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And we got some big games coming up as the... The college football season is is winding down. We got some Openings with coaches. Coaches have been fired. We got coaches suing for their buyouts.
I mean, we got action on the field, action off the field. And joining us right now to talk about all things college football. Welcome back to the show, Dan Walkin. Dan, how are you, man? Doing great.
How are you? I'm very well. Thank you for the time. I mean, before we talk about some of the action that we'll see tomorrow. What the heck?
Do we just got an ongoing storyline with LSU?
Now we got Brian Kelly. He has to sue for his money. Who's in the wrong here?
Well, look, when you sign a contract as a school with a coach. then you need to live up to the terms of the contract. I for me, it's just that simple. And You can air whatever dirty laundry you want about Brian Kelly, and there are some things that... maybe people could look at and say, hey, that wasn't great.
But The job is to coach a football team, and Brian Kelly was fired because he didn't win enough ball games.
So I think if you're LSC, you've got to live up to the terms of those those agreements. And you gotta pay the man his money. Gotta pay the man the money. I mean, so do you think this is something that's gonna be in the legal system for years? I mean, now that they've pretty much refused, is it gonna change?
Well, I don't know how long it's gonna take, but If LSU is not going to pay The terms of the buyout that they agreed to when they signed into that initial contract. then it either goes to a settlement or it goes to court, and that's going to be up to Brian Kelly and his attorneys. How they want to handle that. And obviously there's certain things that LSU believes it has up its sleeve as leverage. And that's what this is now.
It's a leverage game. It's all in the hands of the lawyers. We'll see how it all shakes out. But look, Brian Kelly's going to make a lot of money. I don't know if it's going to be $53 million or $43 million or $37 million.
At that point, it probably doesn't even matter. Uh but he's going to go for everything he feels like he's owed, which is In my opinion, The entire length of that contract. And Dan Wolken is here with us, covers all things college athletics for Yahoo Sports. You know, Dan, thinking about the action, we got a full weekend here. I know here in Atlanta, we're all.
thinking about what's going to happen between the Bulldogs and Texas and what Arch Manning has been able to do to pick things up. What can we expect in this matchup and what are some of the implications as we move towards an SAC title game?
Well, Texas has two losses. Obviously, if they get a third loss, that Could them On the very fringe of the playoff race. I don't know that it totally eliminates them, but it makes it really, really hard. They need to win this game at Georgia, and that's not going to be easy. Georgia's at home, it's a night game.
And even though Georgia is very much an imperfect football team, they're really good at winning games. They find a way week in and week out. They're physically tough, they're mentally tough. And they believe that they're going to win. You know, again.
Is this not the same Georgia team? that we saw in 2021. When, or even 2020, when they were dominating everybody. Um But They have just enough skill offensively and defensively. They make the game hard.
Their starters are very good. Obviously, the depth is a concern every time they play. But At home, I I think you gotta like George's chances in this game. And it'll be really interesting to see if Texas takes that third loss. Are they out of the playoff?
Are they on the fringe of it? Are they still alive? To me, for Texas, that'll be the conversation going forward if they lose. If they win, Then the entire narrative changes and I think they're very much back in the national championship picture.
Well, Dan, we know that the rankings that came out on Tuesday for the college football playoff were unchanged from what we saw in the first release of it last week. Ohio State at number one. We expected them to be a major contender. Indiana undefeated at number two. Texas AM at three.
Alabama at number four. Four. How serious do you take Indiana and Texas AM when it comes down to being contenders? It they don't get as much attention as some of the other schools.
Well, Indiana, I think you have to put right up there. Given some of their wins, they they went on the road at Penn State, and I know Penn State's had a tough season, but that's still a very talented team. to go in and win on the road, to win the way they did, driving down the field at the end of the game. Super impressive. They've wanted Oregon.
They're legit. I don't think there's any reason. to question what Indiana Has done Texas A and M Defensively They've had some games where it looks a little shaky. They've had some close wins. I don't think they're SCG.
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I they haven't done anything wrong.
So texting and them in my mind. You know, I think maybe just a slight cut below Ohio State. I don't think they're quite as good, quite as talented, but they belong in the conversation. And I think they're going to be 11-0. Heading into Austin when they would have to play Texas in that final game of the regular season.
That could be a game with a whole lot of stake. Dan Wilkin is here with us, college sports reporter for Yahoo. When you think about another game that we have tomorrow, these are two teams that are on the I won't say outside looking in, but they're certainly not at the top of the college football playoff rankings. We got Notre Dame and then we have Pittsburgh. Notre Dame currently sitting at number nine, and Pittsburgh is basically, well, barely in the top, twenty-five.
What can we expect from Notre Dame the rest of the way, especially with this matchup tomorrow against Pitt?
Well, to me, this game, I think the giveaway was held here in the week. When Pat Narduzzi, the head coach of Pitt, He doesn't care if they lose by a hundred points. to Notre Dame. They want to win the ACC championship. And that makes sense.
It's very honest. Um Pitt has no path to the college football playoff unless they win the ACC title. And I think that suggests that at least internally it hit. This is not the most important game they've been preparing for. Rather, next week when they have to play Georgia Tech, That's the game they care about a lot more than Notre Dame.
Obviously. Anytime you get Notre Dame at home, it's a huge opportunity, a huge stage. And I'm sure a lot of people in the organization really care about performing well, but The reality of the situation for Pitt is it does not matter if they beat Notre Dame. It only matters if they Georgia Tech. But Dan, looking forward into this weekend, are there any other matchups that catch your eye that we should pay attention to?
Look, I mean... We don't know exactly how all of this is going to go from week to week in college football. You know, South Florida's got to go to Navy. That's a good football game. Um you know, Oklahoma's gonna play at Alabama.
I think that's kind of an elimination game for Oklahoma. At this point, they're 7-2. They need to win this game. I I believe they have a a a really good chance at the college football playoff. Florida Ed Ol Miss is a game with a lot of interesting implications because Lane Kiffin is in very much in the eye of the storm with regard to the Florida coaching search.
So all of those things are going to be really interesting, but uh Yeah, I mean Oklahoma, Alabama, Notre Dame Pitt. Um And then uh You know, and then obviously Texas, Georgia, those are the games that matter the most.
Well, Dan, you mentioned coaching vacancies. We all hear the rumors about Lane Kiffin every day. It's another team, and I even saw a rumor today about potentially the Tennessee Titans having interest, and I just have to laugh. What is the likelihood that we have a guy like Lane Kiffen moving on to, let's say, the Gators in Gainesville or maybe even somewhere else? Do you think we're going to see a big move in the offseason?
It's certainly possible. Lane Kiffen is either going to stay at Ole Miss. Or he's gonna go to Florida. he's going to go to the NFL. I think the three options for him.
What's the most likely at this point? I really can't give you a good answer. He's kept things close to the vest. Not a lot of information out there. Um You you talk to different people, you hear different things, but Uh the thing right now for Lane Kippen is any of those three options are going to give him what he wants from a contract standpoint.
So it's really just about What makes him most comfortable and where he feels like he's got the best chance of success. And That's going to depend on his state of mind, and I don't think any of us can truly or accurately project what that's going to be. Dan, not too much success going on in Boulder right now.
So many changes. With Deion Sanders' health issues and offensive issues and roster issues, we know he's in the midst of a big old contract. Do you see him sticking around in Colorado too much longer? No, no, I don't. I wouldn't be surprised if he steps down after this year.
We'll see what happens. I don't have any. information specifically relating to that. I'm just sort of spitballing and projecting. Rick George, the Athletic Director of Colorado.
is stepping down. It's going to be a new regime there. Dion, with his health issues, the fact that his sons no longer play for him. He doesn't have Travis Hunter anymore. It's been a tough year.
It's been a challenging. year, how how long does he want to do this? How much does he want to put into it? We'll see, but I would not be surprised at all if he just kind of pulled the plug on this thing in the offseason. Mm yeah, well, w we only got a couple more weeks to see.
If that takes place and we got a couple more weeks before we get to championship games and get into the college football playoff, we're going to blink and we're going to be right there. Hey, Dan, we appreciate the time. Please tell everybody how they can keep up with you, follow you, all your work with Yahoo, Phyllis in. Yeah, just hit that Yahoo Sports app. We're on there, and we got good stuff.
Download that to your phone, put that on your iPad, whatever you use. And uh look at it every day. Hey, listen, we appreciate you, Dan. Enjoy all the action tomorrow. Have a great weekend.
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