<v Speaker 1>Wednesday, September twenty four, twenty twenty five, You are listening

<v Speaker 1>to the Daily Dose Sports podcast and I am your host,

<v Speaker 1>Clinton Daily, coming to you from the MIHI City here

<v Speaker 1>in Denver, Colorado, and we are back for another week

<v Speaker 1>of talking sports with a dose of common sense. Hey,

<v Speaker 1>Happy Wednesday to you. Hope you had a good weekend.

<v Speaker 1>Hope your week is going well and that you, your family,

<v Speaker 1>your friends, you're all staying strong and you're all staying

<v Speaker 1>healthy right now. And honestly, is there a better time

<v Speaker 1>of year sports wide than right now? Because if there is,

<v Speaker 1>I don't know what it is. It is now officially

<v Speaker 1>the season of autumn. We have college football going, we

<v Speaker 1>have the NFL going, we have Major League Baseball which

<v Speaker 1>is really starting to heat up because don't look down,

<v Speaker 1>but those wildcard games are literally just one week away,

<v Speaker 1>and we have teams trying to play their way in,

<v Speaker 1>and we have teams trying to play their way out.

<v Speaker 1>Those wildcard games are already coming next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

<v Speaker 1>And I'll be honest, this season is not going as

<v Speaker 1>expected because going into the season, it was expected by

<v Speaker 1>most of the experts. Hey, we're gonna see Yankees versus Dodgers. Right, well,

<v Speaker 1>that hasn't happened exactly. Don't get me wrong. They're both

<v Speaker 1>still in the hunt, but it hasn't been as easy

<v Speaker 1>as expected. Over the American League, it is the Toronto

<v Speaker 1>Blue Jays that became the first American League team to

<v Speaker 1>clinch a playoff spot, with Black Guerrero and George Springer

<v Speaker 1>leading the way. We have those Seattle Mariners with Kyl Rawley,

<v Speaker 1>big dumper, just playing red hot down the stretch. But

<v Speaker 1>what is crazy is that for as good as the

<v Speaker 1>Mariners have been playing, they can't seem to fully pull

<v Speaker 1>away from those pesky Houston Astros. And yes, we may

<v Speaker 1>all hate them, but are going to keep hanging in there,

<v Speaker 1>although they may need to get healthy if they're really

<v Speaker 1>going to make the postseason, because it's gonna be tight.

<v Speaker 1>Speaking up the New York Yankees, they are still in

<v Speaker 1>the hunt. Aaron Judge, He's probably gonna go win that

<v Speaker 1>American League MVP. The Cleveland Guardians might be the hottest

<v Speaker 1>team in the AL right now, but can they carry

<v Speaker 1>that into the postseason because we have seen hot teams

<v Speaker 1>in the regular season not be able to sustain that

<v Speaker 1>when they reach the playoffs. And by the way, the

<v Speaker 1>Guardians are still chasing the American Central leading Detroit Tigers.

<v Speaker 1>But the Tigers they're kind of struggling a little bit

<v Speaker 1>with their pitching rotation. Yes, they still have Trek Scubell,

<v Speaker 1>who is probably having the best year of his career,

<v Speaker 1>but Detroit's gonna have to get healthy for the playoffs.

<v Speaker 1>And could a team left the Boston Red Sox or

<v Speaker 1>maybe even the Texas Rangers close the season on a

<v Speaker 1>hot streak and make a bit of a run themselves

<v Speaker 1>and then over the American League. Yes, the Dodgers are

<v Speaker 1>still gonna try to win the whole thing, and with

<v Speaker 1>that roster, of course they're going to be in the mix.

<v Speaker 1>But the hottest team in the entire league is the

<v Speaker 1>Milwaukee Brewers, who were the first team to clinch a

<v Speaker 1>postseason slot this season. But we also know that Milwaukee

<v Speaker 1>has a bit of a history that they struggle when

<v Speaker 1>they get there. Can they change that this year? The

<v Speaker 1>Philadelphia Phillies have already clinched a postseason birth by winning

<v Speaker 1>the NL East, and Kyle Schwarber he's playing as good

<v Speaker 1>as he ever has. The Phillies are very dangerous. The

<v Speaker 1>Chicago Cubs will be making their first playoff visit since

<v Speaker 1>twenty eighteen. But my concern for the Cubs is they

<v Speaker 1>aren't always the most consistent. They'll be a good team,

<v Speaker 1>they'll lose, do a bad team. Not sure what to

<v Speaker 1>make of them. And then we have the San Diego Padres,

<v Speaker 1>the New York Mets, the Cincinnati Reds, and the Arizona

<v Speaker 1>Diamondbacks all battling for a wildcard. And I know the

<v Speaker 1>playoffs don't technically begin until next week, but there is

<v Speaker 1>basically playoff baseball being played right now every single night.

<v Speaker 1>Major League Baseball is actually finally interesting. And I'll be honest,

<v Speaker 1>as long as there isn't college football or the NFL,

<v Speaker 1>then yeah, I'll watch it. Hey, today on the dose,

<v Speaker 1>I know that I told you last week I was

<v Speaker 1>chasing a very interesting guest for this week. Well I

<v Speaker 1>rang that guest down and he was great, But then

<v Speaker 1>we had some technical difficulties and I don't want to

<v Speaker 1>bring you that interview until it is as good as

<v Speaker 1>it can be, so be patient on that. But today

<v Speaker 1>we are going to be recapping a wild weekend in

<v Speaker 1>booth the NFL and college football. You know, sometimes we

<v Speaker 1>think we're figuring some teams out, and then we have

<v Speaker 1>a weekend like this past week and we realize, yeah,

<v Speaker 1>we might not know anything yet. And I know that

<v Speaker 1>we've all been watching the NFL and college football and

<v Speaker 1>Major League Baseball, but don't forget that the WNBA playoffs

<v Speaker 1>are rolling along too. We will check in on how

<v Speaker 1>they are going and let you know what to expect

<v Speaker 1>going forward. And then one college football team is really

<v Speaker 1>really struggling right now. Could they be on a historical

<v Speaker 1>pace to underachieve our daily dose top five. We'll look

<v Speaker 1>at that in just a few moments, But first let's

<v Speaker 1>start off in college basketball, of all places, because Bruce

<v Speaker 1>Pearl has announced that he will be stepping down as

<v Speaker 1>the men's basketball coach at Auburn and is going to

<v Speaker 1>move into an ambassador's role in the athletic department as

<v Speaker 1>a special assistant to the athletic director. That is what

<v Speaker 1>the school announced on Monday. Steven Pearl, Bruce's son and

<v Speaker 1>the Tigers associate head coach, has received a five year

<v Speaker 1>contract to be the program's new head coach. But Bruce

<v Speaker 1>Pearl is sixty five. He's coming off of a season

<v Speaker 1>in which he guided Auburn to their second ever Final four. Now,

<v Speaker 1>the timing of this is a little weird to me.

<v Speaker 1>Why not do it last spring? Maybe Bruce was really

<v Speaker 1>thinking about it, Maybe he was really going through it

<v Speaker 1>trying to figure out what he wanted to do. Oh

<v Speaker 1>or maybe he wanted to do it at the last

<v Speaker 1>second so he can get his son hired. Got it.

<v Speaker 1>The Tigers earned the number one overall seed in the

<v Speaker 1>NCUBLEA Men's Tournament last year after winning the SEC regular

<v Speaker 1>season championship. They racked a thirty two wins before they

<v Speaker 1>fell to Florida in the national semifinal. But Pearl has

<v Speaker 1>been the head coach at Auburn for eleven years. He

<v Speaker 1>led the Tigers to six nc DOUBLEA Tournament appearances and

<v Speaker 1>both of the program's Final four runs. He went two

<v Speaker 1>forty six and one twenty five at Auburn, but only

<v Speaker 1>two hundred and thirty two of those games were recognized

<v Speaker 1>because of NCAA infractions, And they told us how to

<v Speaker 1>pretend games back in twenty sixteen and seven. It needn't happen.

<v Speaker 1>But hey, Bruce Pearl has been a coach wherever he's been.

<v Speaker 1>That brings a lot of excitement. To whatever program he's

<v Speaker 1>coaching at. He took Auburn, Tennessee, and Milwaukee to the tournament. Hey,

<v Speaker 1>I don't care how you cut it, it's pretty impressive.

<v Speaker 1>And yes, I will always remember him for ratting out

<v Speaker 1>Illinois when he was an assistant at Iowa. But Bruce

<v Speaker 1>Parrol did do other stuff too, pretty good stuff. It

<v Speaker 1>was a weird week in the NFL this past weekend.

<v Speaker 1>We're going to talk more about that later, but we

<v Speaker 1>also saw a number of injuries to some big name

<v Speaker 1>players this week too. The San Francisco forty nine Ers

<v Speaker 1>have not lost pass rusher Joey Bosa for the year

<v Speaker 1>with a torn rd ecl the Los Angeles Chargers lost

<v Speaker 1>running back Naji Harris with a blown achilles for the year.

<v Speaker 1>The Arizona Cardinals lost running back James Connor for the

<v Speaker 1>season with a right foot injury, and the Dallas Cowboys

<v Speaker 1>are going to be without star wide receiver Ceedee lamb

<v Speaker 1>At for a few weeks with an ugly high ankle

<v Speaker 1>spring that he's sustained on Sunday. But one player that

<v Speaker 1>we worried might be hurt this year is Miami Dolphins

<v Speaker 1>quarterback Tua Tongua by law. But nope, Tua is just fine,

<v Speaker 1>which actually might not be the news that Dolphins fans

<v Speaker 1>are hoping for because with three games under their belt,

<v Speaker 1>the Dolphins have yet to win a game, and Tua

<v Speaker 1>it hasn't been very good. He has five touchdowns, but

<v Speaker 1>he also has five turnovers. Well, Finns fans, I actually

<v Speaker 1>have some worse news for you because this daily dose

<v Speaker 1>Iteam president Big Rob has ut covered. Do you realize

<v Speaker 1>that to his contract whip of Dolphins it seriously might

<v Speaker 1>be the worst in the NFL. And this is coming

<v Speaker 1>from a guy whose team is currently still playing Russell

<v Speaker 1>Wilson thirty two million dollars this year to suck for

<v Speaker 1>the New York Giants and get benched. Oh and by

<v Speaker 1>the way, my Denver Broncos paid him fifty three million

<v Speaker 1>dollars last year to lose games for the Steelers. Well,

<v Speaker 1>check out the breakdown on Tua's contract, because here is

<v Speaker 1>what Tua is still owed from the Dolphins this year.

<v Speaker 1>Thirty nine million bucks steep the starting quarterback. Okay, Next

<v Speaker 1>year fifty six million bucks. Okay, that hurts. Twenty twenty

<v Speaker 1>seven fifty three million bucks. Okay, that hurts a lot. Oh,

<v Speaker 1>and then in twenty twenty eight, the Dolphins ohe to

<v Speaker 1>a sixty five million dollars. Here's the worst news. If

<v Speaker 1>the Dolphins cut to a it will cost them seventy

<v Speaker 1>nine point two million dollars in dead cap space. Miami,

<v Speaker 1>I've got bad news for you. You better get that

<v Speaker 1>guy wrapped in bubble wrap because you're paying him either way.

<v Speaker 1>Why Miami gave to it that contract, I will never know.

<v Speaker 1>And everyone's going to blame Tua because he's terrible or whatever,

<v Speaker 1>but that GM is the one who deserves to get

<v Speaker 1>hit in the head, not to it. He didn't give

<v Speaker 1>himself a contract. You gave it to him willingly. Just dumb. Finally,

<v Speaker 1>the WNBA playoffs are going right now and they are

<v Speaker 1>now down to the semi finals. And while some of

<v Speaker 1>the attention this year has been on the play on

<v Speaker 1>the floor, the Daily Does has also been keeping an

<v Speaker 1>eye on that whole you know, sex toy count where

<v Speaker 1>we're seeing these animals throwing sex toys out on the court.

<v Speaker 1>But it's interesting because we have yet to see a

<v Speaker 1>sex toy thrown out of the court in the playoffs

<v Speaker 1>just yet. I mean, security must really be cracking down

<v Speaker 1>they are apparently searching people very thoroughly as they enter

<v Speaker 1>the arenas to make sure that they don't have another

<v Speaker 1>embarrassing incident. And I mean, it isn't like people are

<v Speaker 1>going to try to hide those sex toys to stink man, right,

<v Speaker 1>I mean, where in the world would they even try

<v Speaker 1>to hide them? Right? Okay, but enough of that silly stuff.

<v Speaker 1>Let's get to the actual WNBA playoff games where we

<v Speaker 1>have seen some really impressive performances so far. So NFL

<v Speaker 1>Week three is now in the books. And funny because

<v Speaker 1>you know, every week in the NFL we try to

<v Speaker 1>figure out who teams really are. And we've already talked

<v Speaker 1>this season about some of the overreactions that we're seeing. Well,

<v Speaker 1>in Week three, the NFL had some shakeups because there

<v Speaker 1>are some things that we thought we knew and now

<v Speaker 1>we're not so sure. I'll show you what I mean.

<v Speaker 1>You know, we thought the Green Bay Packers were looking

<v Speaker 1>like a true title contender through the first two weeks.

<v Speaker 1>They had whipped the Detroit Lions and the Washington Commanders. Hey,

<v Speaker 1>those are both playoff teams from last year. So in

<v Speaker 1>Week three, the Packers went to Cleveland to face the

<v Speaker 1>crappy Browns who haven't even won a game yet. So

<v Speaker 1>Jordan Love apparently knew I was watching, and he absolutely sucked.

<v Speaker 1>Running Back Josh Jacobs had thirty yards on sixteen carries,

<v Speaker 1>and somehow the Browns block a late field goal and

<v Speaker 1>then make one of their own and upset the Packers

<v Speaker 1>thirteen to ten. The Packers were a seven and a

<v Speaker 1>half point favorite. That's big in the NFL, and the

<v Speaker 1>Packers are supposed to be a big dog, right, Yeah,

<v Speaker 1>but now we're not quite as sure we thought we knew.

<v Speaker 1>Now I don't know. The Indianapolis Colts are another team

<v Speaker 1>that it seems everyone got wrong going into the season.

<v Speaker 1>They bench quarterback Anthony Richardson for Daniel Jones. Honestly, we

<v Speaker 1>kind of thought they might be tanking. Yet turns out

<v Speaker 1>they might have known what they were doing. Daniel Jones,

<v Speaker 1>it seems like he just needed to get away from

<v Speaker 1>the New York Giants. Because the Colts are now three

<v Speaker 1>to zero after beating the Miami Dolphins. The Denver bron

<v Speaker 1>goes am the Tennessee Titans. No, it's not exactly Murderer's row,

<v Speaker 1>and they probably should have lost to Denver, but hey,

<v Speaker 1>they've won every week. More impressive, though, is the play

<v Speaker 1>of Daniel Jones, because he's now already thrown for over

<v Speaker 1>eight hundred yards. He has three touchdowns, but he has

<v Speaker 1>zero interceptions. We thought we knew who the Cults were.

<v Speaker 1>Now I'm not so sure. We thought we knew who

<v Speaker 1>the Chicago Bears were because after collapsing in Week one

<v Speaker 1>against the Minnesota Vikings, the Bears looked like they all

<v Speaker 1>but quit last week and they got blown out by

<v Speaker 1>the Detroit Lions. So in week three they host the

<v Speaker 1>Dallas Cowboys. I mean, the Cowboys aren't great, but they're

<v Speaker 1>pretty scrappy and they put up big offensive numbers the Bears.

<v Speaker 1>They might be going on three CHASO, please explain why

<v Speaker 1>the Bears jumped all over Dallas and Bears quarterback Caleb

<v Speaker 1>Williams probably had the best game of his career. He

<v Speaker 1>threw for two hundred and ninety eight yards and four

<v Speaker 1>touchdowns and painted his nails on the sideline and the

<v Speaker 1>Bears brottled the Cowboy thirty one to fourteen. So is

<v Speaker 1>this good Bears? Was this bad Cowboys? I don't know

<v Speaker 1>what to think. Now another mystery we've got to still

<v Speaker 1>figure out. The Atlanta Falcons have been another tough team

<v Speaker 1>to figure out because now that they have benched quarterback

<v Speaker 1>Kirk Cousins and put all their chips into the Michael

<v Speaker 1>Pennix basket, we thought Atlanta might be able to contend

<v Speaker 1>for the NFC South. That division isn't very good. They

<v Speaker 1>can win it, they were in it last year. So

<v Speaker 1>in Week one we're all looking like geniuses. Yes that

<v Speaker 1>Atlanta lost, but they took division rival Tampa Bay to

<v Speaker 1>the wire. Okay, so in week two they blow out

<v Speaker 1>the Minnesota Vikings, and in Week three Atlanta gets to

<v Speaker 1>play the crappy Carolina Panthers. Well, this will be a

<v Speaker 1>piece of cake. Atlanta is going to be in a

<v Speaker 1>dogfight in that NFC South division. And then the game

<v Speaker 1>started and Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young completely outplayed Peddix

<v Speaker 1>and the Panthers blew the Falcons out thirty to nothing.

<v Speaker 1>So now the Falcons are what a playoff contender? The

<v Speaker 1>worst team in the league. I don't know, I'm not

<v Speaker 1>really sure. Okay, So I've already flipped back and forth

<v Speaker 1>a few times on the Minnesota Vikings this year because

<v Speaker 1>the season is starting, they have a ton of offensive weapons,

<v Speaker 1>the defense is pretty stout. They just need quarterback JJ

<v Speaker 1>McCarthy to not be terrible. And if so, Minnesota is

<v Speaker 1>going to be a playoff contender. So they started the

<v Speaker 1>season with the Bears. They're down seventeen to six. They

<v Speaker 1>look awful. I'm checking out. This team might be in trouble.

<v Speaker 1>McCarthy doesn't look very good. Then suddenly the Vikings get hot,

<v Speaker 1>run off twenty one straight points, they win twenty seven

<v Speaker 1>to twenty four. Okay, so they are the team we

<v Speaker 1>thought they were. They're okay, there'll be a contender. The

<v Speaker 1>Vikings will be fine. And then they play Atlanta like

<v Speaker 1>I mentioned before, and the Falcons blow them out and

<v Speaker 1>McCarthy looks like an absolute dumpster fire and he leaves

<v Speaker 1>with an injury. Okay, so the Vikings are done. And

<v Speaker 1>then on Sunday they beat the devil out of the

<v Speaker 1>Cincinnati Bengals forty eight to ten with Carson Wentz starting

<v Speaker 1>at quarterback. Huh, I know the Bengals are banged up.

<v Speaker 1>They don't have Joe Burrow. Forty eight to ten. What

<v Speaker 1>is going on? I don't know what to think. Only

<v Speaker 1>thing I can figure out is that for some reason

<v Speaker 1>between Sam Darnold and Carson Wentz. Minnesota is like Heaven

<v Speaker 1>for ginger quarterbacks. I don't get it. I don't understand

<v Speaker 1>how this works. Finally, we have the confusing case of

<v Speaker 1>the Houston Texans, a playoff team the past two season,

<v Speaker 1>and they play in that terrible division, the AFC SUD

<v Speaker 1>so hey, they should be able to get back to

<v Speaker 1>the playoffs again this year. Remember quarterback CJ. Stroud's rookie year.

<v Speaker 1>He had twenty three touchdowns, he had five interceptions. The

<v Speaker 1>Texans went from three to thirteen to ten and seven

<v Speaker 1>with Stroud as a rookie and made the playoffs. They

<v Speaker 1>made it again last year. They beat the Chargers last year,

<v Speaker 1>even though Stroud wasn't quite as good. And now there's

<v Speaker 1>this year and Stroud has been awful. He has just

<v Speaker 1>two touchdowns, he has three interceptions, and the Texans are

<v Speaker 1>now zero to three with losses to the Rams respectable,

<v Speaker 1>the Buccaneers is somewhat respectable, and the Jaguars zero respect whatsoever.

<v Speaker 1>Now it isn't all Stroud's fault because the Texans offensive

<v Speaker 1>line is terrible. They have zero run game and CJ.

<v Speaker 1>Stroud has already been sacked eight times and hit nineteen

<v Speaker 1>times at just three games. I mean, you can blame

<v Speaker 1>Stroud for this start with the Texans, but it's not

<v Speaker 1>all his fault. The Houston Texans might be in some

<v Speaker 1>serious trouble. Hey, in the NFL, anything can happen on

<v Speaker 1>any given Sunday. We know that there's too much talent

<v Speaker 1>in that league. But now we have to try to

<v Speaker 1>figure out was Week three just a weird aberration this

<v Speaker 1>year or was it a sign up some things to

<v Speaker 1>come for some of these teams? And these things could

<v Speaker 1>be coming a little bit later this season. Hey, remember

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<v Speaker 1>stopping by. You know, things aren't quite as confusing in

<v Speaker 1>college football because college football it's not exactly in any

<v Speaker 1>given Saturday scenario. Yes, we see some surprises, but let's

<v Speaker 1>be honest. LSU can play Southeast Louisiana one hundred times

<v Speaker 1>and that score is going to be fifty six to

<v Speaker 1>ten pretty much every single time. So it's not quite

<v Speaker 1>the same in college But we did still see a

<v Speaker 1>few surprises in college football this past week that kind

<v Speaker 1>of have us questioning ourselves. And by the way, I

<v Speaker 1>know Mike Gundhy is now out at Oklahoma State telling

<v Speaker 1>you right now get ready for a few more head

<v Speaker 1>coaches to go down very very soon. I'm looking right

<v Speaker 1>at you. Gainsville might be happening sooner than we expected.

<v Speaker 1>But we did have a few confusing college football teams

<v Speaker 1>to look at this past week two. Because you know,

<v Speaker 1>I really liked the Illinois fighting a lion I going

<v Speaker 1>into this season. I picked them to be a surprise

<v Speaker 1>and go to the College Football Playoff again. They returned

<v Speaker 1>to number of starters and head coach Brett Blima. Yes,

<v Speaker 1>he looks like the elderly version of butt headed by me,

<v Speaker 1>come co buthead, but his teams are usually pretty tough

<v Speaker 1>up front. Okay, so the aligne I blew out three

<v Speaker 1>pretty bad opponents to start the year. I'm feeling pretty

<v Speaker 1>good about my pick. And then this past week they

<v Speaker 1>faced Indiana and Illinois got boat raced sixty three to ten.

<v Speaker 1>I'm not even complaining the Illinois lost. I could see

<v Speaker 1>them losing a game or two, but sixty three to ten,

<v Speaker 1>and next up is USC. I don't have the first

<v Speaker 1>idea what to expect in that game. Now, I don't

<v Speaker 1>know what to expect from Illinois in general. Now, sixty

<v Speaker 1>three to ten, I could see you losing, but not

<v Speaker 1>losing like that. So who is Illinois really? I don't know.

<v Speaker 1>The Nebraska Cornhuskers look like they might be on the

<v Speaker 1>verge of breaking back into the national landscape. Head coach

<v Speaker 1>Matt Ruhle is always tough in year three. He's got

<v Speaker 1>quarterback Dylan Riola and a pretty decent defense, or so

<v Speaker 1>we thought. The corn Huskers blew out Cincinnati Akron okay

<v Speaker 1>in Houston Baptist and then on Saturday they hosted Michigan. Hey,

<v Speaker 1>I think Michigan is okay. I don't think they're great,

<v Speaker 1>but Michigan went into Lincoln and beat up the Huskers.

<v Speaker 1>And I know the final score was thirty twenty seven,

<v Speaker 1>but the Huskers scored a hail Mary prayer of a

<v Speaker 1>touchdown going into halftime, and then they got a garbage

<v Speaker 1>time touchdown very late in the game, with like less

<v Speaker 1>than a minute to play. Hey, Michigan controlled this game

<v Speaker 1>throughout in your backyard. And that Nebraska defense they look

<v Speaker 1>particularly soft and squishy. Now, the Huskers have a manageable schedule,

<v Speaker 1>but now I'm not so sure it matters because they

<v Speaker 1>look very soft upfront defensively. Yet again, we thought it

<v Speaker 1>might improve. Now I'm not so sure. The Oklahoma centers

<v Speaker 1>have been way better than anyone expected this year. As

<v Speaker 1>quarterback John Mattier has at times this year looked like

<v Speaker 1>the best quarterback in the country. That might sound crazy,

<v Speaker 1>go look with his numbers. He's been impressive. The Sooners

<v Speaker 1>have now beaten number fifteen Michigan and this past week

<v Speaker 1>they beat number twenty two Auburn. Hey is Oklahoma back?

<v Speaker 1>It kind of looks like it. And then it was

<v Speaker 1>announced yesterday that Mateir has a hand injury that is

<v Speaker 1>going to require surgery. He's going to be out for

<v Speaker 1>a while. Owing by the way, after Oklahoma plays Can't

<v Speaker 1>State next week. The schedule goes like this, Texas South Carolina, Ole,

<v Speaker 1>miss Tennessee, Alabama, and Missouri to close out the regular season.

<v Speaker 1>So as good as you feel right now, sooner Nation.

<v Speaker 1>I guess we'll see good luck, is what I'm saying.

<v Speaker 1>And the last team that has me a little bit

<v Speaker 1>confused is those Utah Utes. Because Utah went just five

<v Speaker 1>and seven last year. They had so many injuries and

<v Speaker 1>they lost like five win score games. But hey, Kyle

<v Speaker 1>Whittingham can coach, and the Utes might be a team

<v Speaker 1>to keep an eye on this year. They blew out UCLA,

<v Speaker 1>they blew out Kyle Poly, they blew out Wyoming, and

<v Speaker 1>then they hosted Texas Tech this past week. Now, it

<v Speaker 1>didn't surprise me that Tech beat Utah. We know the

<v Speaker 1>amount of money that Tech is putting into their program.

<v Speaker 1>But it did surprise me that Texas Tech out physical Utah.

<v Speaker 1>They kind of beat them up. Remember Kyle Whittingham said

<v Speaker 1>this is his best offensive line that he's ever had. Really,

<v Speaker 1>Texas Tech won the game thirty four to ten, and

<v Speaker 1>it was closer than that. I'm not saying that it

<v Speaker 1>was closer than that, but Texas Tech also had to

<v Speaker 1>do it with their backup quarterback for most of to day.

<v Speaker 1>That was surprising. Hey, isn't uncommon to see college football

<v Speaker 1>teams slip up. These are eighteen nineteen year old kids,

<v Speaker 1>but some of these teams, they're a little bit confusing.

<v Speaker 1>It's going to be a challenge to try to figure

<v Speaker 1>out who so many of these teams truly are. And remember,

<v Speaker 1>conference play is now really getting rolling. So I expect

<v Speaker 1>to see a few more surprises over the next few

<v Speaker 1>weeks because they are most likely coming. Hey, this week,

<v Speaker 1>if you don't have anything on Saturday, keep it that way,

<v Speaker 1>stay in front of your TV because college football is

<v Speaker 1>going to be in full effect. There are some really

<v Speaker 1>sneaky good games between teams that maybe are ranked. But

<v Speaker 1>we also have twenty one USC at twenty three, Illinois

<v Speaker 1>number four, LSU at number thirteen, Ole Miss number six,

<v Speaker 1>Oregon at number three, Penn State, and number seventeen Alabama

<v Speaker 1>at number five. Georgia don't make any bonds on Saturday.

<v Speaker 1>Be sure you're sighting on your couch with that TV on,

<v Speaker 1>because it is going to be a glorious weekend of

<v Speaker 1>college football. Now, as we do so many weeks here

<v Speaker 1>at the Daily Dos, we need to get over to

<v Speaker 1>our daily dose. Top five kids. The Clemson Tigers are

<v Speaker 1>not very good. Remember that Clemson was the number four

<v Speaker 1>team preseason in the country. Hey, they have quarterback k Klubnick,

<v Speaker 1>they have most of their defense coming back. They have

<v Speaker 1>all the ingredients they should be a They have a

<v Speaker 1>great head coach in Dablos Swinney. He's won titles. Okay,

<v Speaker 1>So when they lost their opener seventeen to ten to LSU,

<v Speaker 1>we were like, no big deal, They'll still rally. And

<v Speaker 1>then they were trailing Troy sixteen to nothing in their

<v Speaker 1>second game, but maybe they were just shaking off the

<v Speaker 1>LSU game. They came back to win. Well weird, but

<v Speaker 1>they came back to win and then may lose a

<v Speaker 1>tough game to UNRENK Georgia Tech and now this past week,

<v Speaker 1>Clemson got manhandled by Syracuse at home, thirty four to

<v Speaker 1>twenty one, and that was with Syracuse's backup quarterback, no less.

<v Speaker 1>But Clemson has no playmakers, their defense is below average,

<v Speaker 1>and now the Tigers go to Chapel Hill to play

<v Speaker 1>Bill Belichick and his girlfriend. Hey, there's a strong chance

<v Speaker 1>nobody wins that game. And here's the bad news for Clemson.

<v Speaker 1>Dablaswinny isn't going anywhere. You might not like it, but

<v Speaker 1>he's not. With the way his contract is written, you

<v Speaker 1>will owe him a full sixty million bucks. I don't

<v Speaker 1>know if I see that happening to go out and

<v Speaker 1>hire a maybe better coach. But Clemson, they shure not

<v Speaker 1>look like they're riding this ship anytime soon. And if

<v Speaker 1>things continue to go as they are, this is going

<v Speaker 1>to be one of the biggest collapses by a preseason

<v Speaker 1>ranked team in history. Today, our Daily Doose Top five

<v Speaker 1>is counting down five of the biggest disappointments in college

<v Speaker 1>football history that started this season ranked. Could Clemson eventually

<v Speaker 1>be on this list? We're gonna see how they stack up.

<v Speaker 1>We start off at number five and it was just

<v Speaker 1>a few years ago. Wow, that Texas. A and M

<v Speaker 1>seemed poised to make a big leap forward into the

<v Speaker 1>public consciousness as Jimba Fisher was entering his fifth year

<v Speaker 1>as the head coach of the Aggies. A and M

<v Speaker 1>had gone eight and four of the previous season, not

<v Speaker 1>great but solid. But what had everyone so excited as

<v Speaker 1>they headed into the twenty twenty two season was the

<v Speaker 1>fact that Jimbo Fisher had the top recruiting class in

<v Speaker 1>the country and those new additions they were expected to

<v Speaker 1>be a big upgrade. Yes, they were unproven, but they

<v Speaker 1>were talented. As you probably know, that did not end

<v Speaker 1>up being the case. Quarterback Haynes King was an early

<v Speaker 1>Heisman hopeful, and following a week one win over Sam Houston,

<v Speaker 1>the Aggies were ranked number six in the country. And

<v Speaker 1>then A and M was stunned by Appalachians State at home.

<v Speaker 1>Well that's not good, okay. So they answered with two

<v Speaker 1>wins over Miami and over Arkansas, both ranked opponents, I

<v Speaker 1>might add, Okay, maybe Appalationan State was just a weird glitch.

<v Speaker 1>Maybe they were better than expected. Maybe A and M

<v Speaker 1>took them for granted. Yeah, and then A and M

<v Speaker 1>lost six games in a row. The Aggies would finish

<v Speaker 1>just five and seven and Jimbo Fisher would be fired

<v Speaker 1>the following season. Hey, college station was hopeful. In twin

<v Speaker 1>it did not go well. They were ranked number six,

<v Speaker 1>and A and M comes in today at number five.

<v Speaker 1>We move on to number four and we go back

<v Speaker 1>to nineteen eighty four where the Pitt Panthers actually used

<v Speaker 1>to be good. I know that sounds crazy now, but

<v Speaker 1>it's true. Remember Pitt actually won a national title back

<v Speaker 1>in seventy six, and after that win they started to

<v Speaker 1>run where we would see Pitt appear in bowl games

<v Speaker 1>for nine years in a row. Well, in eighty four,

<v Speaker 1>Pitt was ranked number three in the Ape Pole after

<v Speaker 1>going eight and three in eighty three, and in eighty three,

<v Speaker 1>that was the year after Dan Marino had gone to

<v Speaker 1>the NFL, and they still went eight and three. So

<v Speaker 1>Pitt is this good? This is just who they are.

<v Speaker 1>And in eighty four they had offensive guard Bill Frelik,

<v Speaker 1>who ended up being a phenomenal NFL player, and defensive

<v Speaker 1>end Chris Dolman who ended up going to the Pro

<v Speaker 1>Football Hall of Fame. So it was widely expected that's

<v Speaker 1>good every year. This is just who they are. However,

<v Speaker 1>in eighty four, Yeah, Pitt didn't live up to those expectations.

<v Speaker 1>They lost to an unranked BYU squad in Week one,

<v Speaker 1>which dropped them to number seventeen, and that was actually

<v Speaker 1>the start of a four game losing streak they never recovered.

<v Speaker 1>Pitt went three seven and one, including Alasta, Bruce Arians,

<v Speaker 1>and the Temple Owls. Yeah, Pitt wasn't very good in

<v Speaker 1>eighty four. They come in today at number four, moving

<v Speaker 1>on to number three. I know that Alabama fans are

<v Speaker 1>just used to contending for a title every year, but

<v Speaker 1>that hasn't actually always been the case, because Mike Dubos

<v Speaker 1>led Alabama to a four and seven record when he

<v Speaker 1>coached Alabama for the first time in ninety seven, but

<v Speaker 1>then they went seven and five. The following year, they

<v Speaker 1>went ten and two and narrowly lost to Michigan and

<v Speaker 1>a quarterback by the name of Tom Brady in the

<v Speaker 1>Orange Bowl in nineteen ninety nine. Well, in two thousand,

<v Speaker 1>the Crimson Tide were sitting at number three in the

<v Speaker 1>polls when they kicked off the year. The Tide had

<v Speaker 1>Andrews out quarterback. They had a Mad Gallaway in the backfield,

<v Speaker 1>so they open a season against unranked UCLA and a

<v Speaker 1>quarterback named Corey Pauce and a running back name to

<v Speaker 1>Sean Foster who just got fired at UCLA and a

<v Speaker 1>wide receiver named Freddie Mitchell lit up the Tide thirty five,

<v Speaker 1>twenty four. Okay, so Alabama bounced back. They beat Vanderbilt,

<v Speaker 1>but then they lost the Southern Miss in Week three,

<v Speaker 1>twenty one ZIP. When everything was said and done, Alabama

<v Speaker 1>went just three and eight and Mike Dubow's was forced

<v Speaker 1>to resign in disgrace at the end of the season

<v Speaker 1>because the Tide had lost five in a row. The

<v Speaker 1>two thousand Alabama team started the season number three. They

<v Speaker 1>finished the year with just three wins, and they come

<v Speaker 1>in today. You guessed it at number three. We have

<v Speaker 1>to go back aways for our number two entry though,

<v Speaker 1>because back in nineteen sixty three, yes there was football

<v Speaker 1>back then. The Ole Miss Rebels finished the regular season

<v Speaker 1>with a seven oh and two record while finishing as

<v Speaker 1>SEC champions, and then they lost to Alabama and the

<v Speaker 1>Sugar Bowl. So they were ranked number seven in the

<v Speaker 1>final poll. And in sixty four they were returning quarterback

<v Speaker 1>Jim Wetherley and a running back named Mike Dennis plus

<v Speaker 1>most of their starting defense. So the ole Miss Rebels

<v Speaker 1>were actually the preseason number one in sixty four. Yeah,

<v Speaker 1>and then the game started. Ole Miss cruised to a

<v Speaker 1>victory over Memphis State in week one. They won thirty nine,

<v Speaker 1>and hey, they're legit. And then they lost to unranked

<v Speaker 1>Kentucky in week two, and then they lost to unranked Florida.

<v Speaker 1>They tied unranked Vandy, and then they lost to number

<v Speaker 1>nine LSU and they ended the season by losing back

<v Speaker 1>to back games to unreked opponent. They lost to Mississippi State,

<v Speaker 1>and then somehow they made it to the Blue Bonnot

<v Speaker 1>Bowl and they lost to Tulsa. After opening the season

<v Speaker 1>at number one, the ole Miss Rebels would go just

<v Speaker 1>five five and one. Somehow they still made it to

<v Speaker 1>a bowl game. I don't know how. There were only

<v Speaker 1>nine total bowl games back then. Olemos got one and

<v Speaker 1>they lost that two and the nineteen sixty four ole

<v Speaker 1>Miss Rebels come in today at number two. So we

<v Speaker 1>reached the number one team that started this season ranked

<v Speaker 1>and proved to be a bitter disappointment. And we go

<v Speaker 1>back to twenty twelve, where Lane Kiffin was in his

<v Speaker 1>third year as the coach at USC. And this was

<v Speaker 1>also the first year they were eligible for a bowl

<v Speaker 1>during his tenure because remember those sanctions from Reggie Bush. Yeah,

<v Speaker 1>and expectations were super high because the Trojans had finished

<v Speaker 1>the twenty eleven season with a ten to two record.

<v Speaker 1>I mean, USC was that on paper, they had quarterback

<v Speaker 1>Matt Barkley, they had receivers Robert Woods, Nelson Aguilar, and

<v Speaker 1>Marquise Lee, as well as a top ranked defense. Usc

<v Speaker 1>Any of the season ranked as the number one team

<v Speaker 1>in the country, and they got off to a two

<v Speaker 1>and on start, but then they were upset by Stanford

<v Speaker 1>in week three. Okay, well, they bounced back. They rolled

<v Speaker 1>off four straight wins and then we saw things fall

<v Speaker 1>apart in the second half of the season because USC

<v Speaker 1>lost five of their final six games and ultimately finished

<v Speaker 1>unranked at seven and six. Lane Kiffen would be fired

<v Speaker 1>the following season on the airport tarmac in Tempe, Arizona,

<v Speaker 1>after the Trojans gave up sixty two points to Arizona

<v Speaker 1>State in twenty twelve. USC actually became just the second

<v Speaker 1>team in college football history to start the season at

<v Speaker 1>number one and not even be ranked when the final

<v Speaker 1>polls were released, they joined that sixty four ole miss team. Now, realistically,

<v Speaker 1>it's not any of these teams fault that they drop

<v Speaker 1>so hard. The mistake is actually by the media and

<v Speaker 1>the fans and the voters that elevate these teams to

<v Speaker 1>such high status before they've even played a game. Which

<v Speaker 1>is why I don't believe college football polls should count

<v Speaker 1>for anything until at least October first, because, as the

<v Speaker 1>Clemson Tigers are showing us this year, we just don't

<v Speaker 1>really know how teams are until we see something on

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