Terry Bowden Joins to Break Down the CFB Week 9 Slate

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00:00We always love pay three Fridays because we get the legendary coach Terry Bowden on coast

00:08to coast.

00:09You can catch his podcast the Bowden Blitz as well on SportsGrid.

00:14And every Friday right here, second hour, we do all the plays that matter Friday and

00:19Saturday in college football.

00:20Coach, good to see you down in Monroe, Louisiana.

00:24Let's start with the game tonight in Vegas with Boise ranked against UNLV, a really good

00:33game at Allegiant and Sin City.

00:36You think they can handle their business on the road against the Rebels?

00:39They've been through so much, allegedly, you know, their quarterback quit on them, but

00:43they still play tough.

00:45I like Odom.

00:46I like the job he's done with that team.

00:47That's going to be a wild football game, isn't it?

00:50These are the top, they're both in the top five in scoring.

00:52They both know how to put points on the board.

00:55Hard to go against Ashton Gentry, though, the team Boise State, as well as he's playing.

01:00He is just impossible to stop.

01:02And that's kind of rule one, two and three.

01:05They've got to stop him, but nobody has stopped him.

01:08So my thoughts are they're going to have to outscore him.

01:10It's going to be a high scoring game because they'll be trying to keep up with and they

01:13have the ability to because they have such a good offense.

01:16They have the ability to score points and they're going to have to keep scoring because

01:18you can't stop Ashton Gentry.

01:20Now, listen, let's just get real here.

01:23At late night on Fox, they got Rutgers and USC in LA and USC is laying two touchdowns.

01:31I'm not sure they can score two touchdowns.

01:34I mean, both these teams, this is bad.

01:36Both these teams have lost their last three.

01:38Huge disappointment, especially in Los Angeles for Southern Cal.

01:42I just don't know if you can make this a high point game.

01:45And I have a tendency to take Rutgers, but when I, you know, I'm just old enough to never

01:50take Rutgers over USC, but I'm thinking that's the way you got to go, you know, but that's

01:54that's how that's like Miami being 21 on FSU and we're not even going there yet.

01:59Yeah, we haven't gone there yet, but we will.

02:03I got to tell you, all right, so let's go to tomorrow, Indiana put 56 on Nebraska in

02:11Bloomington and now the Huskers have to play at the shoe in Columbus against Ohio State

02:17and Ohio State's on the penthouse floor.

02:21Indiana's on like the 10th floor of that skyscraper.

02:24Yeah, Nebraska, this is not one of those if it's just a how much game.

02:28I mean, that's all it's going to be.

02:29You're talking about Nebraska in Ohio State, then Ohio State having a week off to play

02:34in this game.

02:35They got, and they were upset.

02:36They got there and they're not feeling too good because they lost their game to Oregon.

02:40And so they've been thinking and thinking about this game.

02:42So this is one of those where Nebraska that doesn't have enough talent, Ohio State, I

02:46don't care if they lost by one point or two points to Oregon.

02:49They're still the most talented team in the country when it comes to NFL players, and

02:53they'll get back on track and they'll take it out of Nebraska.

02:57Yeah, I think so without a doubt.

02:59And they're going to be a playoff team come hell or high water.

03:03I could even see Ohio State meet in Oregon again for a national championship.

03:09Oh, absolutely.

03:10I think Ohio State to me, and I'm going to go that route with Texas too, who lost a game

03:14to Georgia.

03:16These three teams or four teams have the most talent in the country, Oregon, Ohio State,

03:20Georgia, Texas.

03:21Even if they lose a game, they're still in the national conference, I mean the football

03:26championship series.

03:27And so they've got plenty of chance to make up for that loss.

03:30All right, let's talk about Notre Dame and Navy and East Rutherford right across the

03:35river here through the tunnel from Manhattan.

03:38You go down the hill and there you are at the Snoopy for this one, Notre Dame and Navy.

03:44Navy's unbeaten and they're getting 13 and a hook.

03:48Some places, two tights.

03:50Can the Irish handle Navy tomorrow or will Navy shock the world?

03:56Well, you know, and after we saw Vandy beat Alabama and Vandy's kind of run this same

04:01type of, not just a triple option or a wing team, they put the spread passing attack with

04:06it and Navy's doing it about as good as anybody in the academies.

04:09And it gives you a fist.

04:11Just go back and look at some of their films as I did this week.

04:13But Notre Dame's got more talent than anybody they've played at Navy.

04:17I don't think Navy's played all G5 teams so far.

04:20Go look at that Memphis game and see how they handle Memphis.

04:23They're an incredible team.

04:24They've got a system that uses smart, I call it smart football.

04:27They're usually at an academy or a Vanderbilt and they play a system where you can't go

04:31out there and physically handle them.

04:32You got to find a way mentally to go in the right direction because everything is misdirection.

04:37And let me say this about Navy.

04:39They have a quarterback and a running back, Horvath in Texas.

04:41These guys are unbelievable.

04:43You know why?

04:43They went to Mount Lebanon High School together.

04:46That's a lot of great people come out of Mount Lebanon High School.

04:49Including me!

04:50That's where I went to high school.

04:51Oh, Scotty.

04:52Oh, you've been setting me up.

04:57They're one year old.

04:58They're the best people on the team.

04:59And they've been best friends since they were like first grade.

05:02And they both went to Mount Lebanon.

05:04When I was there, they won the WIPEO four straight years.

05:08They won the state championship four straight years.

05:10And I always was like, they played on AstroTurf in Mount Lebanon.

05:15And I was like, man, this school, that high school was enormous that I went to.

05:19It really was.

05:20Yes, it was.

05:21Illinois getting over three tighties, 21 and a hook at Alton.

05:26I love this quarterback for Illinois.

05:29I think Beal must have done a great job.

05:31Can they hang with the Ducks and Eugene?

05:33I've got them.

05:34I've got them beating the numbers.

05:37Oregon's not going to lose to Illinois at Alton Stadium.

05:40They're not going to lose the game.

05:41But Illinois is a physically tough team.

05:43They represent, that coach kind of builds on that, their toughness.

05:47But they're not quite good enough to beat this team in Oregon.

05:50But I've got them definitely taking the numbers and taking the points.

05:55Yeah, me too.

05:57Missouri's at College Station at Kyle Field under the lights.

06:01Is Cook not playing for Missouri in that game?

06:04Am I seeing things?

06:05Yeah, Cook and Noel both are doubtful.

06:08In college terms, that usually means they ain't playing.

06:11They just want to try to create just a little bit of a doubt.

06:14But I don't think they're both going to play.

06:16And if they can't play, I give Alabama the game and the points on that one.

06:23Yeah, I was tripping.

06:23That's the game at Tuscaloosa that Missouri's playing.

06:27LSU's got A&M at Kyle Field under the lights.

06:32I'm sorry.

06:32So who do you like in that one?

06:34Well, this one, you got the two teams.

06:36These two teams sit on top of the SEC with one loss by themselves.

06:39And the winner of this game will be the sole leader in the SEC.

06:43Who would have thought that?

06:44But they both have great offense, great defense.

06:47The running games are going to negate each other.

06:49And it's going to come back to the quarterbacks.

06:51And I've got to go over, Connor.

06:52You've got to go with Nussmeier when it comes down to who can throw it.

06:55Because they're both going to be able to stop that run pretty good.

06:58Yeah, everybody I've been seeing is on LSU in this game,

07:01including heavy batters.

07:03All the sharps are on them because of Nussmeier.

07:06And they don't like that quarterback for A&M.

07:10They just don't like their Kimmy.

07:12Texas is at Vandy.

07:14How do you think the Longhorns respond after getting their ass beat by Georgia?

07:19Well, this is kind of like the other game with Navy and Notre Dame.

07:22It's athleticism versus scheme.

07:24And Texas, I guarantee it, they will use that athleticism.

07:28And they'll keep Vandy from doing what they did against, what,

07:31Virginia Tech and Alabama.

07:33Again, they've got too much.

07:34When you've got that much talent, you can make mistakes in time and still recover.

07:38But they'll get so much penetration.

07:40They'll get Vandy in the backfield.

07:42So Alabama is going to recover.

07:44And I'll be honest with you.

07:44I think Alabama is going to cover the score, too.

07:47How about these two at night?

07:487 o'clock, Miami hosting Florida State.

07:51They hate each other's guts.

07:53Miami's laying 21.

07:55You know I'm a huge Canes fan.

07:56Will they handle them?

07:58Yeah, I think they will.

07:59I mean, I'm an FSU fan because of my dad that's over the years there.

08:0221 points, I've never seen.

08:04And it's played down in Miami.

08:06Not Coral Gables, not the Orange Bowl like we used to love.

08:08But it's down there at their home field.

08:10But FSU has no quarterback.

08:12And when you have no quarterback, you have no answers.

08:15They threw three picks for scores in the last three interceptions on three straight plays

08:19last week.

08:20And they have no quarterback.

08:21And they have nowhere to go.

08:22And Miami's got to make sure recruits in Florida know who's the best team.

08:26Yeah, it killed me when they tore the Orange Bowl down.

08:30What a disaster that was.

08:32Let's talk about Penn State at MADTOWN at Camp Randall.

08:37They're laying six and a half.

08:38Fickles, Badgers have won three in a row.

08:40And they've raked everybody.

08:42I got 10 seconds.

08:43What do you like in that game?

08:45Stay with Penn State.

08:46Wisconsin's now standing team.

08:47Stay with Penn State on that.

08:49All right, coach.

08:49I love you.

08:50Have a great weekend.

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