00:00We're going to go best scenario, worst scenario.
00:04So let's start here with Ohio.
00:07Hold on.
00:08Let me get this straight.
00:09Sure.
00:09Best is if you win all the games, the 50-50 games,
00:14and worse if you lose all the 50-50 games.
00:16He does not agree with you on what you said yesterday, by the way,
00:20and I'm going to reset it for the people right now.
00:22Ladies and gentlemen, whether you're on the state side
00:24or the maize and blue side, Rico came on these airwaves yesterday
00:28and said that Michigan State and Michigan have the same floor
00:32heading into 2026.
00:34They don't play the same schedule, Mark.
00:35My jaw hit the floor when I heard that.
00:38They don't play the same schedule.
00:3950-50 games you lose, that's how you get to 6-6.
00:43Go ahead, David.
00:44So let's start with the defending champion.
00:47Let's start with Indiana.
00:49They're in a Big Ten.
00:50Okay.
00:50Best case, worst case.
00:52Hold on.
00:53I was expecting you to say Ohio State.
00:55It still hasn't hit me.
00:57That it is Indiana.
00:58It's the defending champ.
00:59I'm like, okay, oh, wait, you said Ohio State wrong.
01:03Indiana, it is.
01:04Okay.
01:05New quarterback, Josh Hoover.
01:09They have the receiver for Michigan State.
01:11Yeah, Nick Marsh.
01:13And they also brought in some other people as well.
01:16Well, we know they're not going to lose their non-conference
01:18because Indiana is the masters.
01:20Like, you get the bittest when you look at Indiana's schedule.
01:25Non-conference of North Texas, Howard, and Western Kentucky.
01:30I think Howard's going to be tough, man.
01:31Mm-hmm.
01:32Okay.
01:33Bittest.
01:34Straight bittest.
01:35Oh, gosh.
01:36What's the floor of this schedule?
01:38They're playing the Sisters of the Poor here.
01:40The Island of Misfit Toys.
01:42The floor, I would say their worst case, David, is probably 9-3.
01:50That's their worst case.
01:52Their best case, they could probably go 11-1.
01:58Worst case, 9-3.
02:00Best case, 12-0.
02:01Okay.
02:02I got, well, I think the Buckeye game will be a coin flip.
02:06And it's in Bloomington, so, yeah.
02:08I can see that.
02:09Worst case, they have here on CBS is 9-3.
02:12So, you are spot on.
02:13And 12-0.
02:15How about that?
02:16You all are right there.
02:17Where's that bell?
02:17It's the Ohio State one, Rico.
02:19That's the, you know, it could be a loss or not.
02:22And you know what?
02:22It's in Bloomington.
02:24So, they're giving that to them because of that.
02:26And they got tricky ones.
02:27Like, at Nebraska could be tricky.
02:29We're waiting for them every single year.
02:30Nebraska is never going to be tricky.
02:32At Michigan could be tricky.
02:34At Washington could be tricky.
02:37Yes.
02:38Okay.
02:38At Washington, only because it's that whole West Coast trip thing.
02:42That's a real thing.
02:44Yeah.
02:44I don't be, oh, something happens when you cross over that Mississippi River.
02:48You have no chance.
02:50It's almost like you start the game down 10-0.
02:53Well, your body's not used to performing at what is 9 a.m.
02:56No, it's not that because I've seen coaches go out there early.
02:59I've seen coaches take their team out almost the day of the game.
03:03There's no formula to it.
03:05I can't explain it.
03:06You go to the West Coast.
03:08And even when the West Coast teams come to the East Coast, it doesn't work out.
03:12Now, the East Coast teams normally will play a noon game for a 9 o'clock for them.
03:17Or you go to the West Coast, like, state play USC.
03:21I think the game started at 11 o'clock.
03:23Our time.
03:25Kids out there drinking coffee in the huddles.
03:27Go ahead.
03:27So, we just had Indiana.
03:29Let's stay in the state.
03:30One of their in-state rivals.
03:31And let's go with Notre Dame.
03:33Best case.
03:35Worst case.
03:36For Notre Dame.
03:38They are losing Jeremiah Love and Jadarian Price.
03:41So, what do you think?
03:43Hold on.
03:44Let me pull up.
03:44CJ Carr is returning.
03:46Best and worst case for Notre Dame this coming season.
03:51I'm a big believer in Marcus Freeman now.
03:53Big believer.
03:54I did think it was kind of lame that they immediately said we're not going to a bowl game.
03:58Like, we're above a bowl game.
04:00No, you're not.
04:01Yeah, they are.
04:02They're Notre Dame.
04:03I couldn't disagree more.
04:05Because they didn't.
04:06You know.
04:07Here's why.
04:08So, is that going to be the way it is every year?
04:10No, no, no.
04:10We're going to get to the best case, worst case?
04:11Yes.
04:13You don't play in a bowl game because the kids didn't want to be there.
04:15That's how people get hurt.
04:16All right.
04:17Best case for Notre Dame.
04:18Worst case for Notre Dame, David.
04:20You're probably looking at 10-2.
04:24I mean, this is a Bittish type schedule as well.
04:27I would say 10-2.
04:29Best case scenario for Notre Dame.
04:31I would go 12-0.
04:33Uh, I'm exactly where Rico is.
04:36Miami is the only game of, BYU could be of some concern, but the BYU doesn't have Notre
04:42Dame's athletes.
04:43Miami at home is their 1-50-50 game.
04:47So, I'm going to go worst case 10-2.
04:49You're getting that game on September 19th.
04:53Hey, I'm going.
04:54Where's the laugh track?
04:55All right.
04:55Michigan State, Notre Dame.
04:5710-2, 12-0.
04:58So, the worst case is 9-3.
05:00No way.
05:01Best case is 12-0.
05:04Yeah.
05:05Okay, I had 10-2.
05:07I don't say three losses on there.
05:09BYU.
05:11BYU could be a loss.
05:13Could it?
05:14Miami could be a loss.
05:15And I guess SMU could be a loss.
05:19How about the fact that the Georgia Bulldogs, up next here, have, you know, in the NIL era,
05:27we talked, we're going to get to that this week as well, what's going on with the Big Ten
05:31in the NIL era.
05:32Georgia doesn't feel like quite the same team, do they?
05:35Well, let's do Georgia here.
05:37Best case, worst case.
05:38They are number three on their way too early.
05:41Top 25.
05:43Mark, I actually think you're more right than wrong.
05:45I think their best case scenario is probably 10-11 wins.
05:48I'll say 11 just because they could very well do that.
05:52But, I mean, I'm looking at their schedule.
05:55There's only a couple of upset spots that I feel really could be problematic, and it's
06:00certainly not your team.
06:02But, it's, I'll put their worst case scenario at about nine wins, so somewhere between nine
06:09and 11.
06:09And here I thought we were friends, Kenny.
06:11The thing is, any game in the SEC can get you.
06:14Vanderbilt can get you.
06:15Oklahoma can get you.
06:18The two obvious, obvious trip up spots are at Alabama, at Ole Miss for Georgia, at South
06:25Carolina.
06:25Let me tell you my story with Shane Beamer one time.
06:29So, I'm going to go worst case is nine and three.
06:32Best case is 12-0.
06:34Okay.
06:34See, when I look at other teams that have been put on this list that are 12-win teams, one
06:39of them is a national champion, and I don't think George is there yet.
06:42So, that's why I'll cap it at 11.
06:45I got, you know what?
06:47Not that you care, David.
06:49I got nine and three, 11 and one.
06:51Okay.
06:51So, you're just one off of what they say, eight and four, 12 and 0.
06:55Eight and four?
06:56Wasn't crazy.
06:58That would be a disappointment.
06:59That would be a massive disappointment.
07:01I mean, you do have five or six possible losses on there.
07:05Sure.
07:07But, I don't put those as 50-50 games.
07:09I put those more as 60, 40, 70, 30 games.
07:13And Florida better be in that group.
07:15You're lucky.
07:16So, let's quickly, quickly finish off with Ohio State.
07:19Best case, worst case.
07:22All right, the Ohio State Buckeyes.
07:24For Ohio State, I think best case, David, is 12 and 0.
07:29I think the worst case for the Buckeyes is probably 11 and 1.
07:34Nope.
07:34Best case for the Buckeyes is 12 and 0.
07:37Worst case is 10 and 2, because they have at Indiana and at Texas and tricky at Iowa in there
07:44as well.
07:45I'm going to go 10 and 2 and 12 and 0.
07:47So, the worst case, 9 and 3.
07:50Best case, 12 and 0.
07:52What?
07:52No chance.
07:54All right.
07:55Well, the Pistons got great news last night, and they didn't even play.
07:59We'll tell you why next here on 97.1.
08:01We'll tell you why next here on 98.1.
08:01We'll tell you why next here on 98.1.
08:01We'll tell you why next here on 98.1.
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