's what Kayleb william can do in spades, because let's face it, all these teams in the NFL now multiple most teams have multiple sweet pass rushers. There aren't as many good offensive linemen in the league anymore. So you've got to be able to move. And he's accurate in the arm. Strength is just elite. Like you said, he's gonna have a little hero ball, but how could you not have hero ball if that's the skill that

he has. I mean, Patrick Mahomesry, he had to get older and realize that we can play a little different. But early on, like I want him to bring that to the table because he's accurate throwing the ball downfield. If he has to move, now there's a difference of something was open, you didn't need to do that, but like nothing was there. Your guard gets smoked, you gotta move. But he made he did it all. He threw a sweet play I think on like the second or third

pass of the game from the pocket. He had the crazy instinctive play to swift. He had the play on the move the other thing, and they I don't know if you saw hard knocks yet, but they they kind of did this silly thing where they brought it a slip and slide to teach the quarterbacks how to slide. I'm sorry that they were joking about it, but also

kind of serious. It's important. His right arm is the franchise and he had to scramble where he slid, and he's gonna have I would say, depending on the game, anywhere from two to five could be second, and eight could be third and eight. He can scramble for ten yards and pick up a first down. But when you scramble and you're not by the sideline, you gott to fucking hit the ground and you gotta slide because they

can't touch you, and the defenders know it. When you stay up and JJ McCarthy did in the game, and a lot of quarterbacks do it, you're gonna get clipped and you're gonna get clipped hard. So if you're doing that, he can stay healthy because he can avoid well. His short area of quickness is just elite. And then the army. He doesn't need much space to get that thing off.

this was Jordan Love. Jordan Love had a better year the year before he came out, and then he lost the coordinator. Remember that he lost the coordinator, he lost a coach, he lost people. He was not very good as awful. So the Packers went to the previous year video and went, yeah, that's that's who he is. And so you take the best of what you saw because obviously, if you lose a coach at Utah State, you may get If you have three coordinators at Utah State, two

may stink, one may be okay. So when he had his best coaches, Green Bay looks at that and goes, Okay, that's what he can be because our coaches are great offensively. So I think with Caleb, you go back a year and go, oh, and the old line was healthy. He'd come over and Lincoln was not afraid. Remember that year if they beat Tulane, they went twelve games. They were really really smoking that year. The second year, I think just I mean, I was told this, Lincoln just he didn't.

He didn't. It was a different play calling year, a different sensibility with Kleb, and it was he just wanted to make sure he didn't get hurt.

throw hard. And you know, Perty can get away with it a little bit because his offensive scheme is so great and he's a good athlete. He can scramble. But Peyton Manning's one of the most accurate players in the history of the sport. Arm strength matchs and it always has and it always will and you see these plays and you only see it even more once the regular season starts. All these former quarterbacks talk about the the kind of space in college relative to the NFL, of

what's open. Things happen quick. A lot of things get screwed up and you got an ad lib and that even puts more pressure on your arm. It ultimately can be the downfall of some of these guys that can't scramble and don't have a great arm. Like Cousins and Golf are good examples. When it's perfect, they can destroy you. They can have four or five touchdowns on you. But if you can throw them off they can't move, and then they can't throw very hard on the move. So

it's a major problem. Watch you watch the modern day football, the modern day football player who's having a lot of success in the NBA. What is it. You gotta shoot threes? You better be able to scramble and throw ropes because these all these young coaches want to get you on the move. And even when they're not getting you on the move, because more than likely you're gonna have two or three offensive linemen that they would gladly rep if they could, you're going to be running for your life.

And a lot of these the good ones keep their eyes up, scramble and throw and Caleb, it's like geez it was to get up on Saturday morning and watch in the Bill. I mean, vos score was like thirty three to six. The Bills clearly didn't even care. But just to watch his physical attribute, you're like, Wow, I don't.

Niners got upset, and it just blew up. Now it appears they've circled back. Is that what you're hearing.

They have twenty eight million dollars and then he says no. So to me, it feels like a guy who's gotten a little over his skis. He does he really want to leave San Francisco. Of course not because you're a star with the Niners and he's a West Coast guy, grew up in Reno when high school in Sack played at Arizona State. Has become a well known name. But got so emotional by this number. And let's face it,

the Niners drive a hard bargain. They had a number, and they didn't flinch because also, you're not a free agent. We don't have to trade you anywhere. I want to go to the Steelers. Well yeah, they could get in theory, I guess they could give you our their first round pick, but what good does that do us Week one against the Jets That that's a player that does not exist for another eight months. First round picks or having two of them are incredible in February, March, and April. They

do good teams, no good during the season. That's why ideally you make that trade before the combine. Well, guess what the Niners probably tried. No one was offering that at the time. Why great wide receiver draft? Why am I going to trade you my first round pick? When I get a wide receiver, is gonna start at a number Instead of paying a guy twenty eight million I get the ideally or in a perfect world, the similar player for four right, just basic economics, and I think

he overplayed his hand. And the Niners are like, listen, we had these deals, they were the ones we'd accept. Those are the teams. Everyone knows you're on the block. No one else is coling, no one else has the money. You want to go to the Steelers. They have nothing to give us back. This has to be It takes two to tango. Here. There's two sides, and we don't want their draft picks. They're not giving us TJ. Watt, so that ain't happening. Here's our number. What are you

gonna do? Not play? We want to give you a contract. No one feels bad for him, and he's emotional. I can't imagine being twenty four, twenty five, twenty six, have this money, like the number that you think you're. His value on their team is a lot different than some of these guys making twenty nine million dollars. They don't play like that, and I just think they're kind of at a crossroads. But he does. I guess he has the leverage, just not practice. He can demand a trade

all he wants. But if John and Kyle don't want to trade him. He's not getting traded. Ideally, I think they want to avoid this, right, they don't want this, but they're not just gonna give him away because that's the easy thing to do. So he's kind of stuck, and it's they're pissed off. I know that obviously he's he's well established that he's mad. They're mad. And this is kind of a joke now because at the end of the day, Bosa was gonna kind of get over

on them. He had all the average, he's the best player. He was going to get a ton. They go, listen, you're really good, but DJ Moore has been a lot better than you. For six years playing with Coward and middle Cooff as his quarterback, you've had productive quarterbacks and you're never going to catch more Navy balls here. So the ROI and R investment, if we give you thirty million dollars is kind of a doesn't make a lot of sense. And that's where I think they're kind of

stuck looking at each other. I still believe he's gonna end up on the Niners, but I think he might be a first player in NFL history who sounds like a four year, hundred million dollar deal and is mad at the Dais when he gives his press conference. Well get ready for that.

he's a one. So the reality is the one position that is literally expanding, you know, because there's a lot of families outside of a Texas that aren't playing as much football. There's not as many high school football players today is ten years ago. There's not Moms are like

a lot of moms southern California, LA. Forget it. You're an outcast if you let your kid by high school football, especially if you're west of the four h five Freeway, like all the you know, all the high end fallutin you know, coastal towns.

of the market, it's also discomforting. These guys now make thirty million dollars. Some gms are like, I mean, you better be able to do that on the rookie contract. You can't pay your quarterback and a receiver thirty large, like unless he's Jamar Chase. So I think it's one of these situations where they just if Trent Williams was in year three in his career and they had two more years not to pay him, I think you could

be willing to push it. They can't win the Super Bowl in my opinion without Trent Williams's that's the roadblock here too.

cost him million dollars. If this was a real estate deal, it would have been over weeks ago. The Niners, you know this. They want two million. Niners are offering one point six. We ain't budget you're not budgeting. We go our separate ways. And that's kind of what's happened, except he's stuck on their team because he's under contract and their trump card is your fifth year options this year, and we have two franchise tags. We want to make this work, but this is our number. You're not a

free agent. You are not a free agent, so you can sit out to win the season. You're gonna pass up fourteen million dollars. That's like he acts, and I think his side they think they got a bunch of leverage. There aren't a bunch of teams with a lot to give back. There was one the Browns, the Niners like that offer a Marii Cooper in the second round pick deal. And then he's like, no, well, you can't ask for a trade. This is in the NBA. You're not gonna

dictate all the terms here. And I think that's what's made him mad and the forty Niners mack because he won't play ball, like, we are offering you a ton of money. You're immediately gonna be the highest paid player on a highly paid team. So yeah, DJ Morris, these guys make more. They do more for their team in terms of production. That's never gonna Kyle Shanahan's not gonna start playing like Andy Reid, right, That's not how they're

gonna play. They're gonna run the ball. I think in a perfect world, party has like twenty six past attempts a game. That's what they're shooting for. They're not trying to play like forty three times he's like, well, I could be a star receiver. Well, on this team, we're willing to pay you, and you're gonna thrive and you can make a ton off. This is the forty nine ers are top two or three brand in the league. He makes a ton off the field.

more vigorous. I mean, there were people transferring ten years ago, but not to the level now. The machine it is right, And I said, but if you really look at Brian Kelly and Harbaugh, you know they doubled the wins very quickly. But it was sort of pseudo. Not can't compete with Alabama Georgia, but they won the games they should have won. And Brian Kelly gets to Annatty and gets blown out, and Michigan, you know, would face Ohio State and it

was fools gold. It took both about seven years, eight years to stockpile talent where they could play at Georgia Bama and the games are good and you could on television You're like, oh, there's pros on both sides. You know, the Manti t Notre Dame team in the National Championship, you know, it felt like it would have finished third in the PAC twelve. But a lot of it's scheduling. So I say, with Lincoln Riley, as bad as Notre Dame was in Michigan was, I don't think they were

as bad as USC under Clay Hilton. Not only were they four and eight, but people inside the program believed they only had like twelve NFL maybe late round players. That it was Lincoln Riley identified after two practices, there's maybe thirty guys we can keep, and so by being a play away from twelve wins in his first season was fairly remarkable through those of us closer to the program.

And then the second year they had injuries, Jordan Addison was gone and frankly, they just know NFL players, it was Caleb and they kind of shut him down once they lost a couple of games. They had a defensive coordinator completely over Ski. So my takeaway is this idea that USC was going to buy for national championships. They were way better year one than expectations. That's not really who they were. They were an early Notre Dameer Harbaugh team.

You know, Harbaugh got from five to ten wins year one and won the national championship. Team USC couldn't beat any good teams. They were just beating the crappy teams on their schedule because of the wizardry of Caleb and the coaching of Lincoln. So my take is, I think we're being too unrealistic, even with a transfer portal to Brian Kelly right now in Lincoln, in that it's still the sport still comes down to high school recruiting in chemistry and culture, and you can't do it in two years.

So yeah, you're right. In normal circumstances, I think it takes four years to get a real evaluation on the trajectory of your team. That's my personal opinion. I understand that big dollars are in play here, and also along with I think Temper's player and egos are involved, and the collective doesn't feel like they're getting what they have paid for, they're going to be quicker to pull the trigger.

But at the same time, I completely agree with you and those that have said that Lincoln Riley is he's not he doesn't know what he's doing. He doesn't he's he's way out of his so far. I saw an analyst and national analyst call on the other day say, oh, his his tenure at SC has been a quote disaster. Well to be a win away from the college football Playoff in year one with the Heisman Trophy winner, sign me up for that disaster.

done offensively, But I don't know. This is my observation from a distance. I don't know if they practice the way they need to practice to be as good along both lines of scrimmage to compete for championships. And that's the only question I have. And will he be too proud to adjust maybe the amount of full contact periods that they have. Will they maybe do some things offensively in a drill setting that might give the defense a

slight advantage. Will they do things like that to help attract more defensive personnel and to create a tougher, more physical mindset. Because I saw last year they were a little banged up in spring. This was spring of twenty three. They said, after like nine practices, Yeah, we're good. We're just gonna do you know, walk throughs or whatever. At Georgia They're like, I don't care if we have managers putting helmets on. We're practicing. So I think that's the

mindset that I'm just a little concerned about. But I think the I think the Hey, the jury's out right now, and i'd be I'm actually really optimistic about SC this year more than most.

People talk about the Texas nil Oregon's is unlimited. They'll just buy whatever they have to. That's really how it's done. USC's is thirteen million. I have that on thirteen million. Depending on the ascension of the program, it could get to fifteen. But USC's fine. They're not Texas, they're not A and M, they're not Ohio State, they're maybe not Georgia. They're not Oregon for sure. So I think Oregon has purchased and this is not a criticism. Is all legal

now right right, they've gone. First of all, their marketing is enhanced, even with Mario Crystaball they're recruiting to me is the best on the West coast, the best on the West coast. USC's is consistently second because of the name brand. But Oregon's been recruiting the West coast crystal Ball landing very well. If they want a receiver or a dB, they get them. If there's a top edge rusher, they just get them. They own the Northwest mostly for

the players they want. It's a very weak recruiting year in my opinion in the West coast this year, especially the Northwest. I think they match up fine. I think eye test Texas looks really big. When they faced Alabama last year the last couple of years, I looked at it and I thought, God, this is what Alabama looks like the last ten years against everybody else. You're like man,

Texas passes the eye test. I think the I think Oregon's going to beat Ohio State in Eugene because I think Dan Lanning has done something that I didn't think a Southern guy was going to do with no head coaching experience. He's immediately I know what Oregon is. I really do they play their They're a little Detroit Lions, relentless,

they play hard. They got I think privately they would admit Kaylan de boorr Out coached him and Washington had a bizarre set of great offensive talent, almost no NFL bodies, and they matched up with Oregon. I mean, frankly, Pennis beat ball uh Adunze. Oregon wasn't getting beat because they were being fooled it's just it was just a bad matchup.

I said it before Washington was gonna beat Texas, they were not gonna beat Michigan is and so I think it was I think I watched Oregon play Washington twice once live. I thought Oregon had more good players. I just thought Washington was a terrible matchup. So I think Oregon matches up with Ohio State, and I think if you match up with Ohio State, you match up with everybody. I think Alabama's underrated. I think Kayland Boor is magnificent.

I think you know what he is reminds me of he's really Chris Peterson, where he does have some Peterson vibes for sure, where you're like, they will never be out coached at Alabama. Ever, there are games with Nick Saban where I felt if you had a quarterback that was good off script, you could frustrate Nick. I didn't think he was out coached. I thought there were things

Nick did better than other coaches. Klin de Boor it's almost magical, like Washington's talent on the defensive side is they had an interior defensive lineman who I think the Rams got undrafted free free agent.

Ten the last couple of years, just the reality. So I don't think that they're finesse though, Like I don't know if that's entirely and I understand the characterization and the.

kind of gotten away from themselves a bit. And that's why the hire of Chip Kelly was so massive, because if you look twenty three consecutive Beers, the team that has outrushed the other in the game between Michigan and Ohio State wins the game. You ain't gonna out rush Chip Kelly's That's that's who he is. That's that's what he believes in. And while people will look at the Oregon Neers and and think, oh, they were finesse, No, they weren't. Just because they used tempo doesn't mean they

were finesse. Look at the UCLA years. Oh, because they wear like blue, they're finesse. No, no, No, Ucla was far from finesse. Ucla ran it down LSU's throat. Yep in the Rose Bowl a couple of years ago. He has gone out and prioritized running back. They go out and got quinch On Judkins. They already had Trevon Henderson. The offensive line is a question mark. But what Chip Kelly can do is they're going to play hard and they're going to get by a little bit running the football

with smoking mirrors. So I think they're traditional run sets that they've used the last couple of years. You're not going to beat Michigan with that because Michigan's got better D linemen than you have O linemen. I don't know why they just do and they've had that for years and they're probably going to have it again this year

based on what they bring back up front defensively. But if you have one side of the offensive line blocking one play, the left side of the offensive line blocking another play, two completely different plays, you're reading a guy right in the middle. You can't block him, so you might as well read them, and you got a pass play off of it. Now you're cooking them with gas.

So I think Chip Kelly being hired by Ryan Day Ryan Toy acknowledged that his run game was a blind spot, and that's a really hard thing for coaches to do too, right. I mean, hey, I've won a lot of games, I've lost five games in my career as a head coach, Like, yeah, I got to acknowledge though, that that's a little bit of a blind spot for me. I need Chip Kelly to come in. I'll handle the pass concepts, he handles the run concepts, and now we're going to make this

thing work together perfectly. So I really like Ohio State this year. But you one hundred percent right. I mean, Michigan had their number. Is a terrible matchup, much like you just talked about with Oregon and Washington. Terrible matchup for Ohio State, and I wasn't surprised at all to see Michigan went three straight against him.

veteran quality starters like who were clubhouse leaders. I think Michigan will not be a top twenty team. Overrated, I think underrated. I I don't know. I think Brian Kelly's going to figure it out. Jason so good, He's so good. And I look at all those teams above him, and I'm like, yeah, they're not going to beat Georgia, maybe Alabama, Ohio State, but people have them eleventh, twelve, thirteenth, I'm like, nah, they're better than Utah, and I love Utah. They're better

than Utah. Though Utah returns a guy that's I think has been starting quarterback for them for eleven years. Cam Rising. So a little underrated, Lsu, a little overrated, a lot overrated Michigan, what say you?

throw one pass. I've heard that he's got a monster arm, and I tried to watch him in preseason or in pregame warm ups every time I've called a Michigan game, And when I was on the field, I stood right behind him and watched him throw it. I thought, Tuddle threw it pretty good too, by the way, for Michigan, So I thought, hey, when JJ leaves, they'll probably going to be all right a quarterback regardless. But I just I look at the rest of the top ten Ohio

State They're going to be there, no doubt. So if you're going to quantify it as quote overrated, Ohio State's gonna be there. George is going to be there there safe bet. I think Texas and Oregon are going to be there. I think BAM is going to be there. So the top five feel very very safe. People have been saying Notre Dame look at their schedule, Like Notre Dame, they could go nine to three and not be a team ranked in the top twenty five.

don't think Notre Dames had that one circled. They got blown out by Louisville last year at their place, so I think I think Notre Dame's appropriately ranked. Ole Miss If people are not on their bandwagon, it's because they aren't familiar with what Lane Kiffin's done from talent acquisition standpoint. They're not overrated, they're appropriately rated. You're just not comfortable with seeing them ranked that high. Then you look at

Penn State, They're gonna be rock solid. I am worried a little about their offense, but their defense will keep them minute. Especially with their schedule they have, They're gonna be fine. Their schedules very manageable in the Pac twelve or in the Big ten. I think Missouri, I think, is the other that I would say maybe slightly over our skis there. So Missouri and Michigan the two that I'm just not so sure about. Missouri I think it's eleven,

Michigan at nine as far as underrated. Now you're gonna say I'm crazy. I know this. I'm comfortable with this. I've been singing the praises all off season. I did this last year for a team and ended up working out. I love Miami this year. I love Miami this year. They coming at number nineteen. Now, a lot of people are gonna sit there and say, well, this Miami, we do this every year. You know, the same people that are saying that right now are the same people that said, well,

why are we building up Texas? Like Texas hasn't done anything since two thousand and nine. Why are you continuing to say that they're going to be good this year? Because they were on paper, Texas going into last year was great. Now it's about allowing it to come to fruition. Miami on paper is great. Now it's just about can they take the next step as a program and not

beat themselves. This was one of the best teams in America in the first half of the season last year, and they turn the ball over against Georgia Tech, give up the big play on the fumble and the couple touchdown. You know, then they end up that has a huge ripple effect throughout the rest of the season. Tyler Van Dyke can't shake the turnover woes and he gets benched and they give Florida State all they want and then their starter who replaced Van Dyke gets hurt. Van Dyke's

back in the lineup. I mean, it was just it's a disastrous season.

The offensive line was a strength last year, it's strength again to get their top two wide outs back. Defensively, they have the best edge defender in the ACC who's only going into his sophomore year in ruben Bain. They added three more five stars and a couple guys in the portal. Like they are stocked. The one question mark is the secondary, and by all accounts that group is playing well above what they anticipated at this point of

the season. So I think Miami people are gonna be I think people are gonna look at them and say, well, we're just here. We are again. We always pump up the blue blotz. I think Miami's extremely capable with personnel they have, and I'd be surprised if they're not in the mix in the ACC ultimately in the mix for the playoffs. The volume.