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00:00It's my 10 favorite ballgames to discuss here with two of my best buds on the sports grid
00:10network.
00:11We will work in reverse order as we do 10 up to 6 next segment, 5 up to 1.
00:18And here they are only on this side.
00:20All right, as we look at where these things stand right now, we're going to start at 10.
00:25A lot of this is storyline, perhaps it's the X's and O's matchup.
00:30Lacey Guy, we start with the Gasparilla Bowl.
00:33It is on Friday, this upcoming Friday, six days from now, 3.30pm Eastern Time, kick leading
00:39us directly in to Indiana and Notre Dame in a college football playoff.
00:44And it's a game that I am fascinated by.
00:47John Sumrall back at Tulane, but his quarterback Darian Mensah is now at Duke.
00:53Tulane, Billy Napier and the Gators continue the momentum of a 7-5 season with DJ Lagway
00:58to build upon.
00:59I think they can.
01:00And again, you saw the Florida defense come on throughout the regular season.
01:04They were very physical in terms of back-to-back wins over Ole Miss and LSU at the end of the
01:09regular season.
01:10Lagway has come on now.
01:12We know that Tulane has a very physical defense and wants to run the football, but without
01:16Mensah in that lineup, it's going to put a lot of pressure on them.
01:19Sumrall was thought about to be potentially in the running before Bill Belichick took
01:24the job at North Carolina, so does he have one foot out the door early on?
01:28I give the inside edge, Kev, to Florida in this matchup.
01:31Look, I think the big thing is the fact that Lagway didn't hit the portal.
01:34And ultimately, one of the foregone conclusions was not just Billy Napier being fired for
01:38a lot of people.
01:40It was the fact that that would have, and I think it would have, unleashed Lagway into
01:44the portal.
01:45He would have been QB1, one of the highest recruits there.
01:48Obviously, a big get for Billy Napier, so I'm sure that was one of the reasons they
01:52were happy to bring back Billy, because that was supposed to keep Lagway there, and it
01:57has, and I think that's the biggest thing for me in this game, we're excited to bet
02:01it is, how Lagway looks.
02:03Is this somebody who deserves Heisman consideration when we talk next season?
02:08And we will certainly talk that early Heisman look, K-Dubs house, K-Dubs list, who's getting
02:14past the velvet rope, that we shall determine, but a 13 and a half point spread for this
02:19game because it is difficult to handicap bowl season.
02:22We understand, but one of the biggest pieces that you can add to your algo, if you will,
02:28availability, and we expect DJ Lagway to play to ride the momentum for UF.
02:34Next up at number nine, a shout out to you, Joey Mack got the boys to yet another bowl
02:40game, Texas Tech and Arkansas in the Liberty Bowl in Memphis.
02:44It is always a fun game, Kev.
02:46The total is 57 and a half.
02:48I expect to see some points between those Red Raiders, bing, bing, and the Hogs.
02:53I mean, Texas Tech playing Arkansas, I think, what?
02:56Is this the Joe Lee season?
02:58I mean, Texas Tech playing LSU, are you the grandmaster?
03:01I should, I think, I don't know, I feel like maybe I just have to back you in this game.
03:09These are your teams.
03:10Well, 60 and a half, 61 and a half is the total.
03:12Where it opened.
03:13It came down a little bit.
03:14I hate that.
03:15I mean, this game oozes points in Memphis.
03:21I mean, it's going to be a fast track, and we know how bad the Texas Tech defense was
03:25in terms of pass coverage, 305 passing yards allowed per game.
03:28That was one of the worst in terms of college football, and we know that Arkansas likes
03:33to run it.
03:34Kalon Green is coming back.
03:35He is?
03:36Yes.
03:37I thought he was leaving.
03:38KJ Jefferson coming back to Fayetteville all of a sudden after that one stint with UCF.
03:45I don't even know now.
03:46Be careful, it's portal season, folks.
03:47It's portal season.
03:48Who's coming or going?
03:49See the entirety of your graphic.
03:50Well, I'll tell you what, it doesn't matter, Jaquindon Jackson should play in this game.
03:56It's going to be a dynamic game.
03:57I will say this, early on, I give the inside track, Texas Tech, they've won the last two
04:02bowl games, but points are plenty in this matchup.
04:04I'm glad you brought up Kalon Green, because if you didn't, I was going to ask, hey, do
04:08you know who the Razorbacks' starting quarterback is for this game and next year?
04:12Yes, it is Kalon Green.
04:14Again, those graphics read the entire thing, or at least a couple of words.
04:18Next up at number eight, the Gator Bowl.
04:21Two nine-win teams between Duke and Ole Miss, but the running refs were not expecting to
04:26be in this spot.
04:27Lane Kiffin went on a campaign to try to get Mississippi into the college football playoff.
04:33Duke's feeling good.
04:34Nine wins in Manny Diaz's first year.
04:37They get Darian Mensah in the transfer portal this past week.
04:41Kev, an interesting matchup here in the Gator Bowl.
04:43You're devious, my friend, and I love it from you.
04:46Here's the thing.
04:47There's no way you don't like Duke in this game.
04:49It's a principal play, and whoa.
04:50Why?
04:51Why?
04:52Leak Murphy's in the transfer portal.
04:53Who cares?
04:54Lane's all in.
04:55Yeah, but I...
04:56All the boys are playing.
04:57No, see, I need you...
04:58Look, it's bowl season.
04:59I need you to zag, because I imagine the dream scenario here.
05:03It's somewhere in the drafts.
05:05Is Lane loses this game to Duke?
05:07It's the SEC, ACC.
05:10That's to me why I have the big smile, is because, listen, I know yesterday some people
05:15were tweeting about how there were no SEC quarterbacks that got inside the top ten of
05:19the highest.
05:20Or players at all.
05:21Or players as a whole.
05:22Yeah.
05:23Which feels wrong, by the way, but we'll leave it at that.
05:25I just think that that is one of those things where a lot of Ole Miss tickets will come
05:30in, because Lane has to prove how much better he is than the ACC.
05:34Well, I'll say, I think the game means more to Duke than it does Ole Miss, just because
05:37Ole Miss had their sights set, potentially, on a college football playoff.
05:41I saw Jackson Dart, and I saw Ole Miss in a rivalry game played down to Miss State,
05:46a sub-500 team that, from a defensive perspective, wasn't good, and they only put up basically
05:5126 points, but it is an intriguing game.
05:54We'll see how it plays out.
05:55Listen, Lane was saying, spot the ball.
05:58We don't care who we play, when it is.
06:00We're ready to run through the poorest ACC, well, Lane, in Jacksonville, in just about
06:06two weeks.
06:07Yes.
06:08You get it.
06:09Duke Mayo's ball.
06:10What a game it will be in the new year, in 2025.
06:14How great would it be to see a Mayo bat dumped onto the bald and shiny head of P.J. Fleck?
06:20It might happen.
06:21You know why?
06:22Gophers, seven and a half point favorite.
06:24The Gophers have won seven consecutive bowl games.
06:27That is the most, the longest active streak, Leecey Guy, of bowl victories nationally.
06:32Seven and five overall.
06:33We saw them challenge Penn State, lost that ball game as an 11 and a half point home dog
06:37by only one point.
06:39Brent Pryor and that Virginia Tech team, up and down all year, but Kyron Jones is coming
06:44back.
06:45A lot of drones this week in the greater area.
06:46That's it.
06:47Ding.
06:48Yeah, I saw a drones video yesterday, which is an interesting thing to know about you.
06:52Drones back, I think, is really interesting.
06:54It's one of those early season, keep it in the back of your minds, what Vatec was supposed
06:59to be this year, what they were, and then what are those expectations next year?
07:04Because with drones back, they should keep high expectations.
07:08How will the books price?