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00:00Oh
00:04We love some overnight breaking news in college football
00:08normally
00:09conference realignment rumors and reports are saved for the summer months and the offseason not
00:15entering week three of a college football campaign, but that did not slow down the pac-12 a
00:22multi phase plan not a concept of a plan but a true plan of
00:28Expansion and
00:30realignment reports last night from Yahoo Sports Ross Dellinger and others that the pac-12 is intending to add
00:37Boise State Colorado State Fresno State San Diego State
00:43to its conference starting in
00:462026 alongside Oregon State in
00:49Washington State again Donny right side long a champion of the Conference of Champions
00:54Has to be thrilled on this Thursday morning
00:57And let's understand this Ben like because I over the years right the pac-12 was what the pac-10 was there ever?
01:04It were ever a different name before that was like the pac-8
01:06I don't even know that the reason I'm getting behind. This is yeah
01:09What like why are we still understand like the pac-12 shouldn't be in existence anymore. It should be a new conference with a new name
01:15It's disrespectful to the old conference
01:17But why is it still the pac-12 if we're not gonna have 12 teams, you know
01:21What it like doesn't make any nothing is making sense at this point now
01:25No, well nothing is making sense
01:27We also heard during big 12 media days in July in Las Vegas
01:32That they were interested in naming their conference the all-state big 12 or the big 12 all-state conference to bring in
01:39Licensing rights and money. That's the name of college football
01:43How can you generate all the revenue as possible?
01:46but I will say although as of this moment, it is the pac-6 half of the number of
01:5312 there is still a chance based on the
01:56Multi-phase plan to realign and rebuild that once glorious conference out on the west coast to maybe add more
02:04And in fact the RS they need to add at least two more programs and member
02:09Institutions if they want to be considered in FBS conference
02:13You need it at least eight member schools to even be considered an FBS
02:19Conference and if they try to get back into the power conference idea that remains a different story for a different time
02:25But they still would need two schools
02:27Starting in 2026 to even have a full eight to be considered a true member league around the country
02:34Yeah, what were the two teams that were left? It was a Oregon State in Washington State
02:38Why did he just go to the Mountain West like why are we forming a new conference with those two bum teams?
02:42Anyway, and adding six to seven more bum teams and try to play it off as the pac-12 here at this point
02:48That's what's getting me upset. If you would have told me today, there's a new conference and just call it
02:52I don't know the Northwestern nine. Okay, you know, that's pretty cool. Okay, they got a new set here
02:56Let's see what they can do but using that pac-12 when they don't even have 12 teams and it's such a disgraceful
03:02You know appearance on these teams compared to what the pac-12 actually was
03:06That's what gets me wild up at this point. And then also I know it's gonna come down the line, too
03:10Oh, well, we've the pac-12. We just took that over
03:13So we should be a power five conference right off the bat here. Stop the madness this conference stinks
03:18So I'm not going to disparage the great name of some very proud football programs like Boise State
03:24You're a big time guy state Colorado State. Well, here's you got a feel for the patch
03:29Well, and the reason they are trying to sell that branding
03:32We all forget DRS that over a decade ago 2012 2013 2014 before Larry Scott
03:39Idiotically tried to build up a network that never had distribution the pac-12 had the best TV deal in the country
03:45The pac-12 was seen like the Big Ten in the FCC now as one of the bigger leagues among the power five
03:53So they're trying to keep over a hundred years of legacy and tradition with that branding
03:59But it is going to be costly if these reports are correct
04:03We are supposed to get some official announcements within the next hour early out there in the mountain time zone and on the west coast
04:11Because those Mountain West schools would have to pay the league
04:1417 million dollars in an exit fee and on top of that
04:19Somewhere in the ballpark of 10 to 12 million dollars because of the scheduling alliance that is happening this year
04:25between the pac-2
04:26That's Oregon State and wazoo and the Mountain West that has allowed the Beavs and the Cougs to play six of
04:33The member schools from the Mountain West there ain't no loyalty DRS or even friendships when it comes to college football
04:41No, there's not now, you know me then I like to equate things to other sports here
04:45But I'm gonna equate the pac-12 here to real life, you know, mrs. Drs wants to leave mr. Drs
04:50She's not take never she's not taking that name. I'm stripping it that name is going right back, baby
04:55You know what? I mean?
04:56Like that's this is how we have to sort of look at these things
04:59You can't take the pac-12 away from the former pac-12
05:02You want to leave me my wife and you want to take my name taking it back? Stop it. I
05:08Miss you, man. I miss you. Yeah, literally two days is too long to be apart from each other
05:13Maybe she would be mrs. Rye side
05:16No tea
05:19We'll see about that
05:21Yeah, there are
05:23Exclusive licensing agreement when you walk down that aisle you make that licensing agreement with that name
05:29You have a right to snatch it back
05:31If that person does not want to stay with that licensing agreement same thing with the pac-12 can't use it. Can't use it
05:37I
05:37Appreciate that you would take back right side and maybe not another name like Seymour
05:42But whatever anyway as we go around some other college football news Donny
05:47We're gonna have about a minute and 15 seconds after I tee this up for your unfiltered thoughts
05:52Michigan announces head coach Jerome or officially signed his contract go
05:58Why was the man working without a contract at this point and Michigan if he wasn't under contract
06:03That's the perfect time to fire him after that game. No loss. No harm. You go out and find a new coach at this point
06:08No granted. How did this even how did he even operate as the head coach without a con?
06:14What I'm missing something big here where he finally signed his name on that contract Mike
06:19Why did that even happen the minute horrible left?
06:21That should have been in gear ready to go sign seal to deliver it
06:25The man didn't have a contract and my goodness after a half horrible loss
06:30Then you get your new contract it's kind of crazy world right now Ben it really is
06:35Handshake agreement, I guess some back pay being installed into the fine line good of that contractual deal
06:42All the leverage though
06:44from Sharon side
06:46After building up what he did filling in for Jim Harbaugh in the adversity filled brought on by themselves
06:52season last year for the Wolverines
06:56Gone as the jokes were made as Donnie said right before we hit the break
07:01He ran to the table and signed that with a pen
07:05very very quickly after getting
07:08Dismantled and dominated inside the big house in the areas where Sharon Moore is at his best in the trenches by Texas
07:16On Saturday afternoon
07:17We're off to a flying start college football week number three on the horizon in starts with a banger tonight
07:25In the Lone Star State between Texas State and Arizona State ASU now a member of the Big 12
07:32Texas State a Sunbelt team
07:35But there's a lot of realignment happening currently in college football
07:39Donnie made official by the four schools that were reported to join the PAC 12
07:44overnight, Boise State Fresno State Colorado State San Diego State all four schools coming out with the official announcement on
07:52This Thursday morning within the last 25 minutes or so
07:57The PAC 12 is now six and they are adding starting in
08:022026 Boise State Colorado State Fresno State
08:07San Diego State to join Oregon State in Washington State the PAC 12 to Donnie's delight has a little bit of life
08:16And the first thing they need to do Ben
08:18They got to go to San Francisco get like what three four million five million dollars a month in rent fees there
08:23You got to pay their new commission an extremely high amount of money because it works
08:28So well for the PAC 12 last time around just don't make those mistakes here at this point now
08:33Don't be frivolous with your money
08:34I still don't think this conference is gonna last at this point, but at least you have a clean slate at this point
08:39But you remember all that stuff Ben where it's like hey look we look at the SEC where they're at
08:42We look at the ACC and the PAC 12 out here those
08:45Expenditures out here and that company American Express what they were running up tabs out there in the PAC 12
08:52Yeah, they certainly were a lot of bad decisions that plagued this once proud conference by former Commissioner
09:00Larry Scott George Klivkov is the guy now
09:03Also didn't have the greatest foresight in the two years since he took the job to see the collapse of his conference
09:09But they pull themselves up by their bootstraps out there on the West Coast
09:15They would still need two more member
09:17Institutions to add on to the group of six to be considered a true FBS conference by the football bowl
09:24subdivision we shall
09:27See anyway, let's get to week number three and some more key matchups on the horizon
09:32We'll talk Thursday in Friday night a little bit later on in the show Donny
09:37There's an argument the two of the best games happen on this Thursday and Friday night of this week three slate
09:42Maybe not the best you'll see all
09:45Saturday long for all season long in college football
09:48But a more key matchup at least based on program brand in Madison, Wisconsin
09:54Brighton early on Saturday, Alabama makes the trip up north to the great state of Wisconsin to take all the Badgers
10:03Inside Camp Randall the Crimson Tide
10:0516 and a half point road favorite in this matchup against the Badgers total stands at 49 and
10:13Uh-huh, the tide rolls north. What do you like in this game? I
10:18Think Alabama can has a chance to roll in this and now the reason I bring that up is Tyler van Dyk
10:22No stranger to my television set used to be Tyler van Dynes down for the University of Miami
10:27Here's the issue Ben through two games
10:29He's thrown for 406 yards, but the key indicator only one touchdown pass
10:33You're not just gonna line up and play smash mouth football gets an SEC opponent
10:37You're going to have to open it up and for me early in his career. Tyler van Dyk was very good
10:42Like wow, maybe Miami found something what they found last year was falling off of a cliff because of how bad that quarterback play was
10:48He's now gonna step up in competition. Also the two wins for Wisconsin. Not all that impressive to me
10:54No roll and Alabama
10:56Rolling and absolutely smashed Wisconsin on their home field
11:02Listen, I want to like Wisconsin in this spot. I want to think that one of the best home
11:08Atmospheres in college football camp Randall and the drum around boys will be having a good day on Saturday
11:15I just don't see it based on what we have seen out of the Badgers this year so far in two games and
11:21Last year in year number one under Luke fickle
11:24Wisconsin is owing to against the spread this season favored by at least 18 and a half points and it's opener against Western, Michigan
11:31And last week against FCS opponent opponent in South Dakota
11:36Wisconsin has only scored 28 points at max throughout their two games this season last year averaging
11:4223 and a half points per game in what was supposed to be the dairy raid a new offensive coordinator Phil Longo that made North
11:50Carolina one of the most dynamic offenses in all of college football last year DRS averaging 23 and a half
11:56Points per game stagnant on that side of the football
11:59It was the first time in the last decade the Badgers had averaged less than 24
12:04Points per game and often time in the last 10 seasons more than 30 points per game
12:09But that was a pro style offense under Paul Crist where the big hog Molly's up front would dominate in the trenches
12:16I thought it would take maybe a season to adapt to this much more high-powered free-flowing
12:22Dairy raid offense under Phil Longo and I thought Tyler Van Dyke being the veteran would be the guy to guide Luke fickle and the Badgers
12:30To a better season hasn't happened and then earlier this week
12:34We heard from Phil Longo the offensive coordinator in Wisconsin somebody that follows me on Twitter big fan of Longo and what he does
12:40He was asked about why the offense has been stale so far
12:44And he said something along the lines of I'm here to please coach fickle not necessarily like his offensive scheme is
12:52Working and Donnie when you look at this, Wisconsin football program
12:55the Badgers have had a winning record each and every year since
12:592001 when all was said and done they have the third longest bowl game appearance streak in the country at
13:0622 straight years only behind Georgia who has 27 in Oklahoma who has
13:1225 but the Badgers have not won double-digit games since
13:162019 that used to be the standard in Madison has not been the case
13:21Here, I think it's going to be very tough sledding for this Wisconsin team
13:26Offensively to be able to even contain defensively what Jalen Milrow and the Tide are going to present on Saturday inside Camp Randall
13:35Yeah, and it does take some time because you're right
13:37Wisconsin was always built on that dominant running game and I remember under Barry Alvarez
13:41the thing I used to get a kick out of was you know
13:42I can go out and get the best running back in the country because I can promise them 40 plus touches in every single
13:47Ball game all throughout their career and that was appealing to a lot of kids
13:50That's not as appealing anymore because the running game is not appealing across college football
13:54That's not necessarily how you win football games anymore
13:57So there will be some growing pains as you step into the new millennium on offense for Wisconsin
14:01But I did hear this like, you know me Ben
14:03I'm well connected in the state of Wisconsin and I heard you are an SI be out there that they are going to play
14:10Jump-around at the first TV timeout just to make sure there's still people in the audience out there
14:16Watching and enjoying the football game because if they play it at what the end of the third quarter
14:20What are we jumping around to 42 to 3 Alabama tough scene up there bent?
14:25I've seen it played early play before the action even happens smart move first love the S idea Donnie and yeah
14:32Yep, Donnie and his sources knows all about it. Tyler Van Dyke will always remember
14:392021 in Miami when he had a great season
14:43It has not been great so far his only averaging right now DRS somewhere around the 200-yard marker
14:50He had a hundred and ninety two in the opener against the Broncos of Western, Michigan
14:54214 yards against South Dakota as you mentioned just one touchdown in two games
15:00Wisconsin has been to the red zone ten times this year only five touchdowns all on the ground
15:07SEC showdown and an SEC opener for the Bayou Bengals of LSU
15:12But not for South Carolina the Gamecocks last week on the road in Lexington
15:17Knocking off, Kentucky 30. Yeah, one to six outright as the underdog
15:23Against the Cats it should be an electric environment inside Williams-Brice
15:28But right now LSU booked is just shy of a touchdown favorite in Columbia
15:34Sands the sandstorm gonna be blasting Ben. Have you ever get down the South Carolina and watch the opening?
15:39I mean, we're pretty good to watch it play out. The crowd will be there and also for LSU
15:43They dropped their game opening night, which I thought they should have won
15:46But you see had a very good night and then game number two for LSU
15:49Which is typically one of those Brian Kelly's 65 nothing shots. You see that final score and say
15:55Maybe not as dominant as we were in the past, but not smart 610 yards on the season eight touchdowns and one interception
16:02it'll be interesting to see how that defense holds up for South Carolina because as you said
16:05Like not really paying all that much attention to South Carolina
16:08That's still an eye-opening number to route Kentucky on the road and play that good a defense. Maybe they can hang around
16:13Yeah, maybe there's something that's taking the points in this game with South Carolina at home
16:18South Carolina under Shane Beamer in SEC play
16:2213 and 12 now against the spread winning outright
16:2531 to 6 as a 9 and a half point dog last week in Lexington held the catch to
16:3144 passing yard and won a game with only putting up 252 yards of total offense
16:37themselves