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00:03 - Are we going to see a game as good
00:04 as we got to open up last season?
00:06 - I'm not so sure.
00:07 I think it might be close for a half,
00:08 but I think in the second half,
00:10 LSU does pull away because of the speed,
00:12 because of their quarterback, Jaden Daniels.
00:14 Now, LSU struggled last year on the road
00:17 or on a neutral field site.
00:18 They were just four and three straight up.
00:20 That was one of the losses at the week one
00:22 in New Orleans last year.
00:24 But at the end of the day, this team evolved.
00:25 They have players at every level.
00:27 John Emery, the running back, he's listed
00:30 out for this ball game.
00:31 It doesn't matter.
00:32 Josh Williams and Noah Kane are there
00:34 for the rushing attack.
00:35 Malik Nabors leads a stellar wide receiver core.
00:39 Harold Perkins potentially is the best player
00:42 in terms of the defense,
00:43 along with Jared Vers for Florida State, right?
00:45 I mean, both players are dominant,
00:47 but Harold Perkins, to me, last year evolved.
00:50 Eight and a half total sacks, 14 tackles for loss.
00:53 That's where this game is going to be won or lost.
00:56 In the trenches, as good as Florida State
00:58 ran the football last year, I give the inside edge
01:00 to Brian Kelly in year number two.
01:02 He's been dominant, over 700 winning percentage
01:05 against non-conference opponents
01:07 kept since his days at Notre Dame.
01:09 - So I think you're right to obviously recap the madness
01:12 that was the end of the game.
01:14 And you made a very fair point,
01:15 one that I was concerned about,
01:16 about Jordan Travis and big games.
01:18 Last season, the best teams in the ACC, they struggled.
01:21 Florida State was better than them
01:23 for the entirety of that game.
01:24 And then it fell apart.
01:25 It was 24 to 10 in the fourth quarter.
01:27 Jordan Travis did have one big game he was great in,
01:29 the game against LSU.
01:31 And that to me is not being respected in this front at all.
01:34 I understand what LSU was able to accomplish,
01:37 that they went to an SEC title game, that they beat Alabama.
01:40 And that again, Florida State last year
01:42 left some to be desired.
01:43 But I think Florida State has the better roster.
01:45 I think LSU is a much better offensive line,
01:48 but I like the quarterback more in Jordan Travis,
01:50 and I like the secondary more.
01:51 And that for me is going to get to Florida State.
01:54 You had to know I liked Florida State coming into the game
01:56 if I liked this team to win a national championship 25 to one
01:59 is the number that I bet that I still
02:00 believe that's the number that you can go out there and get
02:03 right now.
02:04 Again, it's not a slight to LSU.
02:06 I've been telling Joe this for two weeks.
02:07 I'm stressed out about the game because of how important
02:10 the game is.
02:11 It doesn't help that it's on during a wrestling pay-per-view.
02:13 Nobody else cares about that.
02:14 But it is one of legitimately the 10 biggest college football
02:20 games of the season before we get to the postseason.
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