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in college football as well. We had some upsets. We got Vandy out here beating LSU. We got some coaches who got the boot. A guy like Billy Napier no longer leading the way with the Gators.
And joining us right now, to talk about some of the things that we saw over the weekend. Is someone who writes for the sporting news, all things college football. Welcome back to the show, Bill Bender. Bill, thank you for being here. Thank you, Error.
Thanks for having me on. How are you? I'm always good. Always great chatting with you, Bill. I mean, well, let's get Billy Napier the hell up one out the way.
Okay. The gate is a three and four. We knew, I mean, dating back to last year, outside of, you know, maybe being saved towards the end of the season, that the writing was ultimately going to be on the wall. Are you surprised that the Gators kind of gave him the boot now? And what do you think we can expect with this opening?
There's going to be a lot of coaches who want this job. Yeah, I mean, I probably would start with this. I made the analogy earlier today that. Since Urban Meyer left, Lord is like that, your buddy that always press reset on the video game. You know, and they do it too soon because They haven't had a coach last for more than four years since.
You know, Florida is a very good job. They're gonna get top ten recruiting classes. You're in, you know, the The Marquis Conference in all of those things but that person's also going to ha face a lot of pressure because You know, I I was making the point today. My kid's 14. He doesn't really know who Steve Spurrier is.
We don't really know who Urban Meyer is.
So it's been that long since I think Florida's really been a national player, if that makes sense. No, absolutely. I mean, when you think about The next name who's going to hold this job. I've seen Lane Kiffen's name bandied about. Do you think he's comfortable with what he's doing at Ole Miss, or do you think he kind of jumped over?
Well, I mean, I think You could make the argument that it'll mess in better shape than Florida right now, but Florida is still a more prestigious job. you know, urban mire isn't that for. Down the road, right? Like they've had big time success and can recruit in that backyard. It really comes down to what Lane wants.
I know Auburn was in the discussion. Yeah, I still think we'll miss, despite the loss on Saturday, will probably get into the college football playoff. And that will validate a lot of the things he's done there. I think his name would come up in some other openings that could potentially come up. and uh he'll always be one of those guys i do think wayne is one of the best stories in terms of And I waited.
USC, Tennessee, and everything that happened there, he really has. come full circle in his career. He's done a fantastic job at Old Best. Bill Bender is joining us, senior writer for the Sporting News. We know, and this took place last week, James Franklin, gone from Penn State.
He was telling everybody who would listen over the weekend that he is keen to go out there and find another head coaching opportunity. Who do you think is up next for Penn State? Do you think Matt Rule is really out? It makes sense, but I mean, also, it would be a value judgment. I mean, whoever takes that yum.
They are is going to wonder Man, if you ran Jim Franklin out of town. And he had three straight ten-win seasons and six win ten win seasons in a six nine seven winning percentage What are they going to do with me if I have a couple of even fours? I I think that's a real thing. That rule does make sense. as one of those guys.
Manny Diaz kind of makes sense. Eli Drinklitz kind of makes sense. They got to take a whole run swing because you did they took a tremendous risk there. I think James Franklin will absolutely land on his feet somewhere because we've already got seven openings right now, not six if you don't include Penn State and Some of these jobs, if they come open, Don't you think James Franklin should be the first goal?
Well, he he made it very clear. He put that call out there that he is uh Ready, willing, and able to work, so I know his phone is gonna be ringing.
Sooner than later. I do want to ask you about Miami and the hurricanes. You know, I had a caller hit me up last week. And he's like, hey JR, why are you not so high on Carson back? And I'm just like, because I watched him play here at Georgia a lot.
Okay, so. I've seen the interceptions come in bunches and then we saw four of them, you know, over the weekend, or actually on Friday against Louisville. What are your thoughts on the hurricanes and then Carson Beck? I had a lot to build in. You know, and I don't mean to sound cynical, but you know, they have played very well in the first half of the season, but.
A night like Friday night doesn't surprise me. The Ludo came out hot. Jeff Brom's really good in those situations. That's well documented. And Carson Beck obviously had a rough night.
You know, it's like that NFL quarterback could. Might have a great year, and then just one of those games where it's really awful. And I think he'll bounce back. I still think Miami's. My Thanks for seeing.
champion, but that's tentative because Georgia Tech's in the mid. Uh Louisville's in the mix. I mean, Virginia is having a gear.
So You know, they kind of use the golf analogy. They definitely shanked and and use their mulligan there and and that puts on the pressure to make sure they want to get the ACC championship game and not lose again, but It does bring up some questions about Al Carson Beck. would be able to handle a playoff run. Oh, yeah, well, I've seen how that goes.
So, I mean, well, let's see how things go with Miami. Vanderbilt going out there and beating LSU. Pavia throws three touchdowns. Brian Kelly, no viral moments after the game. What do you think the leash is for him with LSU?
That's a big night Saturday. I mean, what are they? 14 and 1 in night gigs under Kelly. And here comes Texas A ⁇ M and Texan CNM is favored.
So I think that that puts the uh pressure on Saturday night. I'm like not a Vanderbilt doubter. But they continue to surprise me. Like I picked, I want you to win the net game. Why wouldn't you?
And even given the history there, but Vanderfield was a better team. Yeah, Pavi was a better quarterback. Uh And and so I do think there's some level of pressure on Brian Kelly. And you know, you start to hear rumors and those kind of things that I don't think he would leave LSU. But at a certain point, they're going to get frustrated.
It's very similar to the Penn State situation. Penn State fans are very frustrated with Franklin. though he went to the semifinals last year. Frank Kelly hasn't been to the playoff yet with LSU. And if you watch Notre Dame's corresponding success with Marcus Freeman, I think it makes it that much more.
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Now Bill Bender joining us from the Sporting News. You talk about Notre Dame getting back into the playoff, and we know Riley Leonard is now gone. Speaking of quarterbacks, you mentioned Pavia. Who has really captured your attention? Who do you think is playing the best?
We got a lot of names that weren't expected to be thrown around in Heisman talk that have elevated themselves, whether it's Moore despite the loss last week. You got Pavia here. What are your thoughts on the the quarterbacks that really stand out to you? Yeah, I you know, it's the usuals. Uh, Julian saying, I mean, his numbers are Don't make sense.
In some way, that somebody can be that accurate. Granted, he has great receivers. Ty Simpson's having a great year at Alabama. Fernando Mendoza has been phenomenal. Everything I just said about Vanderbilt, I could say the same thing about Indiana.
They just continue to. exceed everything we thought they could be. He's been phenomenal. He's got two good receivers, too, in Cooper and Surat. The potential, you know, as you know, I live in Big Ten country.
Um The potential for Ohio State, Indiana Big Ten Championship game really excites me because I think it would be a little bit closer this time, and Indiana could show that they could actually compete. with this Ohio State team.
Well, Bill, let me ask you this. You mentioned all of these schools, and you even go back to Alabama, beating Tennessee over the weekend. We're used to Alabama just bludgeoning everybody. We know it's a different time, different era, different coach, different everything. The parody that we have in college football right now, where there's not just one team just kicking the crap out of everybody, do you think this is a result of kind of NIL and transfer portal?
Are we in a new era where we won't get that one dominant team that's just destroying everybody?
Well, we I mean, Ohio State looks like kabum right now. I would say that. And I mean, there's a couple of teams that I think could challenge them and make this interesting, but their their defense has a twenty one Georgia look to it, in my opinion. I mean, they just they're bludgeoning people like you said they have a parody part piece of this so College football, especially in the SEC, reminds me there's two elements that remind me of the nfl and it's the sec in general where we change our mind every week about who the best team is. And Georgia just keeps winning under Kirby Smart, kind of like the Chiefs did last year.
And um The the Big Ten travel element. Where it's like Your favorite NFL team goes out to the West Coast and gets beat. I'm a Green Bay fan. They barely escaped Arizona last week. I think that's really a thing in Big Ten, and people can brush that off, and all you have to do is look at the records.
and how these teams struggle. Washington struggling at Michigan Saturday. Um So I think those two elements have made it a lot more exciting as well.
Well, let me ask you uh something, because right down the block from me, Bill, Georgia Tech plays. And I'm looking at Georgia Tech, and I'm saying, oh my God, this is a team that's going to get into the playoffs. What are your thoughts on what they've done so far? How far do you think tech can take this?
Well, they were an underdog last week and they showed that they were about it. And I think Haynes King is so fun to watch. Jamal Haynes at defense. Um leaks a little bit against the run, but I mean, you if you're down there, so you've got to explain to me the the excitement level of a Black Friday game. at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, where both teams, one might be 12-0 and one might be 11-1.
Both might be going to their conference championship game. And yet that will be the most important game. I remember last year's game was amazing. I can't imagine the backdrop down there in Atlanta. If you get that, on uh you know thanksgiving weekend it'd be phenomenal Oh yeah, no, people people are itching for that one.
You know, I mean, y this is more so Bulldog territory, especially, you know, given their success and Yellow Jackets uh kinda got to play second fiddle. That's the game people are looking forward to. You know, I look at Haynes and I say to myself, does he throw the ball enough to ultimately win? And that's where I kind of go, eh, do I want to jump on board with Georgia Tech? I go, eh, not so much.
You know, Gunner's talking to making plays. And that, George is just, I watched that whole missed game over the weekend. And for them to roll up 510 yards of offense. Gunner Stockton making the plays, the lucky, the running game working. And their defense showed up when they needed to.
I would submit that Georgia is more fun to watch right now. Than they were when they were winning national championships, at least for somebody outside of that bubble, because. Kirby just continues to find ways to win. The Tennessee game was super exciting. The Auburn game was fun and obviously created a little bit of controversy.
And then uh Obviously the way that they were able to shut down on this when it matters. I think Kirby's done a great job, and they'll continue to be on that pace. And I like them a lot. I don't know if their national championship good. But they're good enough to win the SEC and make a deep a deep cloud run.
There's no question. We see the the the bulldogs always rolling. Hey, Bill, we appreciate the time. Tell everybody where they can follow you and all of your work with the Sporting News. Yeah, I'm at Bill Bender92, and it's always fun talking to you on Monday nights.
I really enjoy the show and appreciate the time. I appreciate you, Bill. We'll catch you soon, okay? All right, thank you. That 365 is paying out before the final whistle.
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