00:00Uh, every year, Bill, we go through the task and we go through processes top 25. And it's
00:07interesting every year in the top 10, there's teams that start in the top 10 and fall all the
00:13way out of the top 25. And last year, I remember trying to pick two teams that could potentially
00:18do it. I want to say I picked, uh, Miami is one of them, which they were, I was woefully
00:24wrong on.
00:26And then maybe the other one was Clemson. If they were up there, I was right on one and
00:31completely wrong on the other. I, I remember that because Miami went to the national championship
00:36for heaven's sake. So I'm like, what, what the heck do I know about anything? Uh, are there any
00:41teams when you look at this, that you say, Hey, um, I could see them maybe one in 11, but
00:48if you
00:48told me they were going to win six or seven, that might also be the case. I don't know in
00:53the top
00:5310, it looks pretty solid one through seven and don't sell yourself short, Bob. They, uh,
00:58Miami lost two games in the regular season. And if we weren't in a 12 team playoff, it might've
01:03been close where they were outside the top 10. Remember? So they needed a, they were the 10 seed,
01:08right? So they were right on the line. Um, if I had to, because it's a tricky science,
01:13if I had to answer that question, I'd probably go Texas A&M, which is foolish because I do like
01:19their
01:19roster around Marcel Reed. I think he could have a really good season. They're ranked
01:23a little bit higher than I thought they would be. The one thing though about them is their
01:26schedule last year was pretty easy and it's almost more scheduled now, Bill, than rosters.
01:31And if you look, I think their last three games are pretty tough and they have Texas in there.
01:37I want to say they have Oklahoma. Like there's, there's a gauntlet down coming down the pike
01:41for some of those teams in the SEC where either like they start like Michigan starts pretty fast
01:47with some of their games in their first five or six with like Oklahoma. And I think they
01:51have a USC in there or Tennessee. I did got, or, uh, uh, Indiana. And then some of them,
01:57they're tougher on the back end. I think A&M might have a pretty daunting finish.
02:01Yeah, they do. And then the other one, and it's, you, you, you've got to take a swing that
02:07maybe it, it doesn't look like it'll happen. And I don't really believe it will happen, but
02:11now I would pick Indiana just because of their schedule and they did lose a lot of teams and I
02:17have them number one. So you're like, dude, you're the biggest ever. Uh, but like, if you're
02:22looking at what could go wrong, you know, you could say Indiana could lose to Ohio state and
02:27Indiana could lose, uh, you know, maybe at the big house where they haven't won at Michigan
02:32since the 1960s, maybe they could lose that one may. And it, I just trust Ohio state, even
02:38though they have the schedule to worst case scenario, Ohio state would finish like 10 and two or nine
02:44and three and still be it 10 and two. You're still in the top 10. So it is a really
02:49interesting
02:49thing. And notice I didn't pick Ole Miss because I still think Pete Golding and Ole Miss have
02:54some things figured out. They've got a really good backfield with Trinidad Chambliss and
02:58Kiwan Lacey. I can't make that call yet because it's almost like, can I at least see the LSU
03:03game first? Can I see how they do against LSU? Because I do think the winner of that game
03:07will take off like a rocket ship and the loser, there's going to be a lot of emotion into
03:13that one for the winner and the loser. Yeah, that's certainly going to be a pressure point
03:17game for both of those programs. Now for a couple of teams that I feel like are almost
03:22locked for the college football playoffs. I look at Texas. I look at Oregon. You look at
03:26their rosters. I feel like there's not a lot of question marks as far as guys coming back
03:29and then people that they were able to get from the transfer portal. Who do you think has
03:33more pressure to prove this preseason poll right? And then ultimately get to that national
03:38championship that both of them have really been looking for it for the past three or four
03:41years. Texas for sure, right? Like, I mean, there's pressure on Arch. There's pressure on
03:47Sark. There's pressure on the transfer ads they made from Cam Coleman to the running backs. It feels
03:52like, you know what, the additions they made in the portal to me feel very similar to Ohio State a
03:58couple years ago in 24, where it's not a ton of additions, but when you're bringing in Cam
04:03Coleman, you're filling a need. The two running backs, you bring in Rasheem Biles on the defense,
04:08instant impact player at linebacker next to Colin Simmons. They've got a five-star roster. It feels
04:13like it's a little bit of now or never, but that pressure from Sark to Arch, who knows Bevo might
04:21be feeling some pressure this year. I don't know, but I do know when Ohio State comes to town, that's
04:26that heavyweight fight that if Ohio State goes down there and wins, we're all, you know what we're
04:31going to say afterward? I know you guys could write it for me. It's just going to say Texas can't
04:36handle the big game. Texas can't beat Ohio State. Texas can't beat Georgia. They're 0-5 against
04:41those schools the last couple seasons. So once Texas beats an Ohio State or Georgia, and I hate to put
04:47it in that simple terms, then maybe we'll believe.
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