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>> Go Blue!
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ROB STONE: How come you're not singing along to that song, Charles? There you go, there you go.
CHARLES WOODSON: What up, Baby?
MATT LEINART: What up, Hall of Famer?
CHARLES WOODSON: I thought you had a gold jacket for me.
ROB STONE: Hey, by the way, welcome back. Do I need to remind you how well you do when you're Wolverines are on the show?
CHARLES WOODSON: Oh, oh. Let me find out for myself.
ROB STONE: Sorry about that. Let's get right to some Big Ten action last night. Massive showdown in the conference. A pair of unbeatens on FS1. No. 5 Iowa met Maryland. Let's just say Taulia Tagovailoa would like to have that one back. Threw five interceptions. Iowa had pick sixes on the evening, they now have 12 for the season.
It was part of a 31-0 second quarter for the Hawkeyes. Let's hear it, Coach. Give me one.
>> Go, Hawks.
ROB STONE: There we go. We're going to get a few more later. Petras accounted for five touchdowns. He was 21 of 30, 259, three touchdowns.
That man right there, Tyler Goodson 151 total yards.
>> Playmaker.
ROB STONE: 5-0, their best start since 2015. Their eleventh straight win. Next week we're going to have the Hawkeyes in a top five showdown her on Fox Big Noon kickoff coming up from Iowa City as the Hawkeyes host Penn State.
We are going to be at Old Capital. Coach, you know where old Capital is? There's a lot of activity around Old Capital.
>> I do. It will be a fun morning no doubt.
ROB STONE: You bring it. All right, let's take a look at what the Big Ten is showing us right now. Iowa certainly one of the contenders. It's kind of a wide open conference right now. Buckeyes with that nonconference home loss to Oregon, but still very much in the title hunt.
You have four undefeated teams now left in the conference. That includes No. 14 Michigan. Last week your Wolverines, they survived a real second half scare from Rutgers. Head coach Jim Harbaugh saying later, quote, It wasn't pretty, but when they start making a space for pretty on the scorecard, we'll worry about that.
Love Coach Harbaugh. Love that response.
You're going to have a sit-down interview with him a little bit later, but where do your Wolverines currently sit in the Big Ten pecking order?
CHARLES WOODSON: For me, I still have Ohio State at number one. I feel like they're still the big dogs of the conference. I know they lost a game to Oregon. Give Oregon credit for coming with a great game and exposing them a little bit. They'll bounce back.
I got Penn State second. Explosive offense they got some really good play makers.
Then I got Michigan third.
Iowa is at four.
Then I got Michigan State.
ROB STONE: Hold on, Iowa at four? They should get a three.
CHARLES WOODSON: I'm not going to give Iowa any credit for beating Maryland. I'm not going to do it.
BOB STOOPS: Charles, you made your list before last night, I think.
CHARLES WOODSON: Before and after. I got some people that tried to persuade me to move them up, but I'm not letting them jump Michigan. Not just yet.
MATT LEINART: For me it's Penn State. Penn State is the top of this conference. They've been battle-tested, right? They came here in Madison won a tough game versus this Wisconsin team.
CHARLES WOODSON: Well, why don't you like Iowa?
MATT LEINART: Iowa is right there too. I put them at number two. They haven't played as tough of a schedule.
CHARLES WOODSON: You make me sound like the bad guy up here.
MATT LEINART: You got Michigan at three!
CHARLES WOODSON: We are the best team. Well, we are not the best yet. But we will be.
MATT LEINART: Penn State is more proven with their schedule so far. I don't know if that will stand the test of time. They have a tough one next week. Then I think you look at the evolution of Sean Clifford within his offense. He found something last season the way he played to finish the season, the way he started off this season so far, he has really found some of the productivity. Last three games completed over 75% of his passes, seven touchdown passes as well, and the defense only giving up 15 points, that's been the staple. For me it's Penn State, but like we said, there's a lot of parity. A lot of teams jockeying for position right now.
BOB STOOPS: Yesterday afternoon I said it was Iowa. And Charles, they thought it's just because I'm an old Hawkeye, right?
CHARLES WOODSON: That's what I thought.
BOB STOOPS: That was before last night. Now after last night on the road, 51-14 against Maryland. You've got to know they one of the top teams. I believe they the top team with their ball-hocking defense. Petras, their quarterback has experience. I think they're in for a great year.
REGGIE BUSH: Watching them last night changed my mindset about this football team. I got Alabama, Georgia, and then I have Iowa. I love the way that they play the game.
CHARLES WOODSON: Wow, you went nationally.
REGGIE BUSH: I'm going national. They have one of the best defenses in college football. Them and Georgia I believe have the best defense, and they play complimentary football. That option route that we saw from Tyler Goodson last night, that was an R.B. special back in the day. Am I lying, Matt? I love to see --
MATT LEINART: A little Texas route.
REGGIE BUSH: A little Texas route, man. That was so beautiful. Just the way that they were playing complimentary football on both sides of the ball. To me Iowa is the best team in the Big Ten right now.
MATT LEINART: The question today and for all of us is why is Michigan three and all of our lists, three and four, and how do they move up? What we need to see today is the passing game, the balance of this offense because they're such a run-heavy offense. I don't know if they're going to run the ball very well against the number one rush defense in the country. So it falls on Cade McNamara. I want to see if they can beat a team throwing the football. Just talk about the schedule. They haven't played anybody. That's not their fault. They've taken care of business. Today will be a great test for the Wolverines.
CHARLES WOODSON: I agree with that wholeheartedly. I think last week we were a victim of our success. We continued to try to run the ball in the second half, and we don't understand right now. We don't know yet if McNamara can be that guy late in games that can bring you back if he has to.
BRADY QUINN: He hasn't had to. That's a good thing.
ROB STONE: The scarlet and gray on top of the Big Ten. It feels like some reverse psychology going on.
CHARLES WOODSON: It's one of those things where we haven't beaten them, right, so I keep them right there at the top of the pedestal. That's so my guys can always be looking at that game.
ROB STONE: I like that. We're already looking at that game end of November.
CHARLES WOODSON: I never stopped looking at that game.
ROB STONE: Cannot wait to get back up to Ann Arbor for that one. With that let's welcome in our insider Bruce Feldman, sponsored by Allstate. After falling to Virginia Thursday night in Miami, they now sit at 2-3. How hot is Manny Diaz's seat right now?
BRUCE FELDMAN: It is getting hotter. The UM fan base has turned on Manny Diaz. So have some former star players. Sources tell me that the UM leadership is prepared to back Manny Diaz at least through this year unless they believe the team essentially quits on him and stops showing grit.
Now, the other day UM was down nine starters playing their third-string quarterback. That was their issue. They had all sorts of issues come against them, but they showed a lot of resilience. A lot of teams at Miami in the past probably would have folded and did and ended up getting blown out of the building. That part of it at least Manny Diaz has on his side.
The other thing he has -- and this is significant -- is the economic piece of this. I am told Manny Diaz's buy-out would be north of $8 million. Plus, you have some assistants on multi-year deals. The economics piece of this, that would be a lot for Miami to navigate.
ROB STONE: That's just to move on, not to hire another coach, by the way. Happy birthday, Bruce Feldman.
MATT LEINART: Happy birthday, Bruce.
ROB STONE: 27 years old, Bruce Feldman.
REGGIE BUSH: So young.
ROB STONE: Thanks, as always. The Outkick Bus Tour featuring clay Travis in Tuscaloosa today. Clay getting his arm loose. We'll check in with Clay ahead of the showdown between the Tide and No. 12 Ole Miss. Plus we'll have his picks of the day. Texas at TCU. Steve Sarkisian, 3-1.
BRADY QUINN: Made a switch at quarterback to Casey Thompson. No offense has put up more production since that switch to Texas.
ROB STONE: No turnovers for your quarterback this year, Charles, Cade McNamara.
CHARLES WOODSON: Cade will be forced to throw the ball today, and I hope he shows up big for the Wolverines.
MATT LEINART: What is he wearing?
CHARLES WOODSON: That's his workday clothes.
ROB STONE: He is coming to work today, man.
CHARLES WOODSON: Blue collar.
ROB STONE: Plenty more still to come.
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>> Still to come on Big Noon Kickoff, Tom Rinaldi explores the motivation behind UCLA Mitchell Agude and his near-death experience that fuels him succeed on the field.
Ahead of tonight's top 15 showdown against Alabama, Matt chats with Ole Miss quarterback and Heisman hopeful Matt Corral, and we get you set for today's Big Ten battle.
Charles Woodson visits with Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh and former Wisconsin All-American Joe Thomas joins the show. It's all next on Big Noon Kickoff.
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ROB STONE: We welcome back to Big Noon Kickoff. Big showdown in Athens today. Kirby Smart has led the Bulldogs to a top three ranking in each of the last five seasons.
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Here in Madison, Blake Corum leads the Big Ten with eight touchdowns this season, seven on the ground, one of them through the air. This is a matchup that has been dominated by the Badgers of late.
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>> You see Wisconsin 35, Michigan 14.
>> It's a revenge game going back to 2019. They beat us pretty good. 2020, beat us pretty good again.
>> Fires over the middle. That's caught! Touchdown, Wisconsin. There was a rat in Ann Arbor tonight, 49-11.
>> This is a big game. We have some debts we have to pay for sure.
>> I'm coming with everything this year.
>> Let's get it. Let's rock.
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ROB STONE: Today will be the 70th all-time leading the Badgers. They've won 7 of the last 11 meetings. So from elite programs, we transition to stud players as we go back over to Matty.
MATT LEINART: Thanks, Rob. Matt Corral is off to a great start, and how about the opportunity that he has today on the road against Alabama. But his last time on the field, seven total touchdowns which set an SEC record, and that's why he is my power player of the week.
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>> Corral is going to take a shot down field. Touchdown, Rebels.
>> Corral pulls it. Going to the end zone. Touchdown, Matt Corral.
>> This is the leader of their team. They respond to him.
>> How have you specially just been able to avoid the rat poison, as Lane Kiffin likes to call it, and just focus on football?
>> Handling that noise as a team. Nothing has changed from a team standpoint. Nobody talks about it to me. Nobody says anything to me. It's all about working and getting better.
>> Down the field! Off to the races. Touchdown, Ole Miss.
MATT LEINART: What has the message been from Kiffin as you are about to go on the road and face the number one team in the country?
>> I've said this in multiple interviews. It's never about who we are playing. It's about how we execute and come in ready on Monday practice.
What matters is what we do in this building 24/7. If we're worried about what's going on Saturday on a Monday, that's not going to get you the win.
MATT LEINART: So we have something funny. We're going to pull up this picture. In 2007 you were at my football camp.
MATT CORRAL: I was about 7 or 8, yeah.
MATT LEINART: Oh, my goodness, man. Well, I'm not sure how much you learned from my camp, I'm sorry, but I hope you had a good time. Thanks for joining us, man. Congrats so far on a great year. I love watching you play. Big week this week. Good luck the rest of the way.
MATT CORRAL: Thank you for having me.
MATT LEINART: Right now Corral a slight Heisman favorite over Alabama's Bryce Young. If you lay down 100 on Corral, you could win 160. They go head-to-head today in Tuscaloosa.
Time to go quarterback and forth. Matt and Brady waking up with Wendy's, the official breakfast of the NCAA and our two QBs start with two QBs.
How about that picture? You like that.
BRADY QUINN: I know. Same hairstyle for me. Nothing has changed.
MATT LEINART: All right, buddy. Hey, quarterback. We got a big matchup today. Alabama-Ole Miss. Two great quarterbacks. The question is, Brady, who will be more dominant today?
BRADY QUINN: It's my guy, B.Y., Bryce Young. He leads the Power Five in touchdown passes. They've played a more challenging schedule up to this point. He is the difference maker. He is the reason why Bama is the best team in the country. How he maneuvers the pocket, he is a good decision maker. He takes what's there and doesn't force things. He has some talented players out around him. B.Y. will be the better quarterback in this matchup.
MATT LEINART: Did you watch my power player of the week, Matt Corral, seven touchdowns, set an SEC record?
BRADY QUINN: I would have talked about it, but they haven't played anyone.
MATT LEINART: Last year against Alabama, 400 yards in total offense. A great player, and how about this? We know about this, how about a Heisman moment today for both these guys. Matt Corral gets a win on the road. He can win the Heisman in October.
BRADY QUINN: He could, no doubt about it.
A couple of big matchups today. Arkansas and Georgia, Notre Dame-Cincinnati, which is a bigger one in your mind?
MATT LEINART: To me it's Notre Dame-Cincinnati. This is a playoff game in October. We know if Notre Dame loses the game, they're probably out of the college football playoff. Same with the group of five. This is the most respected group of five team has since the inception of the playoff. They win, run the table, they're probably in.
BRADY QUINN: The loser of Georgia and Arkansas, they can still suffer a loss, and the SEC if they win. We've seen what the college football playoff committee will do. They'll still put them in with one loss. Even if a team that doesn't win the conference with one loss can still make it. I'm with you.
Also, maybe a Heisman moment for Desmond Ritter. Is he part of the conversation?
MATT LEINART: He has to get back into the conversation. Good job.
BRADY QUINN: This could be the opportunity for just that.
MATT LEINART: Hey, guys, are we ready for the game today? Are we ready for the game today?
BRADY QUINN: This guy. This guy. Yeah. He is fired up.
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ROB STONE: Spencer Rattler was booed by the home crowd at last week's win over West Virginia. Were the O.U. fans right to vent their displeasure? Coach Stoops has been waiting to comment on this one all week.
Fans in Athens ahead of the SEC Top Ten showdown. What a year it has been for Arkansas. Georgia and that defense, number two in the land. Daylen Baldwin and Michigan getting set to take on Wisconsin.
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The Dos Equis College Football Road Trip with our Mark Titus and Charlotte Wilder at LSU this week. Head to @CFBonFOX social platforms to check out all the fun in Baton Rouge. You signed a waiver, right? You can't be hunting gators.
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Minnesota on the road at Purdue live on Big Ten Network. Minnesota, Matt, coming off a tough loss last week.
MATT LEINART: Tough game last week. The loss to Bowling Green where they were a 31-point favorite. Only 59 passing yards, three turnovers in this game. Look to bounce back today on the road against Purdue.
ROB STONE: Five and a half sacks through four games already for Aidan Hutchinson. Maybe the best player on the field today?
BRADY QUINN: That's a bad man. Wisconsin better have a game plan for this young man in pass protection. Tied for the lead in sacks in the country.
ROB STONE: Let's go out west. Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho. One of the most recognizable home fields in America. That is where Boise State hosts Nevada 3:30 eastern on FS1, and the Broncos home field known as the Smurf Turf. Since it was installed 35 years ago. It has become a college football visual landmark, and it is the subject of this week's Dos of Tradition sponsor by Dos Equis.
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GENE BLEYMAIER: We were in the process of replacing our green Astroturf field. If it's not grass, and people know it's not grass, it doesn't have to be green, so why not do it in our school colors? And I really want to give credit to President Keiser. The idea was the easy part, but the hard part was making the decision to do something different.
MAX CORBET: It's pretty special. It's really become the signature mark for the university probably and even a lot of times for the city. That's our mark now is this blue field, and that's going to stay there forever.
>> No home field advantage greater than right here in Boise.
GENE BLEYMAIER: We're getting ready to open the season against Oregon state. We heard that they spray-painted their practice field blue because they were so concerned about coming over here.
CHRIS PETERSEN: When I heard that, I knew we got 'em. We got a huge advantage. They're painting their practice field blue, we're already in their head.
MAX CORBET: It seemed like it became something the other teams were always thinking about, which is good. When you are playing football or any sport, you want to get every advantage you can find.
GENE BLEYMAIER: It creates a home field advantage, and people know that they're playing on the blue, and, fortunately, Boise State football teams have taken pride in defending the blue.
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ROB STONE: All that blue has a visual impact, right?
BRADY QUINN: No doubt about it. For any quarterback, especially when Boise wears the blue helmet and an all blue uniform, it's hard to see out there. Looking down field, those guys blend in.
You feel like you're playing with 12 or 13 players. Listen to this, since 2000 there's been no greater home field advantage than Boise State. 121-10. The blue turf, the Smurf Turf, it plays an advantage for Boise and any team coming in there trying to throw the football.
ROB STONE: It's like you are taking on a Blue Man group. So much blue running around out there. Coming up at 3:30 here on FOX, Kansas State takes on No. 6 Oklahoma. That one in Manhattan.
And a certain Sooner quarterback might be on shaky ground with his fan base. Last week in that 16-13 win over West Virginia in Norman, that was the fewest Sooner points they put up since 2014, and fans, they went after Rattler a couple of times. Struggled with the first half interceptions. Sooner fans chanting "We want Caleb." That's Caleb Williams. Everybody loves the backup, right?
Rattler did manage to rally the Sooners to their third single escape against an unranked opponent this season. We know this: Quarterbacks, they get too much praise. They get too much of the blame.
I'm curious, Coach, you were in the stadium for that. What was your initial reaction when you heard that fan unrest, heard those boos?
BOB STOOPS: Really disappointed. Spencer Rattler is completing 74% of his passes, leads the Big 12 in touchdown passes and passing yards, and since he has been the starting quarterback here in the last two years, they had the second longest winning streak, O.U. does, in the country with 12 straight games winning.
Football is the ultimate team game. We all know that. No one is doing it by themselves, success or failure. A college player should never be booed or embarrassed at any point, period.
MATT LEINART: I think the worst thing a fan base can do is you try to rattle the confidence of your starting quarterback. You potentially create some type of divide in the locker room maybe, and we obviously know Lincoln Riley has built a strong culture there.
The fans are spoiled in -- the last three guys Baker, Kyler, Jalen, especially the last two and their ability to run the football so effectively which sets up all those explosive pass plays. He is not going to run the football. They're finding ways to win games with defense.
Spencer Rattler talked about it in the fourth quarter and had an excellent second half. Everything is in front of them. They're undefeateded. They're in the playoff hunt. The fans need to pump the brakes, man. Your quarterback is still young. He is still maturing. He is a really talented football player.
REGGIE BUSH: Fans are going to be fans, right? We've all been there before, right? Every single one of us has been in Spencer Rattler's shoes. We've all been booed before, including Rob. Rob has been booed. He still gets booed.
ROB STONE: My kids boo me once in a while.
REGGIE BUSH: It's part of the territory, right? It comes along with the game. We know it. We understand it. For Spencer Rattler, all he has to do, put your blinders on, focus on the game.
He is still leading every statistical category in the Big 12 for quarterbacks. They're still undefeated. You're in a good spot, right? I would rather be undefeated, still have stuff to work on, than losing and still have stuff to work on.
BRADY QUINN: It's a great point, right? You don't need to be playing your best football now. Wait for the end of the season. I do wonder how NIL, name, image, and likeness, plays into all of this where fans feel like, well, these guys are getting paid to a degree. Do they feel justified in being able to want something better on the field?
I don't agree with that. I'll say this to Sooner fans. Trust your head coach, trust Lincoln Riley. You touched on it, Matt. From Baker Mayfield to Jalen Hurts, he is the best guy for the job. He sees them every day. He is still a young player in this system too, so understand he will continually get better, like he did last year when he got benched during Red River.
I think he will take this as a challenge, and you'll see some of his best football the rest of the way.
BOB STOOPS: You only got booed by opposing teams, Reggie. College player, his own football team, period, should never be booed or embarrassed.
ROB STONE: Do you think Lincoln brought that up to him this week?
BOB STOOPS: I'm sure they talked about it. Then I'm sure Lincoln expressed the confidence he has in him, and they're going to move forward and continue to get better.
REGGIE BUSH: Here's the other thing, Coach. They are everybody's Super Bowl, right? Everybody has Oklahoma circled, especially this year when they know that they're leaving to the SEC.
ROB STONE: Again, that game coming up a little bit later today on FOX. They are in the Little Apple of Manhattan, Kansas. Former offensive coach in Athens, now he is the opposing head coach for Arkansas, Sam Pittman. What a great story the Razorbacks have been this year.
BRADY QUINN: Yeah, already surpassed the win total from last year and he just talked about an O-line coach. That's the way his team plays. They're physical and tough. What an opportunity today.
ROB STONE: Coming up, Tom Rinaldi will bring us the extraordinary story of Mitchell Agude, the linebacker that survived a near-death experience to become an impact player for the Bruins.
And one of the all-time Wisconsin legends, Outland Trophy winner, one of the most dominant offensive linemen ever, and a member of the NFL. 2010's all-decade team. Joe Thomas joins us live.
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ROB STONE: What a beautiful day in Madison for some Big Ten football. Bret Bielema, a bit of a rough start for him at Illinois. They have Charlotte today.
BRADY QUINN: It wasn't a rough start. They beat Nebraska, but now they're in a four-game skid trying to get back on track.
ROB STONE: Inside Camp Randall, Cornelius Johnson going through warmups. Eight grabs, 198 yards, and a touchdown. All of those numbers lead Michigan. One of the most dominant offensive linemen to ever play the game, two-time all-American here at Wisconsin, an Outland Trophy winner before becoming a first-round pick, and a six-time NFL All Pro. Badgerville, welcome back one of your own, Joe Thomas.
BRADY QUINN: Break this up. Break this up.
REGGIE BUSH: He's still got it.
ROB STONE: I feel like we're missing half of you, man. He looks like a triathlete right now.
JOE THOMAS: If I was like this, I would have had a better try blocking this dude when you were playing. I remember you were playing safety, and I had to come up and try to block you, and usually those safeties are pretty easy. He is a little quicker than most safeties. He went right around me.
ROB STONE: Brady Quinn was your roommate for a year in Cleveland?
JOE THOMAS: Unfortunately, yeah. He was our head coach, and he wanted all the rookies to still have roommates when we were on the road.
This guy, first thing he does is walks in and says, I'm all big on my diet and taking care of my body. You don't snore, do you, because I got to get my sleep. Who is the guy that snores all night and keeps me up, and then at 3:00 in the morning pillow talks to his girlfriend, I miss you so much, honey.
I can say that because your wife is like mine. She doesn't watch any of the stuff we do. We straightened it out after a while and I said, Hey, I'm the one playing right now and I'm the one that needs the sleep. Go to the bathroom if you are going to snore.
BRADY QUINN: We ended up getting separate rooms at some point during that season. It all worked out.
I got to ask you this. You know, given your experience and expertise, Michigan has an edge rusher, Aidan Hutchinson. He reminds me of Jared Allen, but take a look at him coming off the edge. He is relentless and has great hands. At 6'6", he has good length where are how do you go about trying to stop a guy like this?
JOE THOMAS: Schematically, you have to be able to try to get a three-on-two. You have to try to get the slide going in his direction because he is too good to block one-on-one. Michigan is smart, right? They're going to line him up with the right tackle and left tackle. They're not going to line him up in one spot. So you have to have a mechanism that you can slip your protection. If he lines up where you don't expect him. They have to communicate and have eyes on that guy all the time or he is going to wreck the game.
BOB STOOPS: You got no help. You're not able to get help. You're in the left tackle. You got Aidan Hutchinson. Line up for me.
JOE THOMAS: I would feel better if this was Aidan.
BOB STOOPS: Thought process and your technique.
JOE THOMAS: Aidan is a lot like J.J. Watt when I look at J.J. Watt or the Bosa brothers. He wants to threaten you with the bull rush and then beat you to the inside with the hands. The key is you got to keep your head out of the block. You got to keep your shoulders square. Take away what he does the best, which is to beat you to the inside with that swing. Let him run around outside all day. Right here. No problem.
REGGIE BUSH: Hey, they need you today. They might need you today.
MATT THOMAS: I got one game left in me. I'm saving it.
BRADY QUINN: Oh, man.
BOB STOOPS: You're like the Toby Keith song. "I'm as good as I once was, I'm as good as I ever was."
REGGIE BUSH: What does this Wisconsin offense need to do today to get the W?
JOE THOMAS: They got to run the football. They have to be who Wisconsin has been for the last 30 years. They got to start it up front and be physical. That's one of the things that can take away a great pass rusher. If you are running the football at them, wearing them out. You are keeping yourself out of third-and-long situations where he is going to beat you up if you are in third and seven and third and eight and you have to sit back there in the pro style offense and throw from the pocket.
BRADY QUINN: This has been as long as time, when you are playing Michigan, and you are a quarterback going up against that defense, you always got to worry about that corner blitz. In particular, when you are on a hash, that near side of the field, talk to me a little bit about, one, the improvements you have seen from this defense, and the corner cap blitz that Michigan is famous for?
CHARLES WOODSON: The defense to me seemed to be playing a whole lot faster. I think this scheme, Harbaugh was very high on it. He said this is the kind of personnel that he has and fits this 3-4 scheme. That allows Aidan Hutchinson to stand up and be one of those great outside linebackers that you need. You talk about the cap blitz coming off the short side of the corner.
BRADY QUINN: Yeah.
CHARLES WOODSON: Short side of the field. Sometimes it's called, you know what, if we get a single receiver, we're going to come.
BRADY QUINN: Okay.
CHARLES WOODSON: That's the communication between the corner and the safety. You let him know, Look, we got a short split, we're coming, but that's something that you got to talk about during the week.
It's an effective play because in football you know it's a little closer -- those hashes are a little closer.
BRADY QUINN: And it's hard to see, especially on your blind side. You look back, you got to be able to see that safety rotating over to field that.
ROB STONE: Not the hair, guys. Not the hair.
BRADY QUINN: That's why Notre Dame beating Wisconsin's butt. I'm sorry, fellow. I had to do it. I'm sorry.
ROB STONE: Oh, no.
BRADY QUINN: It got ugly last week.
JOE THOMAS: You're in enemy territory right now.
ROB STONE: Did you earn some NIL side money at Wondo's during your time here?
JOE THOMAS: I can't disclose any of that information. That was before NIL. That was before NIL was NIL.
ROB STONE: I've always wanted to know this. When "Jump Around" comes on, as a player, you're supposed to be focused and dialed in. Does that happen? Can it happen?
JOE THOMAS: You got to give yourself that little two-minute break from focus and just enjoy the atmosphere because it's the best tradition in all of football. I'm going to be honest, on game day, when everybody in the crowd is going bananas, the opposing teams liked it more than the Badgers because we get to see it for every home game.
When you come in here for the first time, whether you're Notre Dame or maybe a Western Michigan, somebody that doesn't get to see Wisconsin all the time and you see 80,000 some people jumping around and going bananas, that's pretty cool, I don't care what side of the team you are on.
REGGIE BUSH: What's the friendly wager that you got going on today?
JOE THOMAS: How many cases of wine are you going to give me when we beat you guys tonight?
REGGIE BUSH: Oh, yes.
CHARLES WOODSON: How many cases of bourbon are you going to have to buy?
JOE THOMAS: You can't find bourbon these days. I'll buy it from you.
CHARLES WOODSON: You're all slim and trim. You didn't give up cheese curds, did you?
JOE THOMAS: They're part of the Keto diet as long as you don't fry them. They're healthy.
ROB STONE: The footwork is still on point. So good. Love having you out here. By the way, how about the honor for your old head coach yesterday.
JOE THOMAS: So special.
ROB STONE: And what's looming next year here at Madison. Barry Alvarez, long-time head coach, led Wisconsin to three Big Ten titles. The field at Camp Randall Stadium will be named for him starting next season. What a beautiful honor for just a good, good man. Coach Stoops is hanging out with Coach Alvarez a little bit.
BOB STOOPS: That's my guy.
ROB STONE: You bet he is your guy. We have a few games of interest, curious betting scenarios this Saturday. Clay Travis will join us next. I need a No. 5, Reggie. I need a No. 5.
REGGIE BUSH: There he is. Bijan Robinson leads all players in touchdowns in the Big 12 this season. They need a big game from him. That 5 looks sweet on him.
ROB STONE: That's a good number. Joe is so slim, he could wear a No. 5 these days. That Michigan defense. R.J. Moten in the back end of it. The number two pass D in the big -- I can't hear your boos, Madison. I can't hear your boos, Madison. Play some music, band.
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ROB STONE: College football is heaven. Cade McNamara needs to improve on that completion percentage, Matty.
MATT LEINART: How about this? Zero career turnovers on 328 total snaps. Only averaging 13 pass attempts a game. Guys, something tells me today that they're going to have to throw the football to beat this tough defense.
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ROB STONE: Wisconsin fans going for their 373rd win inside Camp Randall Stadium today.
(Cheering).
Around 80,000 expected today here in Madison, but later tonight in Tuscaloosa over 100,000 on hand as number one Alabama hosts an Ole Miss side that has risen to the Tide challenge of late, and the Outkick Bus tour is taking Clay Travis to Tuscaloosa.
Unbeaten 12th ranked Ole Miss taking on the team that has been No. 1 all season long, Alabama. Nice T-shirt, by the way. All right. Clay, let's stay in the SEC. Let's go back to 1999.
CLAY TRAVIS: What's going on? I hope all you guys are having a fantastic time. You can hear. It's early. It's early, but people are drinking and they're ready to see what's going to happen in this good Ole Miss-Alabama game. Lane Kiffin back on the road and going up against his former head coach, Nick Saban.
23-0 Nick Saban is against former assistants. We'll see whether or not that continues.
But Auburn on the road against LSU. Guys, they haven't won, Auburn hasn't, on the road at LSU since 1999. I know that makes a lot of Alabama fans behind me happy that Auburn continues to fail against LSU. I like LSU to cover the odds here. I like LSU to cover the three and also the under to hit. I'm not sold on either of these offenses.
Should be an intriguing game tonight down on the bayou. We'll be at the bayou, Baton Rouge, a couple of weeks for Florida going on the road there. Should be a really intriguing matchup of two SEC West schools going on there. I know we got a bunch more, Rob.
ROB STONE: They haven't won there since 1999. We are going to shift to the Big Ten. Rutgers, big scare they put in Michigan last week in Ann Arbor. This week they host 11th ranked Ohio State who should have C.J. Stroud back at quarterback. Scarlet Knights, this is for you, Clay, 4-0 against the spread this year. Who do you like?
CLAY TRAVIS: I like Rutgers to cover here. I really do. I'm not sold on this Ohio State offense, but even more I'm not sold on this defense. I think the Buckeyes are overrated right now relative to the rest of the Big Ten. I think a double-digit favorite is too much. Over two touchdowns is too much. I like Rutgers to get the cover. Ohio State to end up winning by ten, but give me Rutgers plus the points.
ROB STONE: To the Big 12. Stillwater, two ranked 4-0 Big 12 teams. Baylor upset Iowa State last week, and Oklahoma State, how do you see that one?
CLAY TRAVIS: I'm going over. Look, the Big 12 is a little bit of a mess. We're trying to figure out what's going to happen with Oklahoma. I saw you talking about Spencer Rattler earlier and some of the struggles that he has had. I also think we have to figure out what Texas team are we going to get? The one who got run by Arkansas or the one hanging 70 on conference foes? I think Texas is the favorite in the Big 12 right now, but I love the over in Baylor-Oklahoma State. I think Mike Gundy's team gets a little bit of that offense rolling. Take the over in this one. There you go. You got four different winners I just gave you right there. Make sure Leinart puts those bets in. He knows I'm flawless when it comes to making picks.
ROB STONE: Matt doesn't bring his phone onto the set. He is a focused individual for two straight hours. Clay, thank you. See you a little later from Tuscaloosa.
We're going to stay in the Big 12 right now. Oklahoma, they began the season at No. 2 in the nation, but three separate times this year they have won only to fall in the polls. So as their stock seemingly slides, who should we be buying in the Big 12, Coach? Don't say it. You are going to say it, aren't you?
BOB STOOPS: It pains me to say, but it's Texas.
MATT LEINART: Got the burnt orange and everything.
REGGIE BUSH: Coach.
BOB STOOPS: Since they've made the change at quarterback with Casey Thompson, they've scored the most points in the country. Well, they had 70 last week, so --
MATT LEINART: I like Iowa State. Don't laugh. I like Iowa State. I know they're coming off a loss last week, but there's only two coaches that have beaten Lincoln Riley multiple times. Matt Campbell is one of those. Their offense is starting to click. Even in the loss they scored a lot of points, and, guys, they still have the No. 1 defense in the Big 12. And remember a year ago they started 3-2. They went on a run and finished and got into the Big 12 Championship game. Don't sleep on the Cyclones.
REGGIE BUSH: The thing is that Oklahoma has been looking beatable as of late, so it could be any one of those teams. It could be Iowa State, Texas, it could be Baylor, but we'll see what happens.
ROB STONE: Baylor-Oklahoma State, an interesting one today. Still to come, two top ten clashes with massive playoff implications. Arkansas between the hedges in Athens, and Cincinnati heads to Notre Dame for what could be the Bearcats' biggest game in program history. Graham Mertz, 18 of 41, 240, his first touchdown. Four interceptions, two of them pick-6s.
MATT LEINART: That's the biggest thing. This is the game they got to bounce back.
ROB STONE: Teams scheming away from Aidan Hutchinson. Wise move.
BRADY QUINN: He is an absolute game wrecker. Whether it's the run game, pass game, he is relentless. Keep an eye on him.
ROB STONE: It is Badger red and white versus the maize and blue today from the Badger state.
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