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Post by BentleyA on Aug 13, 2013 17:58:59 GMT -8
Okay guys, Matt and I were finally able to record our first College Football Corner Podcast ever. We are very excited for it and it is jam packed with good stuff. Bear in mind that this was our first episode we have ever recorded, so there were many challenges involved. I think we get better as the podcast goes on and I definitely see our new ones being better each week. We originally wanted to keep this one at an hour (as well as all of our others), but it just was not possible since it includes a break down of our top 25 power rankings. As you will hear in the beginning, we wanted to include more in this weeks show, but that will all have to be pushed back to next week since this show ran long just for our top 25 break down. Anyways, here it is. Enjoy! dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26951427/College%20Football%20Corner/Podcasts/8.12%20Podcast_1-2-MP3%20for%20Audio%20Podcasting.mp3
Oh and we love any feedback or questions we can get. We will answer listeners questions on each show and like you guys getting involved. Feel free to drop a question about the show or just a question about college football in general here. You can also email us at collegefootballcorner@gmail.com. Our website should be up shortly! EMAIL US HERENOTE: THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS TO LISTEN. IF YOU JUST CLICK THE LINK, IT WILL OPEN A NEW PAGE WITH A PLAYER. TO DOWNLOAD: RIGHT CLICK THE LINK AND GO TO "SAVE LINKED FILE AS" OR THE SIMILAR WORDING ON A PC.It is an .mp3 file so you can save it to your ipod or phone and listen while you work out, work, jog, or whenever you want. Thanks guys!
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Post by McNutted on Aug 13, 2013 18:19:52 GMT -8
Free Twitter advertising for you gents! Boom. All 42 followers.... LOL.
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Post by BentleyA on Aug 13, 2013 18:34:58 GMT -8
Haha thanks man!
Im going to have to start up a seperate twitter for our show. Also gotta finish up the website tomorrow so it will be easier to try to market.
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Post by BentleyA on Aug 13, 2013 18:46:42 GMT -8
Oh and there is obviously a lot we missed or a couple things we got mistaken.
One, Greg Dent is no longer with Florida State.
Also its just been reported that Thomas Tyner was in a walking boot at practice today. Hes projected to be 2nd or 3rd at runningback at Oregon.
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Post by lawlesslawls on Aug 13, 2013 19:29:24 GMT -8
Interesting podcast. I disagree with you guys on a bunch of topics, but I like your insights on the Pac 12 and Big Ten.
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Post by BentleyA on Aug 13, 2013 20:49:04 GMT -8
We definitely do not expect people to agree with everything. Our views are slightly different and based on different ideas then a lot of other sources so it creates a slightly different top 25. We will be covering your Sooners on the next show. We actually have them slotted at 26 for right now.
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Post by lawlesslawls on Aug 14, 2013 7:31:13 GMT -8
We definitely do not expect people to agree with everything. Our views are slightly different and based on different ideas then a lot of other sources so it creates a slightly different top 25. We will be covering your Sooners on the next show. We actually have them slotted at 26 for right now. It's not even really about OU, just the teams I feel you rated a little high. In a Top 25 I'd have OU at 23 at best with the potential to be a top 15 team if Blake Bell can play above average to good football. But c'mon man, Texas at 5?! David Ash is terrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrible.
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Post by BentleyA on Aug 14, 2013 10:08:07 GMT -8
I can see how people would think 5 is high, but I know we are not the only ones that have them up there (Steele has them at 5 I believe as well).
I think saying David Ash is terrible is just not accurate. Inconsistent? Yes, absolutely, and consistency is what he needs to work on. Despite being inconsistent last year he had a 153.3 QB rating last year completing 67% of his passes and 19tds to 8 ints in a system where he was sharing snaps. A terrible quarterback does not put up those numbers. Is he a great quarterback? No, but he continues to improve and I think he is good enough to get the job done at Texas. Texas is a system where they dont need a top 10 quarterback to succeed. With all of that talent and experience coming back on the offensive line (124 career starts, which is way more than the next most in FBS), it will certainly help him out. Additionally, with Jonathon Gray, Malcom Brown, Mike Davis, Jaxon Shipley and others returning, it gives him plenty of talented and experienced guys to distribute the ball too. I also could see Kendall Sanders having a big break out year.
Their defense was historically bad last year and seemed to really fall apart when Jordan Hicks went down for the season. Tackling was their biggest weakness and I just do not expect that to be the same with Hicks back. It is one of those things that is fairly easy to correct at a program like Texas.
We are really high on them and its a team that brings back more productivity, starters, and experience then anyone else in FBS, from a team that was pretty decent last season going 9-4. I see them taking a big step forward this year while competing for the Big 12 title.
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Post by lawlesslawls on Aug 14, 2013 19:02:00 GMT -8
I can see how people would think 5 is high, but I know we are not the only ones that have them up there (Steele has them at 5 I believe as well). I think saying David Ash is terrible is just not accurate. Inconsistent? Yes, absolutely, and consistency is what he needs to work on. Despite being inconsistent last year he had a 153.3 QB rating last year completing 67% of his passes and 19tds to 8 ints in a system where he was sharing snaps. A terrible quarterback does not put up those numbers. Is he a great quarterback? No, but he continues to improve and I think he is good enough to get the job done at Texas. Texas is a system where they dont need a top 10 quarterback to succeed. With all of that talent and experience coming back on the offensive line (124 career starts, which is way more than the next most in FBS), it will certainly help him out. Additionally, with Jonathon Gray, Malcom Brown, Mike Davis, Jaxon Shipley and others returning, it gives him plenty of talented and experienced guys to distribute the ball too. I also could see Kendall Sanders having a big break out year. Their defense was historically bad last year and seemed to really fall apart when Jordan Hicks went down for the season. Tackling was their biggest weakness and I just do not expect that to be the same with Hicks back. It is one of those things that is fairly easy to correct at a program like Texas. We are really high on them and its a team that brings back more productivity, starters, and experience then anyone else in FBS, from a team that was pretty decent last season going 9-4. I see them taking a big step forward this year while competing for the Big 12 title. You have to watch him play though. The only reason Texas beat Kansas last year was because Case McCoy came into the game. Landry Jones put up much better numbers and he was an AVERAGE Quarterback at best. Numbers do not guarantee talent/competency. I've been blessed as an OU fan over the last 13 years to see the differences between a good QB and a bad one. While I agree that their experience and OLine make them a top 10 team, it does not make up for their lack of a true QB making them around #14 or #15 for me. Also, Texas has been a major disappointment the last few years. I know they went 9-4 and won their bowl game, but a win against Oregon State in what was essentially a home game is not quite a major win. I think last year they were also ranked in the top 15, but then they played OU in the cotton bowl and got smoked by over 40 points. In fact, any time they have played a good team in the last 3 years they have lost (excluding Oregon State). I don't know how that justifies a top 5 pick considering defense and QB are 2 of the 3 most important facets of a winning team (the third being OLine).
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Post by GONNATEAMKILLU on Aug 15, 2013 17:42:37 GMT -8
I can see how people would think 5 is high, but I know we are not the only ones that have them up there (Steele has them at 5 I believe as well). I think saying David Ash is terrible is just not accurate. Inconsistent? Yes, absolutely, and consistency is what he needs to work on. Despite being inconsistent last year he had a 153.3 QB rating last year completing 67% of his passes and 19tds to 8 ints in a system where he was sharing snaps. A terrible quarterback does not put up those numbers. Is he a great quarterback? No, but he continues to improve and I think he is good enough to get the job done at Texas. Texas is a system where they dont need a top 10 quarterback to succeed. With all of that talent and experience coming back on the offensive line (124 career starts, which is way more than the next most in FBS), it will certainly help him out. Additionally, with Jonathon Gray, Malcom Brown, Mike Davis, Jaxon Shipley and others returning, it gives him plenty of talented and experienced guys to distribute the ball too. I also could see Kendall Sanders having a big break out year. Their defense was historically bad last year and seemed to really fall apart when Jordan Hicks went down for the season. Tackling was their biggest weakness and I just do not expect that to be the same with Hicks back. It is one of those things that is fairly easy to correct at a program like Texas. We are really high on them and its a team that brings back more productivity, starters, and experience then anyone else in FBS, from a team that was pretty decent last season going 9-4. I see them taking a big step forward this year while competing for the Big 12 title. You have to watch him play though. The only reason Texas beat Kansas last year was because Case McCoy came into the game. Landry Jones put up much better numbers and he was an AVERAGE Quarterback at best. Numbers do not guarantee talent/competency. I've been blessed as an OU fan over the last 13 years to see the differences between a good QB and a bad one. While I agree that their experience and OLine make them a top 10 team, it does not make up for their lack of a true QB making them around #14 or #15 for me. Also, Texas has been a major disappointment the last few years. I know they went 9-4 and won their bowl game, but a win against Oregon State in what was essentially a home game is not quite a major win. I think last year they were also ranked in the top 15, but then they played OU in the cotton bowl and got smoked by over 40 points. In fact, any time they have played a good team in the last 3 years they have lost (excluding Oregon State). I don't know how that justifies a top 5 pick considering defense and QB are 2 of the 3 most important facets of a winning team (the third being OLine). OU fans sure love hating on Landry. An average QB? Really? The dude was good, but just because you lose a couple games and he doesn't win a national title or a Heisman you think he is average? If K-State had a QB who could throw the ball as good as Jones I would be thrilled.
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Post by lawlesslawls on Aug 15, 2013 19:14:45 GMT -8
You have to watch him play though. The only reason Texas beat Kansas last year was because Case McCoy came into the game. Landry Jones put up much better numbers and he was an AVERAGE Quarterback at best. Numbers do not guarantee talent/competency. I've been blessed as an OU fan over the last 13 years to see the differences between a good QB and a bad one. While I agree that their experience and OLine make them a top 10 team, it does not make up for their lack of a true QB making them around #14 or #15 for me. Also, Texas has been a major disappointment the last few years. I know they went 9-4 and won their bowl game, but a win against Oregon State in what was essentially a home game is not quite a major win. I think last year they were also ranked in the top 15, but then they played OU in the cotton bowl and got smoked by over 40 points. In fact, any time they have played a good team in the last 3 years they have lost (excluding Oregon State). I don't know how that justifies a top 5 pick considering defense and QB are 2 of the 3 most important facets of a winning team (the third being OLine). OU fans sure love hating on Landry. An average QB? Really? The dude was good, but just because you lose a couple games and he doesn't win a national title or a Heisman you think he is average? If K-State had a QB who could throw the ball as good as Jones I would be thrilled. He lost the game against K-State last year because of his bad play. Compared to Jason White, Josh Heupel, and Sam Bradford he was nothing. He lacked the confidence and command needed to be the leader of a team that didn't have leaders at other positions. The other thing with Landry was that he always benefited from having an offense around him and still couldn't put it together. The only "struggles" that were nationally recognized were in 2010 after Broyles went down. In comparison, Josh Heupel had no one around him and he played well enough to finish 2nd in the Heisman race the year we won a National Title. People on the outside want to look at his stats and call him a great player. To be clear I'm not saying Landry wasn't a talented passer (there is a reason he's now in the NFL), but his lack of consistency and confidence made him a less than stellar QB for OU. I'm not saying he's terrible or the worst player ever, but he would have been considered no more than an average QB at any school that didn't offer him the unique opportunities that the Sooners did. Also, sorry about the tangent.
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Post by BentleyA on Aug 16, 2013 12:10:41 GMT -8
I think we are working with different definitions of average and terrible. Laundry Jones got drafted in the 4th round of last years draft. To me, average college quarterbacks do not get drafted. I am not saying Laundry is a great college quarterback but I would say he was better than average. I do watch David Ash play a lot, which is why I said he is inconsistent. Hes not great, but he is not terrible. Hell, if you look at the list of best quarterback draft prospects, you will actually see David Ash in the top 20 of all of those lists and Phil Steele even has him 12th (which I dont agree with). I do agree that numbers do not mean everything, but I dont think a terrible quarterback puts up what he did last season. The nice thing about Texas' system is I do not think he is going to have to be a great quarterback this year to succeed. I just think he needs to be above average, which I think he is capable of doing.
I do agree that Texas has had some very disappointing seasons the past few years and that they went 9-4 last year but failed to beat the best teams they played, although they did beat Oklahoma State and Texas Tech on the road. They did look awful against Oklahoma, no doubt. I thought they did improve after that game though. Their defense was definitely poor last season (worst in school history I believe), but I expect them to be quite a bit better this year, especially with Hicks coming back from injury.
I understand people feeling that 5 is high for Texas and respect others opinions. I just wanted to explain a little more of why we have the opinion of them that we do.
BTW, loving the discussion in here right now.
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