Terry Bowden Joins to Break Down the CFB Week 13 Slate

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00:00Great to have Coach Tim Bowden on the Bowden Blitz.

00:03Of course, you can check out the show on SportsGrid.

00:06It's badass.

00:07And it's even better when he's on with us on C2C on Fridays.

00:11Coach, you know, I got to tell you, like, I'm a gamer.

00:16So, like, I work when I'm sick.

00:18I don't believe in missed shows.

00:20I would have showed up for your games

00:21at Auburn at Jordan Town with the flu.

00:24I still would have played like Michael Jordan.

00:26But tomorrow, I'm going to be sweating again profusely

00:31because I'm going to be swearing profusely

00:34while I'm watching my number five Indiana Hoosiers take

00:38on number two Ohio State in Columbus.

00:42I just don't know.

00:43They've never beaten them ever.

00:45How are they going to go to the shoe and beat that team?

00:48I just, they're not.

00:50You know, it's Kurt Cignetti and what

00:52he's brought to that program.

00:55And the style that he has, the command of the game

00:58that he has, you know, I think he's probably

01:00the more experienced, better on-field coach

01:03than Ohio State's coach.

01:04He's more experienced.

01:05He's 63 years old.

01:07His father was a great coach who coached me.

01:09He was raised around football.

01:11He'll have a very, very good team here.

01:13I'm not sure they will win, but I'm taking the points.

01:15I will tell you, I'm taking the points with Indiana.

01:18You know, when you knew him, his dad, when he was a kid

01:23and his dad was a legend,

01:24did you ever think you'd see the day

01:26that Kurt would be making eight million a year?

01:29Yeah.

01:30No, I left way too soon.

01:32I promised you the SCC level.

01:34No, I was five years older than him.

01:37And so, but he was always coming up, always hanging around

01:40but his dad was really gifted.

01:42I'm talking about an offensive genius.

01:44My dad loved him.

01:45I was a GA there.

01:45I called his dad Frank Cignetti

01:47because he clicked that remote control back

01:50and forth so many times.

01:51One of the best things.

01:52And then that's what Kurt was raised around.

01:54That's why he will be prepared for this game.

01:57And what I think can happen when you're the underdog,

02:00and he's had a week off, he'll put in some wrinkles.

02:03He'll break some tendencies.

02:04And if he can get seven or 10 points

02:06off of things he's doing differently

02:08and Ohio State says, well, let's just come in there

02:10and play our game.

02:11We're better.

02:12Let's don't make mistakes and win.

02:13That could be costly to him.

02:14And I've seen it happen a lot.

02:16Wow, I can't wait for the game, honestly.

02:20I'm just losing weight.

02:21Just thinking about it right now.

02:22How about Miami tomorrow?

02:24Any problem with Wake?

02:26Yeah, Miami, well, as long as Miami plays defense

02:30like it has, and they're a bottom half

02:33Division I defense ranked wise.

02:35No, Miami's got so much of Cam Ward,

02:37but it's all about his supporting group,

02:40whether they beat the line or not.

02:42Because Wake Forest can score some points,

02:45but Cam is just too good.

02:46He's going to win the game for them.

02:47Wake Forest is going to beat the spread.

02:50They're going to take the points

02:52and you got to go over on this game.

02:53You got to bet the over on this one.

02:56Penn State, number four at Minneapolis

02:59against P.J. Fleck's Gophers.

03:01Can they pull off the upset?

03:03No, I don't think so.

03:04They can keep it close.

03:06And I take them with the spread as well.

03:08P.J. Fleck, I coached against him

03:10when he was at Western Michigan.

03:11He's a tough man.

03:12You know, he's kind of a cocky guy on the sideline,

03:14but he coaches hard-nosed football.

03:16They're one of those teams that can play teams close.

03:18You never quite know what you're going to get with Minnesota,

03:21but they'll play hard-nosed football.

03:22They'll run the ball.

03:23They have a very good defense

03:25and they'll keep this game close.

03:26But Penn State, again, too much for them.

03:29And Penn State will pull away,

03:30hit a couple of deep passes

03:31and pull away in the second half.

03:32But it should be a close game.

03:34And so I'm going the under

03:35because I just think it'll be a running type of game.

03:38And at least I'll give Minnesota against the spread.

03:41So number 14, BYU is at number 21,

03:45Arizona State and Tempe at 330.

03:48And Arizona State is favored laying three,

03:52even though some people might say that would be an upset

03:56if Arizona State beat BYU.

03:58I'm not so sure.

03:59I think Arizona can beat them, Arizona State.

04:02I've got them winning the game.

04:03They've won their last three straight.

04:05They've won five out of six.

04:06BYU is trending.

04:08They had a bad loss last week to Kansas.

04:11And, you know, BYU was kind of that Cinderella team.

04:13I think they were picked 13th in the conference

04:15in preseason.

04:17They've won a lot of close games.

04:18They became a Cinderella season.

04:20But usually the Cinderella teams like Pittsburgh,

04:22like BYU, when it comes down to playing a lot of teams,

04:25Arizona is trending up, playing great football.

04:27Their quarterback, Levin, has been on fire.

04:30I've got them winning the football game, Arizona State.

04:33You've seen Kansas win at Arrowhead against Iowa State.

04:37Then they beat BYU.

04:38And now they play at Arrowhead again tomorrow

04:41against number 16, Colorado.

04:44Can they screw up Colorado's big plans?

04:48Well, I'm going to go with them.

04:48You know, last week I picked them to screw up BYU's plans

04:51and I picked them to win.

04:53I think I'm going to take them straight up this week.

04:55It's a close spot.

04:56The line's not very high.

04:58They are playing very, very good, too.

04:59They've won two straight.

05:00I think Colorado's won four straight.

05:01They're both playing very well.

05:03I really like, but I've coached against the coach

05:06of Leipold from Kansas.

05:08In fact, he's got my strength coaches

05:09working with their team.

05:10I know how confident they are, how hard they work.

05:13But I think this is a team that had a lot of turnovers

05:15over the season.

05:16They lost a lot of their close games.

05:18And what you've seen the last couple of weeks from Kansas

05:21is the Kansas that you're going to see.

05:22And they're playing at Arrowhead.

05:24They do a great job playing at Arrowhead.

05:26So in the Bronx tomorrow night at seven o'clock,

05:30number 19, an undefeated army at nine and O,

05:34take them in the sixth rank fighting Irish of Notre Dame.

05:37Nine and one, the Irish, the game in the boogie down Bronx

05:42and Notre Dame's laying two toddies.

05:46Well, you know what?

05:47And Notre Dame is two toddies better.

05:49I just, I love these games.

05:50I've coached against army.

05:51I've coached against this quarterback two years ago.

05:53They sensational.

05:55They didn't beat army.

05:56Notre Dame beat Navy because Navy had six turnovers.

05:59Army's not going to turn the ball over.

06:01And they're going to keep it close

06:02because they go for third downs.

06:03They go for fourth downs.

06:04They do a great job of running the football.

06:06Their quarterback is a veteran.

06:08But when you have a big physical team like Notre Dame

06:10army has not played one ranked team yet.

06:12When you have a big physical team,

06:14they beat you on the offensive and defensive lines.

06:17On offense, they just take off

06:18and push those guys off the ball,

06:20control the football and score points.

06:22And on defense, the way to stop the option

06:24is to get penetration,

06:25make things happen behind the backfield.

06:27Notre Dame will be able to do that.

06:29So I think army will control the ball.

06:31If they don't turn the ball over at all,

06:33and they make a lot of third and shorts or fourth downs,

06:36I'm not saying they can't get real, real close,

06:38but Notre Dame's just got too much talent.

06:41Number seven, Alabama's at Memorial

06:43and Norman against Oklahoma.

06:45And they're laying 13 and a half.

06:47And I think Oklahoma stinks.

06:50I do too.

06:51I've taken Alabama to cover.

06:53You know what?

06:54And Zach Allen, the defensive coordinator

06:56at Oklahoma was my defensive coordinator two years ago.

06:59He's done a great, and they have a very good defense.

07:01The defense has not been their problem.

07:03They can't score.

07:04They can't protect.

07:05They can't do anything on offense.

07:07But the defense will keep it closed for a while,

07:10and they're very good against the run.

07:11But Jalen Melro can beat you with scrambles,

07:15and he outruns you to the sideline.

07:17That's a little bit different than what Oklahoma has faced.

07:20They can't handle that too much.

07:21So eventually, and he throws a pretty deep ball.

07:24So that's the kind of things that will eventually,

07:26Alabama will pull away in the second half,

07:28and they'll cover.

07:29Let's look at some of these other games.

07:31Number 13, SMU in Charlottesville against Virginia.

07:35And they're laying double figures.

07:3710 points.

07:38You know, and I'm just, I'm gonna take that too.

07:42I just think SMU is hot.

07:43They know what's on the line.

07:44Virginia's a good football team.

07:47I don't think, they got a better chance

07:49to beat Virginia Tech in their last game,

07:51and maybe getting six and six for a bowl.

07:53But I just think this SMU team's got too much firepower

07:56on offense.

07:57They're playing too well.

07:58And Virginia has had a great season,

08:00but I just don't see them right now even getting close.

08:03This game means too much to SMU.

08:06Kentucky plays at Texas in Austin.

08:08The Longhorns are laying 10 and a half.

08:11I got 30 seconds, respectfully.

08:14Take the 10, and it takes the Longhorns.

08:15Take the Longhorns.

08:16They also, this playoff stuff,

08:19every game is critical to every single team.

08:21And Kentucky has just had a tough season.

08:23They're a good football team,

08:25but they don't have enough to get,

08:26Texas is gonna run away with this one.

08:28Real quick, I got 15 seconds.

08:30What'd you think of Bryce Underwood

08:32changing his mind and going to Michigan?

08:34I tell you, that's a,

08:35Brian Kelly, if he didn't,

08:37if they didn't owe him so much money,

08:38that was what was holding there at LSU.

08:41But losing him, there's a lot of people

08:43that are gonna want to give him money.

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