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00:00You know, I noticed there's not a ton of, like, hype about the whole game coming into this.
00:04I just tweeted about Scott.
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00:20I'm not saying there won't be big ratings tonight, because there will be.
00:23People are going to be watching this.
00:24But there's not that sort of, oh, man, like the countdown is on the kickoff.
00:29I think it's because it takes too long.
00:32We're in NFL season right now.
00:33The college football season should be over, guys.
00:35Like, they never played this late into the season before.
00:37Should be over.
00:38We're not even close to over.
00:40The championship game is January freaking 20th, all right?
00:43So I think the Midwest angle, too, Scott, it's all Midwest stuff here, right?
00:48I mean, it'll be a nightmare, bro, if it's Penn State and Ohio State in a championship game for TV purposes.
00:53It's going to be an all-Big Ten game.
00:55But with that being stated, I think the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are going to get it done tonight.
01:00To me, a big difference, guys, coming into this game, because, man, these two teams are the same, aren't they?
01:06They're the exact same team.
01:07They both, like, they're the exact, I've never almost ever seen a game where the teams are mirror images of each other as much as they are.
01:16So there's really not a lot to take away, right?
01:19They both only give up, like, two touchdowns a game.
01:22Both their offenses are run heavy, kind of pedestrian.
01:25No one's wide receivers are scaring anybody.
01:28There's a lot to it that goes into this.
01:30So, like, I'm looking for, like, fine-tooth comb here stuff.
01:33And I trust Freeman.
01:36I'm not going to say I trust him more than Franklin.
01:38Franklin's going to coach.
01:39But I think Freeman, guys, will have a trick up his sleeve more than Franklin will.
01:44I think Freeman's the type of guy that'll say, you know what, let's run a fake punt from the 50 here.
01:49Let's do something to steal a possession.
01:52Let's do something to put points on the board out of schedule to sort of get an advantage in this football game.
02:02And, you know, big key tonight, guys, Xavier Watts, all right?
02:07Xavier Watts, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish safety.
02:09The other kid, Shuler's good, too, but this Watts dude is going to the NFL.
02:13He's like Caleb Downs good.
02:15SMU and Boise State, as you know, all right, they were okay football teams.
02:20They didn't have NFL caliber players on their defensive side of the football, right?
02:25They just didn't.
02:25I mean, yeah, you got Ashton Jante.
02:27He's really good.
02:27Okay, who else is going to the NFL on that team?
02:29Nobody, right?
02:31You look at the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
02:33It's like, yeah, who's going to the NFL?
02:34Well, their safety is, their DBs are.
02:36Like, you start another defensive line is, you start going down the list.
02:40You know, you just saw what they did to Georgia.
02:42And I know they had a backup, but they still, they dominated the Georgia Bulldogs.
02:46I don't, Carson Beck plays, who cares?
02:48Notre Dame still win that football game.
02:50I think Xavier Watts, guys, will be able to contain Tyler Warren,
02:53who's really the, Craig Sean Allen's a badass,
02:56but you can slow down the rushing attack.
02:58From a passing attack, we all know it's all about Ty Warren.
03:02SMU and Boise State were not designed, didn't have players that were able to contain this kid.
03:09Notre Dame do.
03:10I think Notre Dame win a really close, low-scoring game tonight.