I think Florida State has an opportunity to win, but certainly they're going to need to play better and look better than they did a week ago.

Yeah, last week, I got to be honest with you, it kind of made me feel a little bit uncomfortable with what to expect from Florida State.

I kind of thought to myself, like, hey, maybe this team is going to be improved from a year ago because they were so bad two seasons ago that it was going to be a multi-year process for redefining what they're capable of.

And I think that as... we saw against New Mexico State, they just didn't have any energy.

They just didn't have that, like, intensity that you'd like going up against a G6 team.

And if this was...

If this was, like, an established coaching staff and a successful one recently, I think we could have a different conversation because this happens all the time where guys come out flat in a big game.

But could that game be sticky because of the circumstances for Miami on Friday night?

Is that how you evaluate this team heading into the year?

Yeah, I've got a bit of pause for what Missouri can accomplish this year.

I know that Eli Drinkwince has defied people's expectations for going in a lot of years.

I think even especially last year, nobody really assumed they were going to be ultra-competitive, and yet they had a really stout defense.

Ahmad Hardy ended up being really good, but I feel as though losing a lot of key defensive pieces that helped lead your defense last year, especially at linebacker and at edge, are going to lead to a downgrade.

Placing offensive coordinators is going to be tough, and I also don't really know what to expect from Austin Simmons.

I feel like Simmons had been very clearly overwhelmed as a starter when he was in a system that has been extremely quarterback-friendly at Ole Miss.

Which one of those two teams do you have winning the league or do you have somebody else?

Is that how you evaluate this team heading into the year?

Yeah, I've got a bit of pause for what Missouri's going to accomplish this year.

I know that Eli Drinkwins has defied people's expectations for going in a lot of years.

I think even especially last year, nobody really assumed they were going to be ultra-competitive, and yet they had a really stout defense.

Ahmad Hardy ended up being really good.

I feel as though losing...

A lot of key defensive pieces that helped lead your defense last year, especially at linebacker and at edge, are going to lead to a downgrade.

Which one of those two teams do you have winning the league or do you have somebody else?

Are there some guys that you're really looking at, guys we really need to keep in mind? And even if there are some guys who are kind of under the radar that really aren't getting the attention at this point here in August of 2026 that we should be concentrating on, what are your thoughts here in terms of other quarterback prospects we need to keep our eyes on?

Yeah, I think that there's one player that is locked in to probably being a top 10 player.

Not locked in, but is an easy understanding before the season of where he's going to fit in the quarterback class, unless he has something disastrous performance.

Dante Moore from Oregon was regarded as a likely top two pick, had he declared last draft, and he decided to go back to school.

His... profile is understood by the NFL.

He's very CJ Stroud-ish in kind of the way that he plays, or he's got a laid-back demeanor, but he's got a really smooth throwing motion.

Everything just feels really simple for him as a prospect.

And I'm wondering if they're also going to be able to compete for a I don't what are your thoughts here to close this out?

Mm-hmm.

And I think that I have less questions about Texas than I do Georgia, which sounds a little crazy considering what you just alluded to, that first half of the year they were out of sync.

A lot was on Arch's shoulders.

He wasn't ready for the moment.

But down the stretch, he improved.

We started to see a freer, more confident version of Arch play at a high level.

They went and got Kam Coleman, who is potentially a top 10 pick at receiver in the upcoming draft, who had nobody throwing to him at Auburn and still made some unreal plays.

What intrigues you about Darian Mensah going to Miami that you think he is worth a Heisman bet right now?

Where are you with this team?

I, I've got a lot of cautious optimism for the Giants because I, I see where the buy-in is.

I see that you have an actual adult in the room leading this team.

My biggest criticism of Brian Daboll was that it just very clearly he was not the guy that was able to get everybody locked in and focused.

There were just too many little issues, lack of preparation, too many penalties and silly moments, blown assignments, and then Abdul Carter wasn't even showing up when he needed to be in the facility.

It just went to show that they needed somebody who was more of a disciplinarian, somebody who was a culture builder like Harbaugh, and I think we're going to see rapid improvements.

I think that defensively this team is gonna be really good.

So, uh, where are you [laughs] on the Atlanta Falcons?

Do you think they will be able to win that fight?

That's a good question.

To your point, this isn't the end of the court case.

They're going to appeal it, and then also when the lawsuit is actually held in court, then that's when the outcome will actually be determined, but that will likely probably be after the end of the season.

I wish I could speak to what I think will actually happen here, but I didn't think that this would come to this point where he would actually be granted eligibility.

I think that there's so much uncertainty.

And I think that like we saw with the Owen Heineke case, the Trinidad Chambliss case, that once the NCAA loses, it's very hard for them to change the outcome through an appeal.

We're going to come up with our own rules.