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Sport Re Show here with you, coast to coast. on the Infiniti Sports Network. Yeah, Michael Parsons came through and got traded to the Green Bay Packers and the. The football world has been split in half.
Well, we won't see Michael Parsons next week as the Dallas Cowboys. Start their season against the Philadelphia Eagles, we gotta wait a little while. But I'll tell you this: college football is already underway. Damn it, we got a game going on right now between Boise State. In USF We got more games tomorrow.
We got more games over the weekend. We have marquee games, Texas, and Ohio State. We got LSU and Clemson. Man, we got Bill Belichick making his debut on Monday. We got one hell of a holiday weekend to talk about.
Week one or week two, whichever way you want to call it, of the college football season. Right now, we're being joined by Trey Wallace, National College Football Reporter and Writer for Outkick and Fox. Trey, how are you? JR, I couldn't be any better, buddy. I'm sitting in Columbus, Ohio, doing little stories, getting ready for Ohio State, Texas.
I got Boise State, South Florida on my television, and Nebraska and Cincinnati kicking off in about two hours. It's a beautiful time of year, my man. It's a beautiful time of year. We had the football get started last week. We got more football really getting into the swing now.
Before we get into this marquee matchup, Noon, depending on where you live on the East Coast on Saturday between Texas and where you're at in Columbus. I want to get to tomorrow because outside of Michael Parsons. Dion. Has been in the news the past 24 hours.
Well, he's always in the news, but he's talking about paying the players more if they get into the playoff. He's talking about the smoke. That he smells in the stands in Boulder. His team is going to take on Georgia Tech tomorrow. What can we expect from Caden Salter and these Buffaloes this season?
I guess props to Dion for talking about this type of stuff. I kind of heard Brent Venables from Oklahoma talking kind of like the same thing yesterday. But, you know, I was out in Boulder actually about three weeks ago. I got to watch a little bit of practice, listen to Warren Sapp, talk about his defensive line and whatnot. I got to talk to some folks out there.
And as somebody that knows Cadence Alter, that has covered Cadence Alter, whether he was at Liberty. If folks remember, he was actually on campus at Tennessee for about five months before he had to transfer. This young man has got the talent needed. For Colorado this year. And he's got an arm.
He can get the ball down the field. He can also get outside the pocket. He can pick up your 20, 25 yards. I've seen him break them longer than that. And I think at the same time, you know, you add in what they have at the wide receiver position.
And you've got an offensive line that also. You're returning players, but at the same time, you picked up a few from the portal that had that experience, and it all centers around Jordan Seton on that offensive line. I think that's obvious. But I look at Colorado, and there's just a lot of questions, like it's a what-if thing. Because if I'm being honest, JR, they got talent, they had the talent on their roster at certain positions.
Now, I'm not saying they got too deep talent. But if we're just talking about lining up against each other. They have an opportunity to cause some problems in the Big 12. And it's going to, it's going to look, it's going to be hard to resemble. Uh, what last year brought even the first year when you have Shadur, when you got Travis, when you got Jimmy Horn, I could go on.
Uh, and at times, what they had Dylan Edwards at running back, you know, who's now Kansas State.
So, I look at Colorado and I think that. There are probably going to be two or three games this year that maybe you didn't expect them to win, that they're sitting right there in the fourth quarter with an opportunity. And I'll say this lastly. When you have somebody like Caden Salter. who was a veteran.
Who understands he played at Liberty, but go look at those teams and go look at Liberty played over the last three years.
Somebody with experience that's going to go a long way for Dion and what they're trying to do with Shermer as the office coordinator. You got Byron Lefwich out there as a volunteer assistant.
So I'm just saying, I know people kind of want to sleep on Colorado this year and want to put him at that five, six win category. I'm just saying it wouldn't surprise me if they got to like eight wins this year, seven, eight wins, and maybe pulled off an upset or two.
Okay. Hey, we got Trey Wallace joining us here. Covers college football all over the country.
Well, let's talk about where you are currently located because I'm waiting on Saturday. At the horseshoe in Columbus, we're going to see Texas, Ohio State. Coming off that championship. Everybody looking forward to seeing what Arch Manning does. Where do you think the season goes for both of these teams?
I think one of the most, you know, I was walking around campus earlier today, and I'm going to do the same thing tomorrow. And I was talking to folks out there and fans that were already in town. There were a bunch of Texas fans already in town and whatnot, and just kind of gauging their opinion on where they're at, because I have mine. I think. Right now.
The defending national champions Are getting overlooked at the moment because of the Arch Manning mania. And don't get me wrong, I understand it. Like, I get it as somebody that's been doing this for a long time. I understand where the stories are. And right now, the story is Arch Manning, the same thing as it's been since Quinn Ewers left Austin, Texas, and is now in the NFL.
It was his show. And I will say this about Arch. He has handled it extremely well. I was at SEC Media days where somebody brought the question up to him, you know, about him being on all these preseason lists and a potential high has been favored, wouldn't I? And he said to me, I played two college games.
I haven't done anything yet. Why am I on these lists? Like, I appreciate it, but why am I on these lists? And I couldn't agree with him more. I think this is.
We're not going to find out everything about these two teams on Saturday. And I wrote something about that yesterday. It's like, okay. Thanks to the new CFP metrics and strength of schedule, whoever loses this game. They're going to be just in contention for the college football playoff as they were before the game even started.
But at the same time, I think this is going to be fascinating with Ohio State. Because you're also breaking in the new quarterback and Julian saying, okay, you've lost Junkins at running back, but at the same time, you still got Jeremiah Smith out there, and Texas has got to figure you can throw two guys on him if you want to. But all you're doing is you're leaving Carnell Tate open on the other side.
So, to me, it's a fascinating situation because I know Texas defense is going to be good. I look at the talent they're returning, and then I look at that offense and I say, okay, Arch Manning, you got Wingo out there. You got an opportunity at the running back position to do something. I think when we look at this, and I think when it's all said and done. I think we're going to say, okay.
These are both playoff teams. But how much stock are we putting into Arch? Because I ask you this. And I told a colleague this the other day. I said: if Arch Manning comes in, And Texas wins the game, but he throws for, let's just say, 240 yards, two touchdowns, and two interceptions.
The social media reaction, the pundits' reaction, mine, yours, everybody's going to be like, okay, that's interesting. Maybe they're finding a way to win without. Arch stowing for 350, three touchdowns, and maybe one interception.
So I'm so curious as to how the narrative will be coming out of this game. Because still, we're gonna learn a lot of terms and conditions, visit unlock.com/slash legal call 1-888-780-6854 to speak with a representative today. After portrayal, terms and conditions apply, not available in all states. Hey, homeowners, can I get a minute of your time? If you need cash but don't want another loan, I've got the perfect solution.
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So if we're breaking it down, these are two quarterbacks that are coming into two new teams, two new situations. And by the way, we get it. As the first game of the year.
So it's going to be a learning curve for both squads. And I think by middle of the season, first week of November, both of these teams will be in playoff conversation.
Well, Trey, we know that both of these teams that's the marquee matchup to get us really lit up on Saturday. But then later in the day, Oh, you're going there. Yeah, not as much attention, but we got LSU and we got Clemson. Dabo has people been lighting him up about where he's getting his players from and not going out to get them. We got people looking at Brian Kelly and Baton Rouge going, When are you going to get it together?
Does Brian Kelly need to really win out this season? Because the seed is hot. How can he cool it down? We know Dabbo's not going anywhere. Right.
Man, I would have. I would have killed for this Texas-Ohio State game. It would have been great if they were on two different days, like if LSU Clemson was on Sunday night, like Notre Dame, Miami, because I desperately want to be in Death Valley in South Carolina watching that one because that game at night is going to be spectacular. But to answer your question, you know lsu People seem to forget, they've lost four straight regular season openers. And if everybody remembers last year, Brian Kelly.
Counting his hand on the desk after that loss, you know, that's right. You're like, oh, wait a minute. Can LSU finally get over the hump? Because you didn't do it when you had Jaden Daniels. And I understand it.
Brian Kelly's still trying to figure things out in Baton Rudes when he first got there.
Okay, I'll give you a pass. But you got a quarterback in Garrett Nussmeyer now. In my opinion, That's a top-five quarterback in the country. You should be able to go out there and you should be able to move the ball on offense. You got a running attack.
At the same time, you got receivers like, what I'm getting at? They got the talent. They got the talent on both sides of the ball. But the problem is. I trust Dabbo Sweeney more than I trust Brian Kelly.
Yeah. And I look at what Clemson has. Cade Klubnick. You look at Clemson's roster from up to down. Man, there are eight guys on that roster right now that'll probably go in the first three rounds of the NFL draft next season.
And so I just. This is one of those games, JR. Unless you desperately Needs to win this one. I think Clemson. You know, they'd be okay because I think Clemson's going to win the ACC.
at the end of the day. But if LSU comes out and they lay an egg, In this first game, maybe that offense is not rolling like you would think it would under a quarterback like Garrett Nussmeyer, and they can't get the ball down the field. There's already that narrative in Baton Rouge. It's like, okay, Brian Kelly, he's had opportunities. He can't get past certain limits.
If they lose on Saturday night, and when I say lose, I'm not talking about.
Okay, they lost on a last-second field goal, or Clemson scores with two minutes left, and they can't come through. But if they have some just dumb mistakes that we've seen over the last three to four years. I'm not saying the heat is going to rise on his seat because, by the way, it's quietly already kind of warm. Right. But this is going to be a squad that you look at and you're like.
Man. Zeal is you ever going to get over this hump? And I think the hard part is. You don't want to throw all your chips in on the first game of the season because we've got 11 more regular season games left. But at the same time.
We've seen what happens when LSU loses these opening games and you're running into a. This is going to be one crazy environment on Saturday night. I urge people to watch 10 minutes before the ball is kicked off because that place is going to be electric. And I'm just saying, this is one that LSU can't drop. And if they do, and it gets kind of embarrassing, like 17 points, maybe something like that.
I'm not saying it's going to happen because I'm picking LSU to win, if I'm being honest with you. But if they do drop the ball. There's going to be some agitated folks down in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and I can't say I blame them. Oh, yeah, you're going to be wielding the red batons for real out there, Trey. Listen, man, as we start to wrap things up, you talk about pressure in a different kind of way.
I want to talk to you about Penn State. Drew Aller and James Franklin. You talk about mistakes. I'm never going to forget that interception from Drew just a couple of months ago. If he doesn't take a big step, I mean, is this kind of Penn State's last chance before he tries to go off to the NFL?
Penn State will never have a roster. And just in my opinion, maybe phrase it this way: James Franklin's never had a roster at Penn State like the one he's got right now. Like this is it. If you're going to go win a National Championship, if you're going to go fight, and it's hard.
So when I say National Championship, Be in the conversation in the semifinals. Have an opportunity to play for a NAS championship. We know things get crazy towards the end. But this is one of those situations with Penn State this year. I'm already looking ahead in three weeks.
Oregon's going to go ahead to Happy Valley. And that to me is going to be a fascinating football game. And I just look at what James Franklin has done at Penn State. I was there last year, you know, when they lost to Ohio State and then the fashion they did it too. Like, it was just ugly in the second half.
There was no offense. You got the perfect opportunity right now with Drew Aller. But we also got to see that young man take the next step as a leader and be able to get this squad. I know that they played for a Big Ten title and whatnot, but you know what? That came because Ohio State laid an egg against Michigan.
So, really, when we're breaking it down, this has got to be the year that he's at least in the final four, that he's at least in the semifinals, and then he can potentially play for a national championship. Because I just don't see them being able to put together this much talent that they have and veteran experience. And being able to go against other teams.
So the Big Ten to me is kind of wide open this year. I don't know if we could say that in years past. I think they're top three team heavy. And it's crazy because USC just sitting out on the west coast, like, all right, we're just trying to get by out here. But, but, but I do think that.
This has got to be the year for James Franklin in Penn State, and if not. You have to start wondering when if that would ever be. And does maybe James Franklin start thinking about and I know we're talking way down the line here, but does James Franklin okay, I can't win here. Maybe I could go win at Florida. Maybe I could go win at Ola uh at Auburn.
What other jobs might open up where I got a better chance to win on a yearly basis?
So, a lot goes into this Nittany Lion team this year. And I tell you, that third game of the season against Oregon is going to tell us a hell of a lot. Hey, I think the folks in Happy Valley might be feeling the same way about him, depending on how they get. At the end of the year, oh, they feel that way. Trudge, being on the field after that Ohio State game last year and listening to the fans and what they were saying, I think they're kind of talking the same way.
Like, this is it for James. You got to go out and produce this year. And he's such a good guy, and he's a really good football coach. But at some point in time, you got to put it all together and go win a title. Yeah, let's see if they can get the job done.
Hey, Trey, thank you so much for the time lending your expertise. Where can people follow you and all of your work? For Out Kick and Fox. Yeah, fabulous. Yeah, you can follow me on X, Twitter, whatever you'd like to call it at Trey Wallace underscore.
You can follow all my work at outkick.com. Also, you can follow it on Fox Sports as well.
So we're rolling along, man. The season's here. Got some fun games tonight. Got some fun ones tomorrow night and Saturday. Get ready because that's a kickoff of three straight days.
And crazy as it sounds, they are, we're going to end the college football weekend with a Bill Belichick game.
So it's going to be wild. Yeah, well we'll see what Bill Belichick does year number one. Bill. We got to wait until Monday night for that one. They did.
He stole my quarterback too, G.L. Lopez. I'm a South Alabama Jaguar graduate, so I appreciate him taking my quarterback from the transfer portal. That really helped me a lot this year. Yeah, hopefully Belichick doesn't run him into the ground too much.
We'll see. We'll find out right. Hey, Trey, enjoy, man. We'll catch you on down the line. A pleasure.
Jerry, thank you having me, buddy. Be blessed. Appreciate it. You too. And shout outs to Trey Wallace for coming through, National College Football Reporter.
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