The Solid Verbal — College Football Week 2 Preview
Ty Hildenbrandt
00:18
Dan Rubenstein, welcome back to the show, my great and good friend. It is about to be week Two, if you can believe it. Week two already. We spent all offseason long waiting for football to get here. It's ready. Week two. Welcome back. How are you?
Dan Rubenstein
00:34
Thank you. This um keeps your streak going of can you believe it's blank already? Can you believe it's August already? That it's previous. Can you believe it's Week zero? Yes, I can believe it's Week two, because it has been a long off season. But but not to not yes And you but to know And you uh I have been looking forward to Week two for quite some time. This is our first kind of wall-to-wall Week of the season, it seems. We don't really know a ton. um, and you could say that in Week thirteen, whatever. But The Week two slate is filled with enough intrigue that it's really getting me going, Ty. So I'm ready.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:15
I am fired up for this. You are correct. I feel like, yes, I do it every month, every week, but I still remain somewhat awestruck that we are in Week two, and we have been looking forward to this moment. For many months on end. As you mentioned, it is a great slate of college football. We are thrilled to have the Verballer Hood back with us. Please make sure you rate, review, subscribe, wherever it is you consume The Solid Verbal college football show. Verballers. com is where you can go if you want to support the team this week at Run the Board, our pick em game. Playing for a $150 gift card to our friends over at Homefield. We bought this on our own. We're throwing some of the petty cash towards it. going to donate these spoils to the winner. Again, V-E-R-B-A-L-L-E-R-S. com. I'll talk more about that a little bit later on in the episode, but we got a lot to get to today, Dan.
Dan Rubenstein
02:08
Yes, we do. It is 9-9, uh, which is one of my favorite Tommy Boy dates, right? Did I catch a niner in there
Ty Hildenbrandt
02:14
Yeah.
Dan Rubenstein
02:14
I I just I try to say that as often as I can in my personal life Ty. um yes, this is a huge one, and I don't know if you want what kind of Saturday uh is speaking to me at this moment
Ty Hildenbrandt
02:27
I'm trying to set you up for this dog. Yeah, I'm setting it up for you to knock it down.
Dan Rubenstein
02:29
I know. Alright. How about that for a very s like a hyper specific local reference?
Ty Hildenbrandt
02:40
That's a ball.
Dan Rubenstein
02:41
Thank you very much. um, okay. I look at this slate. I obviously look at the matchups that are jumping out to I assume a lot of us nationally and we have, you know, Michigan trying to bounce back after last week against Oklahoma no less. Right, we have both ASU and Texas A&M and their schedules getting very real against each other. We have Oregon looking to correct things after a really impressive win against Boise State, obviously. Oklahoma State trying to bounce back Arizona and BYU facing real teams for the first time this season. Alabama looking to prove stuff. Kentucky looking to prove what exactly they can be under year one of Will Stein. uh Ohio State and Texas, things getting very real for them. So there is a certain amount of just like uh oh man, it's getting I gotta get ready. I have to be sharp. You know, the day is starting, the season is beginning in earnest.
Ty Hildenbrandt
03:32
Sure.
Dan Rubenstein
03:33
And so that combined with the extremely stanky looking weather across the southern part of the United States this weekend, I have, well, I have splashed some water Saturday, Ty. Thank you very much. That once again, that's splash I was going with Sleepy Head Saturday, but that it it kind of has like a mellow intonation, right? Splash some water means you better like There it is. That is a faucet, by the way.
Ty Hildenbrandt
04:06
Yeah, I was wondering what that was gonna be my next question.
Dan Rubenstein
04:06
That is an actual
Ty Hildenbrandt
04:08
Yeah, splash some water, slap yourself in the face a little bit, get moving, get going. We're gonna have some real tests here in Week two. We are thrilled
Dan Rubenstein
04:16
Welcome.
Ty Hildenbrandt
04:17
Thrilled to be here at long last. Should we just jump in?
Dan Rubenstein
04:20
I would love to.
Ty Hildenbrandt
04:20
Why beat around the bush, you know? Let's start at high noon on Fox, big noon game.
Dan Rubenstein
04:32
Yep.
Ty Hildenbrandt
04:33
Big noon game, big big noon game. Number 11, Oklahoma, a five and a half point road favorite on the road in the big house at Michigan. This game got a whole lot more interesting, didn't it?
Dan Rubenstein
04:46
It did.
Ty Hildenbrandt
04:46
It got a whole lot more interesting. Oklahoma beat UTEP. I don't know what. 51 to zip. Who cares? Doesn't matter.
Dan Rubenstein
04:54
Yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
04:55
Michigan, though. Michigan, bit of a controversial wind if you've been following the news.
Dan Rubenstein
05:00
Yes, and an opportunity.
Ty Hildenbrandt
05:00
Bit of a controversy.
Dan Rubenstein
05:02
An opportunity for Michigan. But continue.
Ty Hildenbrandt
05:05
Bryce Underwood, obviously under a bit of scrutiny for his performance. I would say outside of Ohio State, Texas, which we'll get to a little bit later on. This one, for my money, has the most national storylines attached to it. Would you agree with that front?
Dan Rubenstein
05:20
I definitely agree.
Ty Hildenbrandt
05:22
In terms of the actual football, here is my question to you though. Take the storylines, put them to the side, whatever If your Brent Venables in this matchup, is there any reason not to stack the box, take away the run as best you can, and force Bryce Underwood to throw it like 35 times if Michigan wants to win? Is there any reason not to go into this game with that mindset?
Dan Rubenstein
05:43
Not that I can see. No
Ty Hildenbrandt
05:47
Like even if Oklahoma can't fully take away the run, if they can keep Bryce Underwood in the pocket, it probably means they're gonna win this game. And I looked at this one for hours on end and I kept coming back to that same point. I just feel like Oklahoma with what they can do defensively and how they can contain Bryce Underwood or Bryce Underwood who's ready, you know Taking taking some shots here. um I feel like that's the game plan here. And I don't think it needs to be any more complicated than that. I just do not trust Bryce Underwood to be an effective pocket passer against a team like Oklahoma. Now if he breaks contained, if they get him on the run, if Michigan can get something of a ground game going, then I think that plays a little bit more to their strength. But based on what we saw a week ago against Western, like I don't know if it's any more complicated than that.
Dan Rubenstein
06:35
uh it I mean look, big picture, it's probably not that much more complicated. I know Michigan is going to be diagnosing things uh in terms of okay, what can we do to get Bryce Underwood in a better position? And some of that goes to the offensive line. The offensive line play. against Western Michigan was not near the standard of what Michigan should be and what Michigan was anticipating, it seemed, heading into the season. Western Michigan did a nice job. Michigan offense was sloppy. Now, if we are going to say things, if I am going to say things like the biggest difference between a team is between their first and second game. And there is an opportunity to self-diagnose and figure out how to put either your defense or both your defense and your offense in a better position to succeed. It's going to be more difficult against Oklahoma, obviously. But there is an opportunity for Michigan here to come out and show they're paying the coordinators a lot of money.
Dan Rubenstein
07:29
This is not a cheap roster, right? There's talent across this roster roster. There's an opportunity to just throw Week one away. To just if the if they're a well coached team, that they will be put in a position that even though they're not nobody's gonna score a ton of points, I don't think, on this year's Oklahoma team. That Michigan can come out and execute a sound game plan and make this a competitive game as an underdog at home. Right? There is that opportunity for any team, hypothetically, in this spot.
Ty Hildenbrandt
07:56
Hypothetically. Yes.
Dan Rubenstein
07:59
Now, there's a lot of distraction because aside from the Hail Mary stuff and the protocol and the clock and the conference clock and the program clock, Michigan just didn't play well. They just did not play well. And Oklahoma, we don't really have a concept for. We know that they're dealing with their own offensive line issues at the moment. There's some health questions with Oklahoma's offensive line ahead of what could be a strong Michigan defensive front in this one. I don't see this as like an obvious Oklahoma taking care of business spot.
Ty Hildenbrandt
08:27
I don't either. And and here's the thing, here's why this is interesting to me. Because on one of our shows, maybe it was a bonus episode. I don't remember when we discussed the initial point spread for this game. But you and I discussed it. I chatted with our Verballerhood out on our Discord server at verballers. com about this point spread. At the time that I was kind of having these conversations. It was only four and a half points in favor of Utah. And I or Utah.
Dan Rubenstein
08:54
Excuse you.
Ty Hildenbrandt
08:56
Four and a half points in favor of Oklahoma against a team that might try to play a lot like last year's Utah. And I looked at this and I was doing the thing with the phone where I kept trying to refresh it. It just felt to me like that could not possibly be the point spread in a game like this, especially given the fact that Michigan almost lost, perhaps did lose To Western at home no less. Jumped up a little bit. I think I saw it at six. Came back down now to five and a half at time of recording. Clearly. Clearly, as we have come to know, Las Vegas is not overreacting to what it saw in Week one. I think the point spread six weeks ago, if you got the advance line, probably would have been slightly in favor of Michigan.
Dan Rubenstein
09:40
Right.
Ty Hildenbrandt
09:40
But that has obviously changed for reasons we've discussed here today. So the point is nobody seems to be overreacting in terms of the point spread.
Dan Rubenstein
09:49
Right.
Ty Hildenbrandt
09:50
And that in and of itself is somewhat telling. Doesn't mean everything, but it's a data point that we shouldn't ignore
Dan Rubenstein
09:57
Agree. Look, there is look, you can go one of two ways with this, as as we sort of mentioned and alluded to, right? Michigan can bounce back and figure out how to self-diagnose. Or, and it's it's weird that it's the same school, you could have a situation where, oh, Michigan loses in a crazy way to app state, and then it gets much more real and gets demolished by Oregon in 2007, I believe. um, and now it's gonna get much more real with Oklahoma there. I just don't see this as a high scoring game. I think Michigan's defense is good enough. to contain Oklahoma somewhat and it's gonna be on Michigan's offense to figure out a way to generate third and threes and move some chains every once in a while. Maybe settle for some field goals to keep itself within a score or something. I have this as twenty to seventeen Oklahoma. I have this as a close win.
Ty Hildenbrandt
10:42
Oh,
Dan Rubenstein
10:44
Again, I go back to my rubric, right? It's Week two, so we don't know who or what is dependable with any of these teams. So it's like we're pretty sure that we might be able to trust this. I am pretty sure that we may be able to trust what we think should be a pretty good defense.
Ty Hildenbrandt
11:00
So many qualifiers, so many qualifiers.
Dan Rubenstein
11:02
I know, but that's what you have to do, right? um this is like when you you're on the air and there's like a very dicey situation, you're like allegedly, reportedly, right, you're covering your ass
Ty Hildenbrandt
11:11
Right. Can't get sued. Don't want to get sued.
Dan Rubenstein
11:14
So what I am saying here is if I am going to plant my flag and I have over the last few years A team playing at home with a good defense as an underdog is a worthwhile pick. I believe Michigan's defense has a worthwhile defense. And therefore, I am going to take the points
Ty Hildenbrandt
11:33
You want it in the tool.
Dan Rubenstein
11:36
I they don't have an overwhelming home field advantage, but there is something to me still here about the potential to run, the potential to play defense as an underdog at home, and the potential to bounce back after Week one. I'm not in love with this Michigan team. I'm not in love with this Michigan offense. But I believe this can be a game where the winning team does not score 24, 27 points or something like that. And we have low scoring and Oklahoma has what looks to be more ways to win at the moment. Oklahoma by a field goal.
Ty Hildenbrandt
12:05
I don't think this is gonna be a blowout either. I could see it being a lot more like a rock fight. We saw a lot of heavier sets on the Oklahoma side in that game against UTEP. A lot more under-center stuff. Call me crazy.
Dan Rubenstein
12:19
Yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
12:19
I don't think it works quite as well against a really good Michigan defense If in fact that's the same game plan that they try to run. It's also, to your point, not like the Oklahoma offensive line or the Oklahoma rushing attack for that matter, are a finished product.
Dan Rubenstein
12:35
Yeah. Light of aunt
Ty Hildenbrandt
12:38
They're very much not a finished product, and they're still working through that too. It is not hard to envision a game where Oklahoma takes away Michigan's running game and forces them to throw. And on the flip side, Michigan takes away Oklahoma's passing game and forces them to run. And so when you have both of those things competing with one another, that's how you end up with a very low-scoring game that maybe we can classify as a rock fight. I tend to agree with you. I've got Oklahoma winning on the road, hard fought game 24 to 17. So not too far removed from what you have, but I think it's close.
Dan Rubenstein
13:18
You you so you have Oklahoma covering.
Ty Hildenbrandt
13:20
I have Oklahoma covering. I do.
Dan Rubenstein
13:21
Yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
13:22
But I I'm with you, and I do think that there's going to be a tendency out there among college football fans to look at what just happened to Michigan and say, aha! They have no shot against Oklahoma now, right? And I just like, maybe we've been doing this too long. And certainly I've been wrong enough over the years and have fallen into this same trap over the years. I don't think we can jump to that conclusion quite yet. Now, if they get doors blown off this week, then that's a much broader conversation about the state of Michigan football and Underwood. And do they go to Tommy Carr? And like we can have that conversation if and when
Dan Rubenstein
13:57
Yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
13:58
I just, I am not ready to jump to the conclusion now that they are in a class completely below the Oklahoma Sooners right now. So um 24-17 is where I'm at.
Dan Rubenstein
14:09
Just in terms of points, it's not a stretch to say that Michigan perhaps has the better collection of offensive skill players in this game. Now, quarterback is a different conversation at the moment, but in terms of the two running backs that Michigan has in the backfield that they're gonna use in Hiter and Jordan Marshall And then what we think is the emergence of JJ Buchanan as a go-to dude, in addition to Andrew Marsh, there's a lot of dudes who can make guys miss and make plays around this field for Michigan, should they get the ball successfully.
Ty Hildenbrandt
14:41
Did they get it?
Dan Rubenstein
14:41
with that which is a pretty big qualifier.
Ty Hildenbrandt
14:42
Yeah.
Dan Rubenstein
14:43
But yeah, I think there's there's still meat on the boat is what I'm saying.
Ty Hildenbrandt
14:48
Also at high noon, this one on ABC, it is Arizona State on the road in Kyle Field against number 10 Texas A&M. A&M is favored by Fort Teen and a half points, Dan. um can be hot. It'll be real hot, isn't it?
Dan Rubenstein
15:03
Reveal roll, yeah, yeah, it's gonna be gnarly out for sure. I mean not that ASU isn't used to that weather. Texas is a different beast in terms of humidity and stankiness, but you know, at a certain point, gnarly is gnarly.
Ty Hildenbrandt
15:16
You were way higher on ASU coming into this season than I was. And I feel like I was a little bit higher at A&M than you were. So we've got this matchup now between two teams that we were, I think, sparring over a bit when we did our previews. How do you see this one shaking up?
Dan Rubenstein
15:33
uh, whose offensive line is ready? for this game specifically. It seems ASU people have questions about tackle play. uh we haul all have questions about what A&M's offensive line and new offensive line will look like and how cohesive they can be. I don't think we're questioning a lot of what the ceiling is for this A&M defense, but yeah, for for me it's basically how uncomfortable, confused, and sped up Can these defenses make the opposing quarterbacks, right? What does cutter bully look like in a better situation than he was in in Kentucky the last couple of years Good receivers. They you know, you can't really take much from what ASU did against Morgan State, and you can't really take much from Texas A&M last week. But To me, that's the entire game. Is Marcel Reed has shown obviously a lot more and has played in many more big games successfully, or medium-sized games successfully than Cutter Boley.
Dan Rubenstein
16:26
But I think there is more known about where Texas A&M uh is and are playing at home. I don't I don't know if I trust that number, that 14 and a half number.
Ty Hildenbrandt
16:39
Yeah, that was going to be my question because I looked at this one and I had the same concerns about edge pressure, about pressure on Marcel Reed. Can they force, can ASU force him into making a mistake? It's gonna be hot. I don't think this is gonna be a runaway train, Dan.
Dan Rubenstein
16:58
I don't think so either.
Ty Hildenbrandt
16:59
I think ASU can get some push up the middle, and I think they can force Marcel Reed into some pressure situations. They're not as proven an offense or frankly a defense as Texas A&M, but I think we've come to know this ASU team under Kenny Dillingham plays hard whistle to whistle. Like they'll be ready for this game. I don't think it's like they're gonna go out there and get blown off the field. So 14 and a half. I've got it at like 3117. right around that number, but I would not at all be confident laying that number given where ASU's at. The other thing that I'll point out, and I know we have some offensive line questions and all that, Cutter Boley did look good, had six interceptions or six touchdowns, excuse me, no interceptions.
Dan Rubenstein
17:41
That'd be a wild story, yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
17:42
It would be he wouldn't be the starting quarterback against A&M if that were the case. But like, obviously a different animal, Texas A&M, really good receivers
Dan Rubenstein
17:52
Yeah, there's four there's four dudes there.
Ty Hildenbrandt
17:54
Omarion Miller, who I know I talked a lot about in the preseason, but also Reed Harris, who comes over from BC. These are dudes. This is a big receiving core that's going to be really, really difficult to try and guard. It's a really good A&M secondary. And so that matchup in particular, outside of the line stuff that you alluded to, I think what goes on in that Texas A&M secondary against a really good receiving core. Is the other thing to watch for me. So, like I said, not a strong lean. I think A&M wins. I think they're the better team. There's certainly a more finished product at this juncture. But like 31-17 with virtually no confidence on that point spread.
Dan Rubenstein
18:32
Yeah, th does it is it a data point for you what ASU was basically not able to do on the road against Mississippi State last year? Also Week two. Sam Levitt did not have a good game.
Ty Hildenbrandt
18:41
Yeah.
Dan Rubenstein
18:42
They were penalized. They were bad on third down. It was hot on the road, right? And that was a Mississippi State team that wasn't all that exceptional last year. And ASU, it's a you know different year is a different team, right? These totally different animals. But you specifically said that ASU you feel like ASU will be prepared. And that team last year did not seem prepared.
Ty Hildenbrandt
19:02
No, they weren't. They weren't. And I but I but I also think it's a completely different situation than a year ago.
Dan Rubenstein
19:07
Yeah, and you grow. You grow from that, yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
19:09
Bear in mind they were coming off a season where what they made the playoff where Cam Scatterboo damn near willed him the victory. You know, and losing that kind of production, they were kind of reeling in the early part of that season trying to figure out who exactly they were.
Dan Rubenstein
19:25
But they ran well against Mississippi State last year.
Ty Hildenbrandt
19:28
I know, I know. I'm just saying I don't I think it's kind of apples to oranges. Last year's team is not this year's team, but it's a fair fair data point for sure.
Dan Rubenstein
19:33
Okay.
Ty Hildenbrandt
19:37
I'm just not necessarily buying it. I also think that Going to college station to play against a top 10 Texas A&M squad is inherently going to get your attention more than going to Mississippi State.
Dan Rubenstein
19:48
I totally agree.
Ty Hildenbrandt
19:49
No offense.
Dan Rubenstein
19:50
I agree. Although, by the way, sidebar, apples to oranges. I know this point has been made before. These are both round-ish sweet fruit. They're very similar You can say apples to carburetors, and I'm like more on board. um I'm taking the points. I think ASU is gonna be able to find those points with those skilled dudes. They were able to run. I mean last week, who cares? But I think there's talent in the backfield Protection, I think Kenny Dillingham is smart enough to find and Marcus Arroyo find ways around that. um I just don't think there are enough points on this ASU offense to win this game. So I'm Technic Tech C M. They have the receivers as well. They have the skill position dudes. um I'm unclear on the full shape and structure of this offense long term. But I think they'll have enough here to win this game like twenty-seven twenty.
Ty Hildenbrandt
20:38
Also at high noon, I have had this game on the run sheet since like June. I have been so excited about this game. And then we saw what went down in Week one and forget it. Forget it. High noon, ESPN, your Oregon Ducks, now number six in the land, a 22 and a half point road favorite. against Oklahoma State. It will be in still water. It will be near 100 degrees, very muggy, perhaps some cramping. Will that factor in? I don't know. You're the weatherman. We can talk about that in a second.
Dan Rubenstein
21:13
Yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
21:15
Oregon had a little bit more trouble against Boise State than I expected, for sure.
Dan Rubenstein
21:20
Yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
21:21
And Oklahoma State, my beautiful, beautiful pokes.
Dan Rubenstein
21:24
They can improve Week one and Week two
Ty Hildenbrandt
21:29
They straight up lost, man. They lost the Tulsa. It was a really bad showing. We had people calling in deep into the night. I kid you not. Deep into the night on the reverb line.
Dan Rubenstein
21:38
Yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
21:39
Calling me out for the Oklahoma State Love. I got no answer. I don't know. I don't know what that was.
Dan Rubenstein
21:44
What about what I told you? We saw a comment that says Ty's not wrong, he's just early.
Ty Hildenbrandt
21:48
Well, yeah, in this case I'm really early because their defensive line got pushed around. They didn't look good at all. It was definitely not a banner showing in game one for Eric Morris, but Nevertheless, I think the heat is on both programs literally and figuratively, Dan.
Dan Rubenstein
22:05
Yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
22:05
What do you need to see from Oregon in this game?
Dan Rubenstein
22:08
I think look, it's waking up in terms of procedural stuff. They had a couple bad unsportsman like conduct penalties that extended drives and were y very fixable and correctable moments to it'll be difficult in the weather, but to keep your cool um fixable stuff is just I don't know, maybe some better blocking on the perimeter extends drives. I think everything I think it's small things that looked out of sink for Oregon in Week one, but it's also Week one against a tough opponent in Boise State. I have every confidence that Oregon should dominate the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball. Now Oregon's also searching for its full time five up front along the offensive line and they're rotating guys in and out, but the it seems the tackles may be set Fox Crader on the right side and Ziyare Addison on the left side we'll see with guards. uh I if that's their starting point If they seem to have the advantage at every skill position on offense, and I believe in this moment Dante Moore has a higher ceiling than Drew Mestermaker because of experience and opponents uh taken on
Dan Rubenstein
23:13
And they have the experience and the advantage in the trenches. I it's hard to construct a way if Oklahoma State wasn't able to show it against Tulsa last week. That it gets so much more difficult this week. I know it's at home. I think they will be better. I think they will score a little bit But they're gonna be throwing a ton from behind. And when you're in that spot against this pass rush for Oregon, I mean that's that's the red meat that this defensive front craves. And Oregon is deep along that defensive line, especially at edge rusher. I f look, Oregon has not earned this line yet this year. But I think we're pretty confident on the skill position, the speed, the depth, and the trenches in this moment, especially with where uh Oklahoma State seems to be in the trenches after last week. It's very difficult to make the case for it being any closer than that, though it does go against my like, what has Oregon done to earn this line?
Dan Rubenstein
24:15
But we don't know that Oklahoma State is decent. We just don't know. So if this were a line against maybe Kansas State, maybe, you know, somebody that is bringing back some more pieces. I mean, uh obviously Kansas State is starting over in a number of ways as well with a new coach. But take your pick. A Big 12 team that seems to, you know, Houston, something like that. Where you're like, I don't know, man, that doesn't make sense to me. Especially after last week and the line that they didn't come close to covering. I just I can't construct it. So yeah, I'm gonna give those points.
Ty Hildenbrandt
24:43
Yeah, and I think it's a really valid point that Oklahoma State's probably gonna be playing from behind. They're going to let Mesti throw it a ton. If I'm an Oregon fan, I want to see that defensive line dominate. And I want to see them get after Drew Mestemaker, create more pressure than we saw a week ago.
Dan Rubenstein
25:00
And if the heat is there, they'll be ro both these teams will be rotating dudes in up front to keep them fresh.
Ty Hildenbrandt
25:05
Yeah.
Dan Rubenstein
25:05
Yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
25:06
And truly on the Oklahoma State side, I'm also watching the defensive line. Much of the optimism that I gave voice to throughout spring camp and fall camp on the Oklahoma State side with this looming question about how they constructed their defense and specifically their defensive line. We just did not see it in Week one against Tulsa. They got pushed around. So um, I don't think Oregon is necessarily the opponent that's gonna help you turn the corner on that front, but uh let's just see him look a little bit better.
Dan Rubenstein
25:31
Right.
Ty Hildenbrandt
25:34
Be a little bit more competitive and not put themselves in the situation like we saw a week ago against Tulsa. I'm not very optimistic of that. I've got it at 52 to 20 Oregon. I think they run away and hide.
Dan Rubenstein
25:45
Well last year was sixty six to three or something like that in Odson. Yeah, I think it's gonna take a little time for for Oklahoma State. And look, when Boise had to pass, whether it was a time thing, whether it was a down and distance thing, what happened to Maddox Madsen literally every snap? He got hit. He got hit. If he needed receivers to find time to get downfield, it was too much time for this defensive line. And I think you're going to see a lot of that.
Ty Hildenbrandt
26:15
330 on Fox. We've got Arizona at number 15. BYU. BYU favored by Seven and a half points, Dan. BYU ran for over 300 a week ago. There will probably be several weeks this season, if we're being honest, where BYU goes over 300 yards on the ground. That's just sort of their MO Meanwhile, Arizona held northern Arizona to negative seven rushing guards.
Dan Rubenstein
26:42
Yeah, they were strong up front, for sure.
Ty Hildenbrandt
26:43
They really were. I am confident it will be a higher total than negative seven But there is, I think, a looming question of to what extent can Arizona keep that ground game in check? Because we know that's BYU's MO.
Dan Rubenstein
27:02
Yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
27:03
They just cannot allow BYU to go out there and sit on them and grind them down. So I look at this game and that to me is sort of the prevailing question. I know you are an Arizona legacy.
Dan Rubenstein
27:17
I am, yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
27:18
Where are you at?
Dan Rubenstein
27:20
I think I really like BYU in this spot. I still like Arizona this season. Okay, so we're talking about Arizona rebuilding the back portion of its defense against an experienced quarterback, but also a BYU offense that's starting over in terms of pass catchers. They got a lot of excitement last week. It's Legend Glasker.
Ty Hildenbrandt
27:44
Legend Glasker, yeah. We got a bunch of messages about him too, man.
Dan Rubenstein
27:48
He looks good, but they played uh fact check me on this one, Utah Tech is who they played against, by the way. If BYU this year has an explosive passing attack. TBD. If they do, we would have to deal with, in terms of enunciation, a Glasker and Casper. at receiver.
Ty Hildenbrandt
28:13
I can't do that, I'd have to retire.
Dan Rubenstein
28:16
Kyle Kyler Kasper, who was like Oregon's number seven receiver last year, and Legend Glasker, who is a freshman this year.
Ty Hildenbrandt
28:27
Just gotta say them in different sentences.
Dan Rubenstein
28:29
By the way it's pretty great that we have a bear throwing to a legend? That's pretty good. I think And this is the site of arguably Noah Fifita's like worst game ever a couple years ago. Now he's grown since then. You're you're not what you are in 2024. There is something to me about what BYU should be able to do on the ground, which is not I don't think it's gonna be overwhelming against this Arizona defense. I think it will open up enough And I like this Arizona team a good deal. But in Week two, by the way, at altitude, I don't I don't know if you have the uh the screeching eagle, whatever it was.
Ty Hildenbrandt
29:00
Yeah. I don't I lost it. I lost the altitudes. I'll see if I can find it here before the end of the show.
Dan Rubenstein
29:09
I think I like BYU here to flirt with a double-digit win. I think I have something like 30 to 20 BYU here. And For those reasons, Ty, because it is a tight week. It is a wake-up week. I'm actually gonna lock it up.
Ty Hildenbrandt
29:25
Whoa
Dan Rubenstein
29:26
Yeah. I think Arizona's chance was last year when they had that de the defense that they had in the back half, and that was a winnable spot for them in Tucson.
Ty Hildenbrandt
29:32
Interesting.
Dan Rubenstein
29:39
But on the road First opportunity to really see what you are and are not. I think BYU is starting out ahead enough that I like them, but like yeah, 30 to 20, 31, 21.
Ty Hildenbrandt
29:51
So here's the altitude sound that I have. I'm not sure if this is the same one.
Dan Rubenstein
29:56
That's fine, that works for me.
Ty Hildenbrandt
29:59
At altitude, yeah. I'm taking points. I think it's a close game. I think um Noah Fifita had some trouble finding a rhythm last week. He's gonna be up for this one. Obviously, it's a high-profile matchup in the Big 12 against BYU. BYU has some injury questions in the back end of their defense. So I could see Fifita having something of a uh a more cohesive game in Week two.
Dan Rubenstein
30:25
Okay.
Ty Hildenbrandt
30:26
I think BYU wins. I think BYU is the better team. And I do think to some extent they will be able to grind down Arizona with that ground attack. Because that's just what they're so good at between Bear Bachmeier and LJ Martin. Like they're even giving the ball to Legend Glasker. They always find like the Swiss Army knife guy. I don't know how Kalani Sitake does it. Every year there's like a new Swiss Army knife, and it may be the freshman this season. Who knows? 28-24 BYU. I think somewhere in that neighborhood, I think this is going to be a really, really fun game in the afternoon. I'm excited, genuinely excited to watch this one.
Dan Rubenstein
30:57
Oh, huge game to watch.
Ty Hildenbrandt
30:58
Yeah.
Dan Rubenstein
30:58
uh totally agree.
Ty Hildenbrandt
30:59
I think this will be a good one. So we disagree on this one, but you've got the lock here.
Dan Rubenstein
31:02
Disagree. I do have the luck.
Ty Hildenbrandt
31:04
Also at 330 on ABC, number 12, Alabama, on the road at Kentucky. Alabama, a 10 and a half point road favorite.
Dan Rubenstein
31:15
Okay, by the way, a quick fact check. Tucson about over two thousand feet up So it's not, you know, a basin. Still out I just want to make sure when I'm clarifying altitude that uh the it I don't believe it's as high as Provo, so it is a change. Provo is about forty five hundred feet, so it's a change.
Ty Hildenbrandt
31:36
Mr.
Dan Rubenstein
31:36
Continue.
Ty Hildenbrandt
31:36
Topography over there.
Dan Rubenstein
31:37
I'm just trying to be accurate.
Ty Hildenbrandt
31:37
Thank you very much. Here's my question for you on this Bama game.
Dan Rubenstein
31:42
Okay.
Ty Hildenbrandt
31:43
Scale of 1 to 10. Let's say one is like a mosquito bite. And ten is a a black widow. How dangerous is this game for Alabama?
Dan Rubenstein
31:59
uh that like they could be upset by Kenny Minchey and the fighting cats
Ty Hildenbrandt
32:05
One to ten, Mosquito Black Widow, where are you at?
Dan Rubenstein
32:08
Three point eight, four point four, somewhere in there.
Ty Hildenbrandt
32:11
I got at four or five.
Dan Rubenstein
32:13
Yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
32:14
I got out of four or five. Because like clearly Alabama's got the better talent at this point. But they've got a new quarterback on the road against a relative unknown in Kentucky. A Kentucky squad, by the way, at least offensively, that went really hard in the portal in the offseason trying to build up their offensive line, and it looked good Last week. Granted, Youngstown State, make of that what you will. Clearly a little bit of a different challenge this week, but um I don't know. I just I kind of worry that Alabama with a new quarterback and you know a fair amount that they're working on on their side of things, that they're walking into a bit of a hornet's nest and they don't fully know what they're gonna find when they get there.
Dan Rubenstein
32:53
Why don't the Kentucky knows either about themselves, right? Having not seen their dudes match up. Right now, the question to me is going to be with this Kentucky offensive line and Will Stein has a a really successful quick passing attack. He showed it at Oregon that sets up the bigger bombs What does Kentucky look like and what does Kenny Minchie look like? Will he have time with the Alabama pass rush to just step into a throw in the pocket downfield going through progressions? He's not a new quarterback. He's a new starting quarterback. But he's practiced against good players at Notre Dame. um he's played with good players. He looked sharp last week again against what the Penguins?
Ty Hildenbrandt
33:35
Penguins fighting penguins, yeah.
Dan Rubenstein
33:35
Is that what Youngstown State is offering up? I think they will look really good scripted. Like early on in the first quarter. I think they'll keep Alabama off balance for a minute. Alabama's got an interesting offensive identity this year. They definitely took a step forward running the ball last week. I I'm curious to see like what kind of Ryan Williams game we get.
Ty Hildenbrandt
33:59
Ryan Stonehands, Williams?
Dan Rubenstein
34:01
Look, he was not great early. He made plays like, but just what is he as a complete receiver? What is he like what is the boring version of him look like? Blocking on the perimeter, you know going out for an eleven yard route you know when it's third and nine or something, right? I the spectacular stuff we know he has in him. But That's what I'm curious about on the road as he is needed. Like the dependability from him is needed. There's other talent there in that receiving core. I'm curious, you know, Keelon Russell with his first road game, what he looks like, how dependable is he? How much can they trust him? I think Alabama's gonna be in a good spot. There's more about Alabama to like. I think there's going to be a question of like, okay, Kentucky did this and it worked. Alabama reacted and it's now more difficult for Kentucky to do that.
Ty Hildenbrandt
34:53
Right, right.
Dan Rubenstein
34:53
What's the next move for Kentucky at this point? That second move, I think to me, is gonna define this game. And I just don't think Kentucky will have enough. to sort of force the issue. So I have Alabama here. What's the l the number that
Ty Hildenbrandt
35:10
Ten and a half right now.
Dan Rubenstein
35:11
Yeah, I've got them by a couple touchdowns. I think it's gonna be like thirty to fifteen, thirty to fourteen, thirty-three sixteen.
Ty Hildenbrandt
35:19
I went back and forth on this. I kind of want to pick Kentucky because I think it would be a good story, but then I looked at it. uh like I'm not fully convinced Kentucky's going to be able to get any pressure on Keelon Russell.
Dan Rubenstein
35:30
Yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
35:30
And I think if you don't get pressure on him, that's a problem. Sometimes, as I think we saw a week ago, even if you do get pressure on him, that can be a problem too, because it just runs around. Gotta slide a little bit more, got to get out of bounds and protect himself so that he makes it through the year. But clearly he's got that dual thread ability that is gonna be a difficult ask for a bunch of defenses on the schedule. The matchup that I think I looked at the most was these Alabama receivers against Kentucky's corners. Like Kentucky had two corners that didn't play last week.
Dan Rubenstein
36:02
Right.
Ty Hildenbrandt
36:03
We're recording this early on Wednesday. I don't know what their status will be come Saturday, but like Kentucky had to play more inexperienced guys. They put them out there. They weren't as aggressive. What does it look like if they got to put them out there again and they're still not aggressive? I think that's a problem. against a really, really good Bama receiving core, even if we do have some stone hands in Ryan Williams.
Dan Rubenstein
36:25
Right
Ty Hildenbrandt
36:26
So that to me is the matchup. If you can't get pressure and if you can't cover the wideouts, you're kind of dead from the start. I also think Kentucky and Will Stein are smart enough to know that they can't really get into a track beat and hope to win against Alabama. And given the work that they did on their offensive line And I think at least something of a commitment to running the football. I'm fairly confident they're gonna try to slow it down, at least for some portion of this game. I just don't think it's gonna work. So I'm pretty confident Bama's gonna win. I feel very good about that. I don't know about the point spread. It's a weird line to me on the road. I think if Bama covers, it's sort of a front door cover.
Dan Rubenstein
37:03
Yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
37:04
And maybe not, again, a runaway train, as I feel I've said like four times on this show here today. But um 38-24, is that too many points for Kentucky?
Dan Rubenstein
37:14
I think it's too many points for Kentucky. I think you're probably 38-14. I don't love Kentucky this year. I think I will like Kentucky at times, but like this is game two.
Ty Hildenbrandt
37:26
You know. I uh thir thirty to thirty to sixteen
Dan Rubenstein
37:32
Yeah, we're on the same page then, yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
37:34
We'll we'll agree on that front. Okay, here's the big kahuna
Dan Rubenstein
37:40
You see F Pitt? All right, what do you have?
Ty Hildenbrandt
37:42
730 ABC number one Ohio State on the road at number four Texas Texas is a one and a half point favorite. I do not need to tell anybody listening or watching this. why they need to watch this game. Because this is arguably one of, if not the best games all freaking season in college football in 2026.
Dan Rubenstein
37:59
Okay.
Ty Hildenbrandt
38:08
The winner is going to be the number one team in the country next week.
Dan Rubenstein
38:12
Yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
38:12
Both teams clearly have tough schedules, so Getting out of this one with a win would be a very, very big deal for a playoff resume. Also, Daniel, I would like to thank Sweet Baby Jesus for not making this a big noon game. because this deserves to be in prime time.
Dan Rubenstein
38:28
Oh yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
38:31
So thank you to the college football media gods for making this happen. I'm excited about this.
Dan Rubenstein
38:35
And maybe it's not quite as scorching since the Texas sun will be setting as this game starts. Yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
38:42
I feel like this is a coin flip. Like neither team had any need to show anything whatsoever a week ago. You and I have consistently ranked Ohio State as the number one team in the country. I still believe they have maybe the best roster in the country, but I also think they might have bigger questions. coming into this game. Like what's the offense going to look like against a team like Texas? They are changing that. How is Arthur Smith going to account for a Muschamp defense that we know wants to be more aggressive and attacking? Those types of things. They're going to try to heat up Julian Sane. They're going to try to give him less time to move the ball down the field to the likes of Jeremiah Smith. These are not new questions. We've been talking about these questions, but this is going to be, I think, the first big test to see what we've got in 2026 for both these sides. So I'm genuinely very, very excited.
Ty Hildenbrandt
39:30
I've got a ton of curiosities, but um I don't feel good about going one way or the other. I feel like these teams are very even.
Dan Rubenstein
39:38
uh yeah, i in a number of ways. These are two new teams. uh based on look, the defense that Texas has had these past couple seasons has been inconsistent, but at times been excellent. They can rush the passer and the a specific thing they've done is they've played Ohio State twice these past couple years. And Jeremiah Smith has not done much. I don't think he did anything in the playoff game a couple years ago. Last year there wasn't much to this Ohio State offense against Texas, but they won. These were Pete Quitkowski defenses, so perhaps new strategies. You you talk about the aggression or the new aggression that the Texas defense may have uh this season under Will Muschamp and obviously new players on different levels, you know Rasheem Biles is the new leader of the middle. of this defense. There's offensive line questions. Texas reshuffled theirs. uh Ohio State still I think has questions, especially I think it's at right tackle.
Dan Rubenstein
40:30
There's an open question for Ohio State in the moment and what they can do there. You don't want to have those edge questions against Texas right now. um, I think there's skill questions. Obviously, Texas moved on from its skill from last year or a chunk of its skill. thinking that like they needed to be more of a Cam Coleman team than a Parker Livingston DeAndre Moore team. So he's now partnered with Ryan Wingo and two new running backs uh enter the fold for Texas. um And then you talk about, you know, you mentioned the new offense for Ohio State, a lot of new on this defense for Ohio State. Maybe not new to college football, but new altogether for this Ohio State defense after like the crazy amount of success they had defensively last year.
Ty Hildenbrandt
41:10
Yep, yep.
Dan Rubenstein
41:11
I think I like Texas a little bit more at home. I think the next huge game we see from Julian Sayin uh on the national stage may be the first. I mean he played pretty well and made plays against Michigan last year, but that was the twenty twenty-five Michigan team. So that to me is a thing. I think Jeremiah Smith will be better and has something to prove against Texas specifically. And I think he will make more plays. I think the rushing attack for Ohio State will be decent. I think we're gonna see more points than we saw last year, but not by much.
Ty Hildenbrandt
41:45
Russian.
Dan Rubenstein
41:49
I think these defenses are going to be ahead of the offenses. I think it's an open question of will Arch Manning have time and make the boring, dependable throws against a defense that should be excellent this year. Excellent this week. We'll see. But I think he will be closer to doing that. I think he is a better, I think he's clearly a better quarterback than where he was last season against Ohio State, making his first, you know, start.
Ty Hildenbrandt
42:15
I agree with that.
Dan Rubenstein
42:15
So, and it's on the road. So I think Texas at home with this defense with the higher end ability of this defense. against an Ohio State team that like even next to Jeremiah Smith and Bo Jackson, but the receivers here haven't been counted on to do a ton these past couple years. This is not a well seasoned team on both sides of the ball. The talents there. But I think there is something to me about the multiple layers of this Texas defense at home in a hot environment. With I think a higher ceiling to Arch Manning and his receiving core in totality. Which is a statement I might regret very soon.
Ty Hildenbrandt
43:01
Let's gotta say, I'm writing this down.
Dan Rubenstein
43:02
You gotta plant a flag though.
Ty Hildenbrandt
43:04
Yeah, yeah.
Dan Rubenstein
43:06
I think Texas gets it done. I think Texas does get it done. I like that they had a week. uh it was Texas State last week, right? to sort of familiarize themselves with the new language of their defense, to get into a rhythm on offense. They're not quite as deep as running back as they thought they would be. Was it Derek Brooks who is dinged up?
Ty Hildenbrandt
43:25
Yeah. Yep, yep. And and will that affect kind of their ability to run up the middle or you know?
Dan Rubenstein
43:30
Right, he's more of the power option.
Ty Hildenbrandt
43:32
Yeah.
Dan Rubenstein
43:33
I just I think there are enough ways for Texas to win at home that You know, on a razor's edge, I think I'm gonna give them the nod. So I have this as 2117 Texas, something like that.
Ty Hildenbrandt
43:50
Lower scoring. Wow.
Dan Rubenstein
43:51
Lower scoring. Yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
43:54
My biggest curiosity is the running game for Ohio State. um really on both sides, but on the Ohio State side for sure. So much was made of this in the offseason when they hired Arthur Smith. They want to be more physical, right? Who doesn't?
Dan Rubenstein
44:10
Okay.
Ty Hildenbrandt
44:10
Who doesn't? Everybody I think there is an opportunity to run right at the interior of this Texas defensive line and use that to control the tempo. I'm kind of expecting a little bit, only a dash of big dumb, Big Ten West football here.
Dan Rubenstein
44:29
Okay.
Ty Hildenbrandt
44:30
And I think initially if they can get it going, that might be the key to unlock some shots down the field to Jeremiah Smith or whoever.
Dan Rubenstein
44:38
And to be clear, Ty does know that Ohio State was in the Big Ten East, but he's referring to the Big Ten West stylistically with Wisconsin and Iowa, etc.
Ty Hildenbrandt
44:42
I'm referring to the Big Ten West, yes, of course. The real ones know what I'm getting at here.
Dan Rubenstein
44:50
Yes. I'm sorry, just sometimes you need a little bit of uh danzlation.
Ty Hildenbrandt
44:55
I also think the complexion of the Texas run game is gonna be really interesting to watch here. I think they can get to the edge. But to your point, can the offensive line get enough of a push inside? My biggest singular question, actually, is how much we see Arch in the run game. Because like a mobile quarterback can put all sorts of pressure on a linebacker room that lost both Sonny Styles and Arvell Reese and still has a ton of talent.
Dan Rubenstein
45:15
Mm, good question.
Ty Hildenbrandt
45:23
I'm not saying they don't have talent, but that's that's a lot to replace. So I'm um I think in agreement with you. Like my theory here is that More pressure on Julian Sayin, potentially more pressure on an inexperienced or relatively more inexperienced Buckeye linebacking core is enough to give Texas a little bit of an edge.
Dan Rubenstein
45:45
Right.
Ty Hildenbrandt
45:48
I have zero confidence picking this game. Truly it's a coin flip.
Dan Rubenstein
45:51
Same
Ty Hildenbrandt
45:52
But I think I think I'm going Texas twenty eight, twenty four at home.
Dan Rubenstein
45:59
Yeah, um I guess my trepidation here too is like what Texas has looked like against Some of the teams of Ohio State's talent level, including Ohio State, and then Georgia couple times a couple years ago and last year, right? In these games against teams built stocked with NFL level talent that Texas hasn't quite been able to solve going toe-to-toe with them, especially in the trenches.
Ty Hildenbrandt
46:26
Well, I was gonna ask you, you know, bigger picture, because we've made the joke on this show more times than I could ever count. Does it bother you that Steve Sarkisian is the coach at Texas?
Dan Rubenstein
46:37
A little bit? Yeah. Look, there there are there are very specific things on offense that like Texas very clearly broadcast they knew they had to fix. Offensive line, shuffling things around, bringing in a transfer, and getting dudes who could make people miss in space and force gravity from defenses. Raleek Brown and Hollywood Smothers and Cam Coleman are very much that. And so I do trust Sark with building and executing an offense against basically everyone. But the little area that basically occupies is the area that Ohio State and Georgia and those types of programs occupy as well.
Ty Hildenbrandt
47:22
7 p. m. ESPN number 18 Tennessee. Mine is 12 and a half on the road at Georgia TechDon. uh where's my button?
Dan Rubenstein
47:31
Oh, man.
Ty Hildenbrandt
47:31
Oh, there it is.
Dan Rubenstein
47:35
Ty's ready to fall in love.
Ty Hildenbrandt
47:37
Ready to be heard again, Tennessee. Ready to be heard again.
Dan Rubenstein
47:39
Yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
47:42
Everyone deserves some grace in Week one, yes?
Dan Rubenstein
47:46
Yes, they do. Especially in the heat in the stank.
Ty Hildenbrandt
47:49
I was not at all impressed with what I saw on the Georgia Tech side.
Dan Rubenstein
47:53
Okay.
Ty Hildenbrandt
47:54
I'm not sure about the play calling. I'm definitely not super confident with what we saw from their offensive line. All offseason, this was a story about them getting a little bit more balanced on offense because you know Alberto Mendoza is not Haynes King, and it's going to be a little bit of a different mix with play action and Throw that out the window, man. They were a mess last week. It might be a situation in a game like this where they need to turn the keys over to Alberto a little bit earlier because he actually looked pretty good
Dan Rubenstein
48:25
I thought he he made plays, yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
48:26
I thought he made plays. So I don't know if they re-jigger things a little bit. I don't know if maybe it's just they they needed a game to kind of get it out of their system against Colorado, but let's not act like Colorado is some behemoth. along the line of scrimmage. They're probably improved, but still, I think there's a chance that they are gonna get smoked in this game Even being at home, Jim Knowles on one side, he is not going to give them a ton of time back there. Alberto. He is not going to give him time to sit back there and try and pick him apart. He's just not.
Dan Rubenstein
48:55
Right.
Ty Hildenbrandt
48:56
And I am not convinced Georgia Tech can run this ball. So you can talk to me until you're blue in the face about Phazion Brandon first road start and you know it's gonna be different than what he saw a week ago
Dan Rubenstein
49:06
So you're you're lower on Georgia Tech than you are high on Tennessee, is that what I'm understanding?
Ty Hildenbrandt
49:13
No, I think I'm higher on Tennessee than I expected, and I'm lower on Georgia Tech than I expected. In this game, Georgia Tech being lower than I expected.
Dan Rubenstein
49:21
Okay.
Ty Hildenbrandt
49:22
Yeah, I'm just like I'm fully out after that one. I was never fully in, to be honest. But especially after what we saw against Colorado at home, Colorado might not make a bowl this year.
Dan Rubenstein
49:33
Mm-hmm.
Ty Hildenbrandt
49:34
Thirty four to ten, Tennessee smokes 'em. Lock it up.
Dan Rubenstein
49:37
It does seem wow, it does seem like the kind of move we're used to where Tennessee blows out somebody we think might be kind of decent early. And then it turns out they're not that good and we hype up Tennessee a little bit too much.
Ty Hildenbrandt
49:51
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Dan Rubenstein
49:54
I like Tennessee here as well. Now
Ty Hildenbrandt
49:57
Rikku.
Dan Rubenstein
49:57
We should point out that Georgia Tech held the Colorado offense down. I don't know how much I love the offense. They couldn't get off the field. They were run straight through at times. But they didn't allow that many points. It is possible that this Georgia Tech defense with like the 11th defensive coordinator 11 years is figuring something out
Ty Hildenbrandt
50:09
Yeah, but But that offense, man, that offense for Colorado was hot garbage.
Dan Rubenstein
50:21
I mean literally hot. It was very warm in Bobby Dodd. You don't think that they are afforded the luxury of improving between weeks one and two?
Ty Hildenbrandt
50:29
They are afforded the luxury, yes. But what I saw in Week one was far worse than I expected. So there are limits to how much grace we give them.
Dan Rubenstein
50:38
And it will be warm again in Atlanta. um That's a that's a big number for a team that hasn't proven that much this year, though.
Ty Hildenbrandt
50:48
I mean you said you like Tennessee, so are you are you talking yourself into the other side of it or it's not that big a number, it's two touchdowns.
Dan Rubenstein
50:52
I do like Tennessee. I'm just going back and forth with this. It's not even. What is it? Twelve and a half?
Ty Hildenbrandt
51:00
Over and a half. Two touchdowns covers it.
Dan Rubenstein
51:03
Yeah, I'll give it, but it's more that like I think the Georgia Tech offense will eventually be pretty good this year. I like I like their coach. I like the offensive line track record. I like what's in the backfield. I like what could be an emerging receiving core. I just don't know when it's going to happen.
Ty Hildenbrandt
51:21
Prove to me that you can be something without Haynes King, and then we'll talk.
Dan Rubenstein
51:25
Okay. All right. uh I'll I'll say yeah, thirty to thirty to fourteen. They barely cover.
Ty Hildenbrandt
51:30
They didn't prove a damn thing last week. Prove it to me this week. Prove it to me that you can go toe-to-toe with Tennessee or, you know, get get more of an offense going.
Dan Rubenstein
51:38
But we don't know what Tennessee is.
Ty Hildenbrandt
51:40
We don't no I know where we don't know who anybody is at this point. It's Week two.
Dan Rubenstein
51:43
I know, but that's what I'm saying. That's a big number for a team we don't know Jack about yet.
Ty Hildenbrandt
51:47
34 to 10. Lock it up.
Dan Rubenstein
51:49
Okay. All right.
Ty Hildenbrandt
51:51
7. 30 Cy-Hawk game on NBC. Got Iowa State traveling to Iowa. Iowa is number 21 in the land. They're a 14-point favorite. We had Iowa State winning. Their first game of the Jimmy Rogers era last week, despite having everything new, Iowa won 40 to zip over Northern Illinois. This is a game, as you know, it's it's been close for years. I don't think that will be the case this year.
Dan Rubenstein
52:16
Okay.
Ty Hildenbrandt
52:17
I would say from a football standpoint, Iowa State I know, I've been reading. Feels pretty good about their defensive front. Let's see what they got in this one, Dan. Let's see how good they feel after this one, because this should be a pretty good test, no?
Dan Rubenstein
52:31
It should be, I agree.
Ty Hildenbrandt
52:33
I am curious to see how Iowa's offense responds to I think a better opponent, I don't know if they're a great opponent, but a better opponent, certainly a rival that knows they want to run, knows their preferred MO, and will probably stack the box. And what does that look like with a new Iowa quarterback with receivers that I know they're excited about? How can they kind of strike that balance? They're going to try to run it down Iowa State's friggin' throat. That's what they do. They do that to everybody. But can they play off of that? Who is playing quarterback again? Are we going to see more of a timeshare between Hank Brown and Klinsky? I've got real questions about what Iowa can be this season. I am trying to sort of temper my own excitement. I know we both had some when we did our previews, but I expect fully that the takeaway from this game will be that Iowa found something of a vertical passing game against a power conference opponent.
Dan Rubenstein
53:31
Okay.
Ty Hildenbrandt
53:32
And um that in and of itself I think makes the Big Ten kind of interesting or more interesting.
Dan Rubenstein
53:39
So you don't believe in like the Cy-Hawk juju of like this is always a one to three point game or a seven point game?
Ty Hildenbrandt
53:44
Not not this year, no. Not this year. No. I think I think it's close for a half. I could see it being close for half, but I think Iowa pulls away in the second half and they win something like
Dan Rubenstein
53:50
Okay.
Ty Hildenbrandt
53:56
uh thirty thirty-five thirteen when we're in that neighborhood.
Dan Rubenstein
54:02
Okay. I think it's closer. I'm gonna take points. I don't love Iowa State this year. I think they're well coached. I believe in the juju that Cyhawk is always pretty close. I know Iowa State is kind of far off from where they want to be. It's basically all transfers with how many guys left. I kinda like what Jimmy Rogers did with Wazzu last year in year one against teams that were clearly more talented in overmatching Wazzu and perhaps looking past them, whatever. Iowa doesn't look past Iowa State. The preparation was there.
Ty Hildenbrandt
54:38
I did think about that.
Dan Rubenstein
54:39
They played good teams last year, Washington State. Different team, different year. But like when you have Ole Miss and James Madison and Virginia teams like that, who I believe was who played last year. Iowa's clearly better. Iowa clearly has more ways to win. Iowa has if anybody's gonna blow anybody out in this game, it's going to be the Hawkeyes. But I think it's slow. I think it's sloppy because it's still Week two. I don't think I have the full trust in Iowa's quarterbacks in this moment. If you're kind of a show me guy in Week two. You want Georgia Tech to prove it?
Ty Hildenbrandt
55:14
I think Iowa will.
Dan Rubenstein
55:14
Has Hank Brown arrived to you?
Ty Hildenbrandt
55:16
I think Iowa will. I think they will. Yeah, I think they will.
Dan Rubenstein
55:19
Alright. I have Iowa winning this game 20 to 13.
Ty Hildenbrandt
55:24
I've got an over-under of two and a half for curious turnovers by Jalen Raynor, Iowa State quarterback.
Dan Rubenstein
55:30
I think it's reasonable
Ty Hildenbrandt
55:31
Couple other games here and then we're gonna go rapid fire, okay? Another 730 game, CBS, number 13 Texas Tech, favored by 26 and one half points on the road at Oregon State. I thought Oregon State looked frisky last week.
Dan Rubenstein
55:46
Yes and no.
Ty Hildenbrandt
55:47
To a degree. To a degree they look frisky.
Dan Rubenstein
55:49
Houston made a bunch of mistakes.
Ty Hildenbrandt
55:51
Houston made a bunch of mistakes. Houston ran all over Oregon State.
Dan Rubenstein
55:56
They did.
Ty Hildenbrandt
55:56
And it wasn't like Oregon State played much defense in this game.
Dan Rubenstein
55:59
Yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
55:59
So Texas Tech's gonna win this game. I think they also are going to run all over Oregon State. I also think Oregon State's going to be a bit of a one-trick pony with Braden Atkinson at quarterback, because I don't think they're going to be able to run it all
Dan Rubenstein
56:12
He threw it like fifty times against Houston, yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
56:13
Yeah. So they're gonna be very limited in terms of what they can do, but I'm getting some of that like Fran Brown juice from JaMarcus Shephard.
Dan Rubenstein
56:21
Sure, younger guy, yeah
Ty Hildenbrandt
56:23
Yeah, man, I'm I'm in. I'm in. And I love picking guys like that for a big home game at night where you're a pretty sizable dog. I love it.
Dan Rubenstein
56:33
Not not a look ahead spot, by the way, with Houston next Week for for Texas Tech.
Ty Hildenbrandt
56:37
I know. So I entertain the idea of going Oregon State plus the points, but It also should be said this is a Texas Tech team that blew basically everybody out of the water a year ago during the regular season. They were 10-3 against the spread.
Dan Rubenstein
56:55
Yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
56:55
So last year's not this year, but 51-17 tech.
Dan Rubenstein
57:04
I don't think they were incredible last week against, I believe, Abilene Christian. That's okay. We forgive Week one. I think there is an elixir at play here. With it being kind of a look-ahead week, kind of being just sorting things out, they're gonna comfortably win this game. I think the number's too big. Truly, I think the number's too big. I think the defense will be very good this year. I think they will find a rhythm on offense this year. I think there is the like survive and advance mentality. Texas Tech, after falling flat in the playoff last year, is looking to play the long game a little bit more.
Ty Hildenbrandt
57:35
Yep, yep.
Dan Rubenstein
57:39
I have something like I don't know. 31-14. Comfortable win.
Ty Hildenbrandt
57:44
Okay. Yeah, I could see that too.
Dan Rubenstein
57:46
Thirty-five-fourteen. Oregon State covers at home.
Ty Hildenbrandt
57:50
All right, final game before we go rapid fire here. Let's go back in time if we can, Dan.
Dan Rubenstein
57:55
But
Ty Hildenbrandt
57:55
Friday night, 8 p. m. on Fox. It is number 23, Mizzou. A six and one, or no, five and a half point favorite. On the road at the Kansas Jayhawks. Bit of rivalry game, Dan. Where's my button?
Dan Rubenstein
58:16
I think it's a great pick on your part.
Ty Hildenbrandt
58:18
Kansas home dog of the week. I expect, and I know because I've been reading that a lot of the conversation around this game is about what Austin Simmons looked like a week ago. Did you see Austin Simmons?
Dan Rubenstein
58:32
Very strong, yes, confident
Ty Hildenbrandt
58:33
Credible. You cannot get off to a better start than Austin Simmons did a week ago from Mizzou. Allow me to put some respect on the name of one Isaiah Marshall.
Dan Rubenstein
58:44
Okay.
Ty Hildenbrandt
58:44
Isaiah Marshall for Kansas Came out of that start looking very comfortable. 14 of 19 passing, almost 250, had two touchdowns, had a nice rapport with Nick McMillan, transfer receiver from Buffalo, caught six for one thirty Yes, it was against Long Island, okay, but that's kind of the case for all these teams.
Dan Rubenstein
59:04
Yeah, it was Arkansas Pine Bluff for Austin Simmons, yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
59:07
Exactly. So you listen to some of the pregame commentary. Eli Drinkwitz talking up Isaiah Marshall and his dual threat tendencies as maybe a concern for his defense this week. You add in my guy, Andy Kotelnicky. Love Andy Kotelnicki.
Dan Rubenstein
59:24
So there's an unpredictability to what the Kansas offense could be with new old coordinator and a versatile quarterback.
Ty Hildenbrandt
59:30
Oh, I love I love Andy Kodelnicki so much that he's no longer the coordinator at Penn State.
Dan Rubenstein
59:31
Yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
59:35
I can't even put into words, but I like him in this situation. I do.
Dan Rubenstein
59:37
Yeah, this is sort of like the backhanded compliment. We're like, I like this for you.
Ty Hildenbrandt
59:42
I do. I love this for them.
Dan Rubenstein
59:44
Okay.
Ty Hildenbrandt
59:44
I do. um you factor in his play calling with a quarterback like this. You factor in Mizzou. Working from limited film on that new Kansas offense, I see opportunities here for Kansas to steal a couple first downs. Manufacture some explosive plays. I'm also gonna add that lost in the Simmons hype is the fact that the Mizzou line was kind of inconsistent against Arkansas Pine Bluff.
Dan Rubenstein
01:00:10
They didn't run especially well. Now obviously without superstar running back Ahmad Hardy, but
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:00:15
Sure.
Dan Rubenstein
01:00:16
It was not like a, oh, this is we shouldn't take these cartoonish numbers super seriously because it's against Arkansas Pine Bluff, because the cartoonish numbers weren't there from the Mizzou on the ground
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:00:25
Weren't there? Now I think they're gonna have Caden Green back this week, which should help.
Dan Rubenstein
01:00:29
Yeah. They get healthier along the line. Yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:00:31
And I kind of feel like this offense, though, has some things that it's still working through, as we all are, let's be honest, it's 2026. 34-31, someone. I don't know who, but I want the points. I think it's a close game, a rivalry game, and um I fully expect that Kansas is going to be in this one until the final whistle.
Dan Rubenstein
01:00:53
Thrilled to take points. Full agree. I uh I there's just too much new. You you weren't specifically underwhelmed by Mizzou's ceiling this year going into the year. I like them a little bit more. But I think this is gonna be a tough spot and I think it's gonna be back and forth with as much as there is new for the Tigers.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:01:12
All right, let's do uh some rapid fire here if we can.
Dan Rubenstein
01:01:15
I'm ready. Under the radar
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:01:18
Some under the radar games, by the way. The best collection of games is in the 330 block. Oops, where's my sound?
Dan Rubenstein
01:01:25
No, no, it's cool.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:01:25
Go away.
Dan Rubenstein
01:01:26
I want to know where I stand.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:01:27
330 block. So if you're out and about, if you're amongst the people, um 330 is when you want to pop open the phone And flip back and forth to see what's going on. I'm gonna rifle through a bunch of these 330 games. There are a bunch of really, really good 330 games.
Dan Rubenstein
01:01:41
Yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:01:43
Of course, we know about the Bama-Kentucky game, the Arizona BYU game. We previewed those. I count at least five others that are really interesting to me. 330, we've got Mississippi State at Minnesota. Minnesota favored by a point and a half. If you go back to what these teams did a week ago, a bunch of explosive plays. Minnesota got that on the special team side of things with two punt returns from Javon Tracy. Obviously, my guy Camario Taylor, 354, five total touchdowns against ULM. Can either team In my case, can Minnesota, please, please, pretty please, carry some of those explosives over into this matchup? I think this could be a really, really fun game. So I'm going Minnesota at home minus the number. I don't feel particularly great about it, but um I think it should be a fun game, if nothing more.
Dan Rubenstein
01:02:34
Curious to see if Anthony Smith has a late lunch for Minnesota, feasting on the uh the Mississippi State tackles. um I think I like Minnesota as well. um But man, there there is no accounting for if Camario, Mario, Camario Taylor is a transformational talent, like We think he could be if the pieces around him hold up their end of the bargain. uh I think I like Minnesota here as well. I think they're gonna play keep away and slow this game down enough to the point where they they win a a slog.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:03:13
330 ESPN two UCF on the road at Pitt right now. Pitt favored by seven. Can UCF play enough defense to make Mason Heintschel look mortal?
Dan Rubenstein
01:03:24
They'll play more defense than what Pitt saw last week. uh the pass rush should should be there for UCF. This is like it's such an obvious I don't know if you have the Quadfather sounds because we don't do that as often. um I'm gonna I'll vamp here for ya, but this seems like such an auto quad game.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:03:41
Thank you.
Dan Rubenstein
01:03:50
Thank you, Quadfather. That if you are watching this on whatever service, your your FUBO's, your your YouTube's TV, that this seems like Yeah, you upper right has to be CF Pitt, right? You're gonna get entertainment out of that. We're like, wait, it's it's 30 to 27 midway through the second quarter. Let's go full screen with it. Like that it it has very high entertainment potential. So yes, we'll absolutely have an eyeball or an eyeball and a half on this one.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:04:19
uh three thirty ACC. I'm gonna take Pitt. I'll take Pitt minus the seven.
Dan Rubenstein
01:04:22
I'm taking pit as well.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:04:23
Yeah. Three thirty ACC network. Cal on the road at Syracuse, Syracuse favored by three and a half points. Cal gave up 277 on the ground, six rushing touchdowns to UCLA. I don't know if we can necessarily depend on Syracuse to kind of keep that train rolling. They did run fairly well last week against New Hampshire. We'll see if they can do it again this week against Cal as Cal travels across the country. But um two programs that I'm just sort of interested in. In the Eurovo Lord 2026, Syracuse, because my guy Fran Brown and Steve Angeli, Cal, obviously JKS, pretty exciting as well.
Dan Rubenstein
01:05:02
Well it's also Vince Kehres, right?
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:05:02
So Vince Karas, my guy Vince.
Dan Rubenstein
01:05:04
New new DC?
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:05:07
I'm going Cal. I'm gonna take Cal. I think Cal is the better side.
Dan Rubenstein
01:05:10
I love cues here, baby. Let down for Cal.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:05:12
All right
Dan Rubenstein
01:05:14
Travel across the country. I'm going cues at home. uh I just don't think Cal's ready for Angeli.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:05:21
330 FS1 Duke at Illinois. Illinois favored by six points. I got a quote here from Manny Diaz this week, Dan. He was talking about the game last year. Quote, the play action pass ate us alive, end quote.
Dan Rubenstein
01:05:35
Yeah, everything pretty much like the turnovers were awful for Duke last year.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:05:40
Duke held Tulane last Week to three points. Probably gonna be a different story this week against Katin Houser. Much more of an experienced hand. Also of note, we've been calling him Katin Houser for three years. Someone thank you out there, Verballer Hood, for pointing out to me that we were incorrect in our ways.
Dan Rubenstein
01:05:51
Yeah. Caden
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:05:56
So we will make that modification uh interesting test here for the Duke defense. Interesting test.
Dan Rubenstein
01:06:03
I mean interesting test for both of these defenses. Illinois reshape their defense to be that that Bobby Houk 335, and you know what Duke is going to throw at Illinois, which is Not throwing. It's gonna be Nate Sheppard over and over and over again.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:06:17
That's right.
Dan Rubenstein
01:06:18
um and I think he'll be all right. Illinois struggled at times last year defensively, which is why we have uh a new defensive coordinator to watch on Saturday. I'm gonna take Illinois to cover in this one as well. I think they improve their rhythm from Week one.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:06:28
Yeah, I'm with you.
Dan Rubenstein
01:06:32
I have them winning by ten points.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:06:36
Also 330 on the CWTSA on the road at Texas State. Texas State favored by a point and a half. I only put this on here because it is the I-35 Rivalry Dan. I love. Love. Misamai 35 rivalry. They need a better trophy though.
Dan Rubenstein
01:06:51
Okay, fair.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:06:51
Trophy looks like sort of a knockoff of the Lombardi trophy with like a wooden base. Need to do better, guys.
Dan Rubenstein
01:06:56
Yeah, UTSA looking to start splash that water, right
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:07:00
That's right.
Dan Rubenstein
01:07:01
uh and do a better job on the CW than they did last year starting out um I'm gonna take Texas State in a bounce back moment.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:07:02
That's right. I'm going UTSA.
Dan Rubenstein
01:07:09
Okay, we disagree.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:07:09
I'm I'm all in on UTSA as like a G six playoff contender. You gotta stop Brad Jackson
Dan Rubenstein
01:07:15
Gotta stop them.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:07:15
But um, you know, we'll see how that goes. They really couldn't contain the quarterback a week ago from UT Rio Grande Valley. So a little bit of a different story when you're going up against Brad Jackson, but um, okay. Couple other games here. 6 p. m. USA. Memphis at Boise. Boise favored by eight and a half points. Possible playoff elimination game, yeah?
Dan Rubenstein
01:07:37
Definitely.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:07:38
uh give me points.
Dan Rubenstein
01:07:41
You are going to take the points
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:07:43
I want the points because I think maybe a bit of a letdown effect for Boise.
Dan Rubenstein
01:07:46
It'll definitely be a letdown effect. Memphis had a nice win against Arkansas State. I want to see the offense get a little bit cleaner. It should be a good defense. I'm gonna take Boise here actually. I think they're able to uh uh use the defense, use the pass rush, force mistakes, and I think they'll be able to run a little bit on on Memphis after we saw what UNLV was able to do a couple weeks ago. I think they win by a couple touchdowns.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:08:06
730 ESPNU Navy minus four and one half on the road at FAU. Braxton Woodson went for 203 touchdowns last week against Towson.
Dan Rubenstein
01:08:13
Woodson, yeah. Yep.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:08:18
Probably gonna have another big day against FAU, but I think a highly watchable game because FAU is gonna air it out. They put up 32 against Navy a year ago. There will be a question here about who dictates the terms. So two contrasting styles, as we know, styles make fights. Navy, like I said, favored by four and a half points. I will take Navy on the road, but I think this is going to be a fun as hell game.
Dan Rubenstein
01:08:42
Maybe it by the way, if it's going to be stanky and hot and everything we've talked about already in Florida, this game is at FAU, right? It's in Boca. uh it seems like a very difficult offense to play against if Navy is operating the tax on your legs. So I'm gonna go Navy here as well to cover this one. And this is FAU coming off of Florida, right?
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:09:04
That's correct, yeah.
Dan Rubenstein
01:09:04
So it's a potential body blow theory as well, and you're getting an option team. Yeah, give me navy here by a couple touchdowns.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:09:09
Ten p. m. FS one, North Dakota State. Their first Mountain West conference game on the road at altitude, squaring off against Air Force. I'm all in on North Dakota State, baby. I'm all in. I'm all in, even though Air Force is favored by two and a half. Give me the bison.
Dan Rubenstein
01:09:27
Yeah. um I'm gonna go North Dakota State as well. I don't know what the altitude is for Fargo, North Dakota. We should this is really a topography as you mentioned. uh podcast. But um yeah, I'm gonna need to see Air Force play defense after last season before I can believe in them, whatever their elevation level is. So I'm gonna go North Dakota State here.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:09:52
That sounds good. We've got one game left. Dan Rubenstein. That of course is 1015 ESPN. It is Arkansas at number 20, Utah.
Dan Rubenstein
01:10:01
Oh, man.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:10:04
Utah favorite by twelve and a half points. What do you got?
Dan Rubenstein
01:10:08
I think I was very close to making this my lock of the week as well in in Utah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:10:11
Utah?
Dan Rubenstein
01:10:12
Yeah. I think they are going to uh to have a time with Arkansas here. I think Arkansas eventually may become something interesting, but there's still enough to bank on on both sides of the ball for Utah. I'm going Utes comfortably here.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:10:26
I'm on the youths as well. By the way, Fargo's elevation is 900 feet above sea level.
Dan Rubenstein
01:10:31
Elevation? Okay.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:10:34
Air Force is 7258. A difference of sixty three hundred and fifty if my uh back of the nap ki napkin math is yeah
Dan Rubenstein
01:10:43
More than a mile. Still like North Dakota State there.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:10:49
Okay, window of opportunity. We rattled off a ton of games. If you gotta go out, be amongst the people, go see cats again, go to some sort of like fundraiser.
Dan Rubenstein
01:10:59
Yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:11:02
A wedding, I don't know, what of what are people doing? Apple picking? Is that a thing right now?
Dan Rubenstein
01:11:06
Is it apple season already?
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:11:08
I mean
Dan Rubenstein
01:11:08
I don't think we're that autumnal yet, as we're talking about hundred and four degree temps in Texas I don't think the apples are thriving.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:11:15
uh maybe in like the northeast.
Dan Rubenstein
01:11:17
Okay, fair.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:11:17
Maybe maybe up there.
Dan Rubenstein
01:11:18
I'm wearing a University of Vermont shirt right now if you're watching on youtube.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:11:21
Catamounts, baby.
Dan Rubenstein
01:11:22
com slash at solidverbal. Yeah
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:11:24
Go out and do it early. Get back for the three o'clock games, three thirty games. If nothing more, get back by like five Eastern time.
Dan Rubenstein
01:11:32
Yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:11:33
Because I think that's when things are going to heat up and don't miss Texas Ohio State. That's one of the tent polls of this season. You don't want to miss that game. um, all right, this is a reminder to everybody. We will be doing our live stream, our live reaction stream on Saturday night, midnight eastern. out on YouTube. We'll post it out to Twitter slash Xthe everything app.
Dan Rubenstein
01:11:53
Mm-hmm.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:11:53
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Dan Rubenstein
01:12:35
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Ty Hildenbrandt
01:12:37
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Dan Rubenstein
01:12:39
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Ty Hildenbrandt
01:12:41
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Dan Rubenstein
01:12:42
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Ty Hildenbrandt
01:12:46
We got Shea back this week. He's doing the reverbs for us, you know.
Dan Rubenstein
01:12:49
Is he back from Kazakhstan, wherever he was at Week one?
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:12:52
He was uh in parts unknown, let's say.
Dan Rubenstein
01:12:55
The Galapagos
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:12:57
Parts unknown. Shea is a man of mystery, as you know.
Dan Rubenstein
01:13:00
The Baffin Bay up north.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:13:01
Who's to say? Who's to say? By the way, I don't think I mentioned this. I meant I meant to mention this earlier. But um All this talk about Super Camario Taylor.
Dan Rubenstein
01:13:12
Yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:13:12
Our newsletter this week, which you can get for free, solidverbal. com slash newsletter. is going to be a feature on Super Camario. So would encourage everybody to go and check that out. Our guy Tyler does an awesome job putting that newsletter together every week. We really appreciate his help.
Dan Rubenstein
01:13:25
Camario.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:13:27
All right, that's it, man. That's a lot going down in Week two. I am very excited about Week two. I cannot wait to do our reaction show on Saturday night. It's gonna be a thrill.
Dan Rubenstein
01:13:37
You would think that's it, but that would only be if you weren't prepared to drop that big. Stanky, licking, lapping, lusting, drumming five.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:13:45
So Baby oh baby oh baby oh baby oh baby baby We've got a bunch of PAT league teams in action today, Dan.
Dan Rubenstein
01:14:02
Oh my god, we do.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:14:03
Not today, but that we need to talk about today. Friday, 7 p. m. , Villanova on the road at Louisville.
Dan Rubenstein
01:14:11
Lovel.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:14:13
uh, let's bring the music down. I think I'm gonna go Louisville here
Dan Rubenstein
01:14:16
Kienholz, big time
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:14:17
Gotta go. 7 p. m. Richmond on the road at NC State. Don't count out the spiders.
Dan Rubenstein
01:14:24
I'm gonna count out the spiders. NC State, big time.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:14:27
I'm also going to go NC State here, yeah.
Dan Rubenstein
01:14:28
Yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:14:29
Saturday, 1230. Marist on the road at Lafayette. Dan, how's old man Rubenstein feeling about this one? Big matchup here.
Dan Rubenstein
01:14:37
uh he's not thrilled with the start of the season for Lafayette. But I think they get on the in the winning column. Winning ways begin this weekend.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:14:47
Saturday, 1 p. m. , we got Colgate on the road at Central Michigan, not Western Michigan, but I gotta believe all the directional Michigans are playing in solidarity this week. after how they were jilted a week ago in the big house. Gimme Central Michigan big.
Dan Rubenstein
01:15:01
Yeah I like Central Michigan big as well, though they were taken down pretty violently by uh Luke Moga and the New Mexico Lobos.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:15:13
All right. One PM Holy Cross Crossaders on the road at Miami, Ohio. Give me Miami, Ohio.
Dan Rubenstein
01:15:19
I'm gonna take my email. Chuck Martin, right here.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:15:21
Yep. 130 Bucknell. The Nelly's on the road at VMI. VMI a week ago got smoked by Virginia Tech.
Dan Rubenstein
01:15:29
Virginia Tech, yeah
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:15:31
So a little bit of a central PA connection. On one hand, you got the Bucknell Bison. On the other, you've got a team that lost to the former coach of Penn State.
Dan Rubenstein
01:15:41
Yeah, I'm going buck mail here.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:15:43
Go in VMI.
Dan Rubenstein
01:15:43
Go Pat League. Okay, fair enough.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:15:44
I never go in Elli's. Two more games. Saturday, 2 p. m. Bill and Mary on the road at Lehigh. Coming to Goodman Stadium. Gimme the Mountainhawks.
Dan Rubenstein
01:15:52
Is this the home opener for Lehigh?
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:15:53
I believe so. I believe so, yeah.
Dan Rubenstein
01:15:55
New coach?
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:15:56
Yep.
Dan Rubenstein
01:15:56
I'm going Lehi big.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:15:58
And last but not least, Saturday, 7. 30 p. m. Eastern time, we've got Fordham on the road at coastal. Carolina, Dan Rivenstein, gimme Coastal.
Dan Rubenstein
01:16:08
uh I am taking coastal as well. uh Fordham has scored 14 points in two weeks. They got shut out at North Dakota State. They lost by 10 to Colgate. They have two or three out of their next four on the road. I think Coastal Carolina gets it done here.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:16:24
There you have it, one and all. Hopefully you had a good time. We covered a lot of ground. On today's episode, one more time for ballers. com is where you can support. If nothing more, please rate, review, subscribe, follow, all that good stuff. Hit us up, solvverbal at gmail. com. Look us up on social media. We'll be coming your way next Midnight Eastern time on Saturday after all of this glory that Week two has in store for us.
Dan Rubenstein
01:16:49
Oh, you know what this weekend is?
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:16:49
For that I was gonna do the outro, I was building up to it.
Dan Rubenstein
01:16:50
Sorry, sorry to interrupt. I interrupted your outro and I apologize. But there is I know, I know, I Ty
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:16:54
What? What do you have to say?
Dan Rubenstein
01:16:56
This is Akron Bobby Mo with the first drive offensive coordinator in the Akron game. That's also in the 330 window, right? Isn't that this week? How could you forget?
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:17:16
This is malpractice, Dan.
Dan Rubenstein
01:17:19
I mean we didn't mention LSU is not adding the NFL players, but this what we forgot to we neglected to mention is far more important.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:17:29
This is malpractice by me.
Dan Rubenstein
01:17:31
Yeah.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:17:31
I put the sheets together. I'm sort of the pace car here, right? That's my kind of chosen role. We made it a fantasy thing. I made it a fantasy thing. What a disgrace I am to this show.
Dan Rubenstein
01:17:48
I agree. You also didn't mention Rice Notre Dame. You also didn't mention uh oh there was something else here that I love Oh uh Rutgers Boston College
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:17:59
I mean, do we have to?
Dan Rubenstein
01:18:01
Well, I mean somebody's gotta win, which is great news. But yes, Bobby Mo is facing an amateur offensive coordinator for the first drive. Well, he's involved in picking plays he likes and perhaps sequencing them for Akron.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:18:18
I was gonna say someone is deaf this is not like he's hitting the button on college football 27 and they're just gonna run whatever he, you know, like there's probably been a little bit of collaboration here.
Dan Rubenstein
01:18:22
Right. But yeah, this is that game.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:18:34
You do the outro. I don't I'm not worthy of it today.
Dan Rubenstein
01:18:37
Marty Whims II, by the way, is the name.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:18:37
I'm just not That's a real guy?
Dan Rubenstein
01:18:43
Martin Allan Whims II is named OC of the game.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:18:46
You can't say the middle name. You say the middle name he sounds like a criminal. Don't do that.
Dan Rubenstein
01:18:49
That's true.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:18:51
It sounds like he's on the lamb.
Dan Rubenstein
01:18:51
Marty Whims named O. C. of the game presented by Arby’s Steak Nuggets. That's what I'm seeing here. You know what Arby's gets too much guff. I haven't had it in twenty-one years probably, but I I've always enjoyed my Arby's not a sponsor.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:19:09
We should probably just end this show now because this is start this is what happens when we get a little punchy and it's gonna go a bunch of different directions. This will carry over nicely. into our Thursday bonus show over Bowers. com for anyone interested.
Dan Rubenstein
01:19:19
Here's here's what I can tell you as you prepare to do the outro
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:19:22
No, I'm not doing it today. I'm not worthy of it.
Dan Rubenstein
01:19:24
Okay, that's fine.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:19:24
You do it today.
Dan Rubenstein
01:19:25
On on our documents, sometimes you write like Dan has like a a weird recommendation, food or otherwise. And I've never I haven't done that this year. I'm gonna do that on our bonus show tomorrow because I do have an interesting food recommendation that anybody could make at home, just like in a blender. I'm gonna make that recommendation on the bonus show at verballers. com. But we've gone far enough. This has been Week two. Once again it is What is splash water on your face? I don't forget what I called it. It's already too late. um
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:19:56
This is what happens after an hour and a half or whatever.
Dan Rubenstein
01:19:58
Saturday. But for that guy over there in Eastern PA, Ty Hildenbrandt, I am Dan Rubenstein over here in the Chicagoland area. And for Thai I say peace and stay solid.
Ty Hildenbrandt
01:20:23
Whatever.