Your fourth pick, Brucie.

Okay, let's go SEC here.

By the way, let me remind everybody, a quote, the mastermind of Memphis, Brett Norsworthy, made to me.

Oh, gosh, it must have been 10 or so years ago.

and i think he made it a way we're still in hoover and talking about the s e c he said somebody in this week has got who moved he said it can't just be vanderbilt he said there's you every week there's teams losing you here now i a texas a m l cause getting you know they're starting to talk about him in trouble thing is somebody has to lose this week i think it might be oklahoma uh... kentucky is coming in here the odds makers are still looking at the decals on the helmet I'm thinking, this is Oklahoma-Kentucky.

We've got to make Oklahoma a favorite.

They got the wrong team favored.

Alright, Bruce, who's next? Your last pick.

What do you make of this spot, Notre Dame and the Cougars on Saturday night in Provo?

I am leaning in the domers here, and I'll tell you why.

There were two chances BYU really had last year to step up to the top class.

Possibly Utah.

I don't think Utah was quite at that level last year.

But both Texas Tech games were pretty similar.

They were dispatched rather handily by the Red Raiders.

Bruce, this has been a great story, the Oregon State Beavers.

Who we looking at?

Yeah.

Well, I gotta watch some of this, uh, weather down there tomorrow.

And some places will be a s- little more rainy, uh, than others.

One place it might not be is up in, uh, Fayetteville tomorrow.

Uh, Tennessee motors in against the, uh, against the Razorbacks.

Um, interesting, uh, what Josh Heupel has done there, and I kind of applaud him for this.

Bruce, who are we looking at Sunday, Monday in the NFL, your best one or two picks there?

All right, who we got?

Let's go.

Let's go on the SEC here.

Uh, Shane Beamer, what a difference a year makes.

I don't think...

It, it had just started to unravel a little bit at this point last year for, for Beamer, and then it went totally kaput in, uh, in October.

Uh, but, uh, at that point also, Brent Pry had already been dismissed at Virginia Tech, and James Franklin had yet to be dismissed at Penn State.

Maybe your best pick or two on Sunday/Monday in the NFL.

What did you take away from that game and the weekend in general, Bruce?

Yeah, all that true.

And this replay stuff is getting absurd.

I mean, Rocky Long's seen this a few years ago.

If they're not going to get the replays right, why do we have them? And, you know, they keep messing up and they're taking too darn long with them.

And you're right that, yeah, that shouldn't have been a recovery for Notre Dame.

The guy's foot was out of bounds.

What's your handicap on San Diego State, UCLA, and Pasadena?

What do you make of this game tomorrow night in Palo Alto?

Tim, I'm thinking I want to take it, although it's still early here.

I think we saw enough from Stanford last week.

I mean, Hawaii's not Miami, but it's one of the better teams in the Mountain West.

And wild fourth quarter, but Stanford kept fighting for 60 minutes and pulled that thing out when it looked like they were about to blow it.

Davis Warren looks like he can play some quarterback.

I remember him from Michigan, threw for over 300 yards in that opener.

How do you think Boise will match up with Oregon in that opener in Eugene? Big number in that game as well.

Do you share my positivity when it comes to Auburn and the SEC this year?

I do, JVT, and nice to be with you again.

I do, and I'll tell you why.

Auburn was not that far away last year, and that was sort of the hallmark of the Hugh Freeze regime, which they pulled the plug on early last November.

But of their seven losses, six of them last year were in one score game, and the seventh loss, that 20-10 loss to Georgia, very misleading.

The referees blew a call right at the end of the first half.

The SEC even admitted it later.

What do you make of what John Summerall's got in front of him, and can he do this again? I mean, everything he has done, for the most part, has been nothing but successful.

Mm-hmm.

The SEC even admitted it later.

Uh, that would've put Auburn up 17-nothing right before half.

Instead, Georgia kicks a field goal and the turnover and, uh, right before halftime.

So instead of 17-nothing, it's 10-3, and Georgia gets them in the second half.

Anyway, that was sort of indicative of what had gone on the past few years with, um, uh, with Auburn and Freeze.

So now they bring Alex Go- Alex Golosh up from, uh, South Florida.

What do you make of what John Sumrall's got in front of him, and can he do this again? I mean, everything he has done, for the most part, uh, has been nothing but successful.

What did you make of the ruckus the last four days?

Well, I think he's actually playing this really smart because I don't think they really have any intention of breaking away.

That would just cause too much commotion.

And even if the Big Ten joined them, they'd have to redo a lot of the media deals.

I mean, they'd become pariahs.

But to just hold that out there as a threat is not a bad idea because I really think what the SEC doesn't want here is this revenue split, the media split.

media deal split they want.

How far do the Longhorns have to go for him to keep his job, Sarkeesian?

[laughs]

A lot of smugness about him.

Uh, [laughs] I mean, I can predict what he's gonna say every time he, he, he walks up there.

Um, but you know, there's some of that for all of them.

But it, there are some different personalities there.

And some guys, I think, uh, I mean, I really liked John Sumrall today.

He showed up.

Yeah.

What'd you make of the ruckus the last four days?

Well, I think he's actually playing this really smart because I don't think they really have any intention of breaking away.

That would just cause too much commotion.

And even if the Big Ten joined them, they'd have to redo a lot of the media deals.

I mean, they'd become pariahs.

But to just hold that out there as a threat is not a bad idea because I really think what the SEC doesn't want here is this revenue split, the media split.

media deal split they want.

How far do the Longhorns have to go for him to keep his job, Sarkisian?

What, what's your expectation for this season for him?

him?Well, uh, it's funny 'cause last, last year at this time we were in, uh, Atlanta last year for this, and, uh, Arch was, uh, you know, the, the buzz, the Heisman buzz and all that.

And I thought that was a tad bit premature last year.

Proves to be the case.

I know he did play better down the stretch, uh, last year.

But, um, you know, Texas had some, [bell dings] you know, they, they, they... little disappointing last year, uh, from what we thought they were going to be.

And, uh, I know at the end Sark thought they should have got into the, uh, into the playoff.

What, uh, what do you make of all that?

Do you think Switzerland can give Argentina a game? Can they win that?

Uh, if Johan Mojangi g- comes back, yes.

It will be difficult without him, but they might be able to do what they did today.

Uh, they're a very functional, rugged side.

Uh, Argentina's having trouble [laughs] and although I'm part right last week, I mean, I thought, uh, papered to be a tougher match than Egypt.

If it was, it was just barely because Argentina's had trouble with lesser sides than, uh, than Switzerland.

Uh, if Mojangi comes back, Switzerland has got a real chance.

Will we get France, Spain in the semis for the right to go to the final?

Do you think Switzerland can give Argentina a game? Can they win that?

If Johan Manzambi comes back, yes.

It will be difficult without him, but they might be able to do what they did today.

They're a very functional, rugged side.

Argentina's having trouble.

I was on a park ride last week.

I mean, I thought Cape Verde would be a tougher match than Egypt.

Are we ever going to be a factor in soccer after that embarrassment last night? Can USA ever be a

What's your take on what we should see from Colombia and Ghana?

Uh, there's people I talk to, um, and I used to do that, uh, for the publication the European Soccer Weekly, and, you know, guys I talk to around, uh, I still talk to them.

A lot of them think Colombia's got a chance to make a really, really deep run.

Now, if they win here, they would have a heck of a next match-up against Switzerland, which a lot of people like as well.

But they have looked awfully electric thus far.

They haven't scored as much as they should, and they've had chances here.

They've got two, two of the real pr- prolific scorers in, in, in Europe.

What's your early feel here on that match and who advances?

Have you bet this one yet?

Yeah.

I like Columbia here.

Now it's a big, you gotta lay a bigger price on the freeway.

So I might look at the spread.

I actually might look at the over here, although Columbia hasn't been scoring a lot of goals, but man, they've been, they've been electric.

It's just the ball hasn't gone on the net.

What do you make of the number here?

Have you bet this one yet?

Yeah.

I like Columbia here.

Now it's a big, you gotta lay a bigger price on the freeway.

So I might look at the spread.

I actually might look at the over here, although Columbia hasn't been scoring a lot of goals, but man, they've been, they've been electric.

It's just the ball hasn't gone on the net.

What do you make of the number here?

Well, okay, so with Lionel Messi's team here being such a huge favorite in this match, uh, what is your betting approach?

Uh, Argentina, Cape Verde.

Um, Cape Verde will drop back into the lowest of low blocks in this match, and just dare Argentina to come at them.

I could see Argentina with 80% possession in this match.

But, um, they are, uh, Cape Verde has always been better than people give them credit for.

This is a veteran side that had been campaigning the same, similar team the last couple of cycles through in, in, in CAF African qualifying.

Just missed a couple times.

What do you make of the number here?