Pete's Pigskin Preview, presented by Recover180 -- No. 24 vs. No. 9 Ole Miss

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2:02We were just talking before we hit the button here. Earlier today, I taped the butcher versus the spin instructor. It's season seven of that series. And I was like, Pete, when did we start? Pete reminded me, I'd forgotten about this too. I think because I've blocked out some of the COVID stuff if I'm totally honest. We would do those live watches in 2020. I remember vividly now in that funny. Pete would call in, I think in the second quarter. It's the second or third quarter usually, I think, yeah. And we would kind of talk through, hey, what do you see with Ole Miss? It was year one of Lane Kiffin. What do you see? Stuff like that because we had no access to the games release. We were on lockdown and all that stuff. And then I think it was the next year we started this show. And so that would mean that we are using my math skills in season six since the butcher is in season seven. So good for us, man. Seasons. Yeah. Welcome. Welcome back. Good to have you. Good to be back. Always enjoy doing this.

3:03My wife looked at me and I was like, are you excited? And I was like, honestly, yeah, I enjoy doing this. Yeah. This is always a good time. And I obviously, I love football, I love Ole Miss football. And so, yeah, it's a fun part of the season from me. The people that make this possible is our friends that recover 180 sports hydration. Great people. Part of the capital beverage people that I have sponsored a lot of our content at MPW digital over the last few years. So check them out. Recovery 180 is 100% organic. It's designed for clean functional hydration. It delivers electrolytes along with vitamins, antioxidants, no added sugar. The formula's light, refreshing is built to support hydration without artificial ingredients or chemicals. It's certified organic. And like I said, there's no sugar added. In fact, it's just 20 calories. Recovery 180 combines organic coconut water with a balanced blend of electrolytes and vitamins.

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5:06to feel after, after some of that and some of the post game, post game theatrics that many of you will experience. I'll say this real quick, a couple things while we get started. This shows on YouTube. It airs originally on YouTube. It's going to air on Friday morning, early on YouTube. I would love it if you'd watch it on YouTube. It would make us happy, but I will put it in podcast form, but I will say this for those of you who listen to this, if you enjoy it in podcast form, you'd probably love it in video form. Try to give it a shot. I know there are some people who are just vehemently opposed for whatever reason to YouTube. So I will put it in podcast form on Apple and Spotify and wherever else blew our kicks out our podcast. But I'm highly encourage you to check out the video. Tonight, we're going to take a look at Louisville, Ole Miss number nine in the country getting ready to face the 24th ranked Cardinals 630 on Sunday. Game can be seen on ABC.

6:07We'll also talk about changes at Ole Miss. Obviously, Pete Golding is his first regular season game to be the head coach. He's coached three games a year ago after Lane Kiffin left for LSU. You probably know those results two and one with the ball in the air to win it in Glendale there on January the eighth, but this is his first regular season game. It's also John David Baker's first game as Ole Miss's offensive coordinator. So Pete's going to show us some East Carolina film from a year ago. John David Baker was the Pirates offensive coordinator for the past two seasons before joining Pete Golding in Oxford. I guess before we get into the video, Pete, just for a coach, what's week one kind of like? You've been with the team all of the spring and all season and a camp. I'm guessing from a coaching standpoint at that point, maybe you're a little nervous, a little anxious or whatnot, but you're really ready to see what you have.

7:09You try to put your guys in as many game-like situations as possible. Obviously, there's some known commodities. I mean, you retain guys from your roster. You've seen them in the system and you have a good take for how they should play. But in today's game with so much roster turnover, it doesn't just affect your preparation. It affects your preparation for the opponent you're going to play. So, for Ole Miss, who had some significant success in the game, so for Ole Miss, who had some significant bodies to replace on defense, some significant bodies to replace on the perimeter of offense. In particular, I think that you hope that you've occurred to enough depth and you've plugged in the pieces that were missing that you can continue to play at the level that you played that last year. I think one of the biggest things to me about what Pete Golding was able to do is the season wrapped up last year and as we move into this season,

8:11is he was able to maintain a large percentage of staff, guys that he has worked with, guys that have now worked for him in some regard, guys that he trusts, he knows what he's going to get from them and I would assume values their input. At the same time, he was able to bring in people that he also, either A, has a relationship with that understands the system and you bring in like a John David Baker, right, who has been in the system and has operated in the system. And so, you should feel better about bringing him back on board because you do want continuity, you don't want to have to re-teach everything from an offensive standpoint. But then you continue to build and surround yourself with veteran coaches that as a relatively new head coach with only a couple of games under your belt that are going to be there. I mean, you look at a guy like Frank Wilson and I think everybody wants to talk about what Frank brings to the table as a recruiter

9:11but you're also talking about a guy that has also served as a head football coach. He has served as an interim head football coach. He has run a locker room before, right? And so, you bring it again, it's another guy that not only brings to the, to the own field coaching piece, not only adds to his ability and that's not the strongest word for him. And his, Frank, is an excellent recruiter, right? But you're also again adding somebody that's been in the seat, that's been through it before and that you can bounce side this off of and you maintain guys like Joe Judge and you continue to just surround yourself with people in all these different roles. And for a head coach that has only worn that hat for a few games and wants to continue to be involved in the defensive play calling, I think it's important for him to have enough people around him that he can trust that is going to allow him to be singular focused when he needs to be because they can kind of run their own arena, right?

10:12But also when he needs to kind of take the vision off and be a big picture that he can, because again, he still has Brian Brown and guys on that defensive side of the staff that he can trust to operate with him while he is focused on other things. And so I think he's done an outstanding job in that regard. He's obviously made some roster additions that none of us have seen but from reports and from things that we say and from things we've seen them do at their previous schools. I think you have to feel good about obviously some of the guys he's added to the roster. You know, the flip side is you can only do so much to prepare your team. And while you go through all the kind of the pains of roster turnover and all these different things in modern college football, your opponents go through the same thing. And so yeah, they're going to face some of the same battles. But it's also just more difficult now to prepare for those. Now you talk about this Louisville team that is having to overhaul a lot of players. They lost their quarterback. They lost their best guys out wide from last year.

11:14They're having to retool an offensive line. Their defensive coordinator stepped away from football. You know, now they promoted from within. So again, very similar. You're talking about another head coach that's trying to keep as much continuity in the program as possible. He added some guys to his staff that are guys that he's worked with in the past. That he's had relationships with the past that understand the culture and the climate of that that program in that school. And so I think in some ways the two mirror each other a little bit. You know, so that's the interesting pieces is you can spend all this time prepping. And you know, I'm watching Louisville today. And it's like, okay, there's some good players on this team. And as I start watching numbers and seeing kids flash and then I go to the roster, they're not there anymore. You know, and what I didn't have time to do is dive into, okay, who else is on that roster now? I understand some of the pieces. I know their secondary has been retooled. They brought in safeties that have experiencing, including one from Oxford, right?

12:15And so I know that that's a roster at the same time. It's it's how do you prepare for a team that we can look at? It's come out adequately, but how do we identify who their guy is on third down? Where do they trying to feed the football? Because it's going to be somebody new. It's going to be somebody different, right? And so it just it really makes it difficult. You just have to do everything you can to like I said earlier, try to put your kids in the stressful situations. Try to see how they handle that adversity as much as you can outside of a game setting. And you have to do the same thing for your staff. You have to prepare for contingencies and you have to try to have that plan for, okay, if X happens, what's our response? If Y happens, what's our response? And that's from a depth chart standpoint from a, hey, a guy's not performing at the level we thought or a guy's injured, you know, or he's coming out of camp with a soft tissue and he's not full speed. Are we going to limit his carries? Are we going to limit his touches? We're going to limit his reps if he's a defensive player, you know, and so there's just so many different things kind of in play.

13:20But at the end of the day, you just, you just really want to see your kids turn loose, you know, because that's the first real indicator for so many kids on this roster. What do we actually have? Because what you see in practice is done and certainly always done and translate to a game. So I'm sure Pete Golding is excited based on the things we read the things we hear it sounds like he's certainly excited about the potential on the defense. Right. And then obviously you have two absolutely dynamic players returning on the offensive side of the ball, not to mention some guys that at times stepped up and made big plays on the perimeter last year. You have a foundation of an offensive line that you hope you can keep healthy and you can kind of maybe shore up and solidify some fifth, maybe fourth spots. But you also brought in guys that have shown the ability to go make plays down the field and do things on other roster. So I think Ole Miss fans are certainly excited and I'm sure Golding and the staff are as well. Yeah, they seem to be optimism.

14:21It's not the right word. The confidence inside that building appears to be really high. And you know, people ask me sometimes like what's the difference between you know, Kiffin and Golding and blah, blah, blah. And I'm not going to be one of the people that jumps into the bashing lane, Kiffin thing because he won. But here's the difference that's pretty obvious. And you see it here in the last few days in big glaring lights is that. One program that that Kiffin has a tendency to have programs that have distractions just all around the place almost chaos and maybe he thrives in that chaos. That's certainly possible, but Pete Golding has run a very for lack of a better word boring preseason camp, which is probably a magic word for coaches. It's been locked down. It's been quiet. I think for everything I've heard, it's been very efficient. And I think they're ready to go. I think they're ready to go play and and I know there's a lot of people that overlook or look past this game and look ahead to the one that's two and a half weeks or so away.

15:27Obviously, and that's that's natural because of all the storylines, but I do not get the sense from I was just doing a radio show in Louisville. I don't get the sense inside that building that anybody's thinking about that. They're pretty locked in on this. They'll have two weeks to you know, they're not losing the Charlotte. Okay. So they're going to they're going to be able to turn the page and start thinking about the one that when they wake up on Monday morning is 12 days away. Yeah, I mean, listen, Pete Golding is a guy that worked for Nick Sabin too. And spend a lot of time with Nick and and and and learned a lot from Nick Sabin. And so he, I think he knows better, you know, and I think and listen, the one thing that everybody will tell you about Pete Golding is that he is who he is. And in the conversations with him tend to feel very authentic. Right. Yeah. He is he is going to be that way in the meeting room talking to those kids. And and and I think that people have loved that about him and his press opportunities at this point.

16:30You know, people kind of like it when the guard drops and and you feel like you're talking to the ball coach and it's not the coach speak ball coach. It's the it's the the guy you grew up with. It's going to put a dip in and and and just make you laugh, right. But but he understands what that focus looks like. And when he's in that meeting room and he's being his authentic self to that team, I have a hard time imagining a room that doesn't understand that his focus saying it is on Louisville resonates with the people in that room. And and and that's what you want the floorsers. So you know, when we talked about this and we text a little bit several days back, we how to approach this. And it's kind of what we've been saying. It's it's how to approach new coaches, new players, all these different things. And so just kind of getting some feedback from some of the Ole Miss fans. I think there's a lot of interest in in maybe what the offense is going to look like. It's not going to be some overhaul. Baker was not hired to come in and change the system.

17:35He was hired because he understands the system. So what I went looking for as as I started seeking out film on his East Carolina offense was where the similarities and where the differences, where the places where I feel like in his time away, he may have, I don't want to say evolved, but he may have adopted some some different things that we haven't necessarily seen a ton of at Ole Miss in the last several years. And so for me part of it was I wanted to go see how he handled games with lesser talent. I was I was not overly concerned about breaking down games that they won by four touchdowns. Right. I wanted to go see how East Carolina looked offensively against two lane. I was a team that made the college football playoffs regardless of your feelings about how that plays out and who was deserving. They were in that conference and they were in that game for a reason. They were you know that they made their way in.

18:39And they did it oftentimes by creating negative plays on defense and enforcing turnovers and getting offenses into bad situations. I went and looked at BYU. I was looking about a team that that put together an impressive record last year, you know, regardless of schedule because that, you know, the way games are being played out west right now and what some of the conferences look like out there a little different. But you're talking about a good BYU football team that always plays tough knows defense. You know, I watched some of the Army game and some of the others, but I wanted to pay attention to when he's out man. And he can he find ways to move the football to be creative and to stress defenses. And it's not that I think he's going to be out man as a play caller with the roster that he has it Ole Miss, but he's going to a face elite talent. He's going to face elite coaching. And so for me, it was is let's let's try to identify how he handles those situations and what what do I think we can potentially expect from his Ole Miss offenses in the coming year.

19:43So we're going to start with some clips from the two lane game. This is right around mid season, I believe. And and this I'm picking up later in the game here. Now if you go back and look at that game, you know, there's a point in in the fourth quarter where two lanes got to lead or excuse me, East Carolina has a lead. And and then the wills kind of fell off a little bit in two lanes up winning 26 to 19. And I thought Baker did a really nice job in the course of this game of presenting different looks to to the defense of finding ways to get his best playmakers the ball. And he did it against a team where he was out manned up front in particular his offensive line at East Carolina don't want to knock any of those players. They were not on the same level as the two lane defensive front. And so I thought that he had to be creative. And so some of the things that stood out to me. You're listening to this podcast. So I know you've got a curious mind. Here's a helpful fact that you may not know yet. Drivers who switch and save with progressive save over $900 on average. They make it super simple.

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21:58The best part is that lyrics and titles from those tracks extend to limited edition collectible packaging across Sprite and Sprite zero sugar bottles and cans with stories and breakdowns behind the bars check out the full Sprite living track list through the link and our show notes play it debated collected. We're ways he gave quarterback simple reads in the run game. But also the way he created some simple opportunities in the passing game you know Ole Miss is always carried a couple of quick game concepts to get the ball out of the quarterbacks hand and under laying kiffin during his tenure with Charlie wise at Ole Miss a lot of times I felt like those those concepts were typically used as man demand beaters. I see a little bit more quick game in this John David Baker offense at East Carolina then I did you know a lot of times under laying kiffin now laying kiffin and Charlie wise we're going to throw slant routes and they were going to do some different things again with things that were designed to attack zone to one half of the formation and man to the other half of the formation.

23:06But they didn't live and die by those things I they would carry a small package it felt like in each game but you didn't see them show up time and time again in film and I thought that Baker does a much better job or at least a more consistent job let me say of layer in those things into his game plan. Because when you when you are out man a little bit when you are getting pressure you know quick game the ideas that it allows you to exploit space quickly get the ball out of the quarterbacks hand and keep you in positive down in this situation you you're talking about an Ole Miss roster that's going to have an extremely athletic quarterback and an elite running back. Teams are going to populate the box and they are going to ask you to win on the outside and they're going to they're going to give you that opportunity and they're going to challenge you in that way and finding ways to do that and get the ball out quickly to alleviate some of that box pressure and and alleviate pressure on the quarterback but also to try to alleviate the numbers to help your run game.

24:08I think can be an important part of this season so here you're just going to get an example of that again you're you're looking at. You know not quite to midfield yet backed up and a lot of times I see him doing this on first and 10 to get him into a second and very manageable situation or in second and long type situations to try to get himself into more of a third and medium so he's going to go to what's a traditional spacing concept there's several. Different ways that you can run spacing but these are things that go back to old school west coast football so the variation he's going to run here is they're going to take his tight end and they're going to spot him over the ball here. If these interior players if the linebackers were to blitz it gives the quarterback an immediate release with the football put it on a big body you know in space before the safety can drive on it and just replace that blitz with the football. Now the kind of traditional way to run it would be to take the outside receiver send him on this outside snag route and then send the third receiver to the flat he's going to go to a variation has become more and more popular over the years where instead you're going to just take advantage of this soft space out here by the corner and push the outside receiver to the flat and the number three receiver now is going to become this outside snag route.

25:31And so you're just trying to create this horizontal stretch of any underneath defender and make them wrong on the backside it's typically going to be paired with some type of a two man concept it might be a similar snag route with like a flat route by the running back some teams will run like an outside turning stick route if they have a tight split get the running back in the flat some guys will run like a glance or a slant route and get the back. So they're running back out some people choose to keep the running back in or they'll allow the quarterback to adjust this protection to keep the running back in and just give some type of an isolation route to this outside single receiver where he in the quarterback are on the same page and they can try to take advantage of manderman coverage. So here he gives again present the quarterback with an easy picture. The coverage starts to rotate quarterback knows exactly where to threaten with the ball all he's trying to do here is identify who this flat defender is so defensively they're going to get into what's known as a three buzz the quarterback and starts to recognize it because field safeties down this this boundary safety is getting deep he's going to rotate to the middle of the field he's going to buzz down and replace the linebacker and he's going to become a curl player.

26:51So we're deep third on both sides and then the quarterback just has to identify who's the flat defender if this guy blitzes it should mean that this safety is going to also buzz flat if this guy sits or expands that means he is most likely the flat defender if that flat defender were to work outside with this out route that he's going to work inside with the football because he sits when you get the vertical release by this receiver work. And this receiver working here this flat defender hesitates sits and that's what opens up this outside route for the quarterback to make an easy throw and catch. He's able to get the ball out quickly pressure doesn't affect them. This is on a second and six you can see and it easily converts for a first down if the defense were to bring pressure from that trip side quarterback is probably going to work back side. Here to the boundary they've got this little speed out down here to the boundary quarterback or the tail back is released in on this little check down route.

27:57So if he got in some type of field pressure he probably going to take the numbers are potentially take the numbers back here to the boundary but very simple throw and catch for the quarterback to keep the sticks moving. One of the things that I think he does a good job of and again it's not something will be strangers to Ole Miss fans is the way he utilizes the quarterback in the run game but also the way he uses shifts emotions to give good indicators to make people could communicate on defense. So here he's going to take he's going to start his tight end out wide in the formation and he's going to motion him down to build better leverage now to go block and crack the perimeter that motion looks very simple but it does a couple of things for the quarterback one tells him is it man to man. Okay, if it's man to man then most likely this corner is going to follow him all the way inside when he real lines or that corner is going to come down on the new outside receiver and someone else is going to have to adjust and come down.

29:01The other thing it allows you to do when you motion is build your leverage if that receiver were to line up here he can't control the leverage he has on the linebacker that he's responsible for blocking. Okay, you could line up tight and that guy could shift out wide and now you've lost the leverage that that you need to pin him inside. So the simple task of using this motion allows you to create the leverage so that he can now go pin the appropriate player if that linebacker were tighter you probably would have seen the receiver line up a little bit tighter. If that linebacker were wider he would not have come in much more at all than he is right now because he wants to maintain that leverage to be able to block the outside linebacker. So what they're going to do here and I'm going to actually go ahead and go to the end zone copy. Okay, what they're going to do here is they're going to read this outside defender and they're going to run a dark scheme.

30:02So the guard is going to turn out on the defensive end. These two players are going to work down or back on the nose and they're going to man the front side defensive end. They're going to pull this tackle for the one linebacker that remains in the box. The tie the tailback is going to run a toss sweep action and the quarterback is going to shuffle to him while he reads this player. If the end is upfield the quarterback is going to follow his pulling lineman back to the left. If he were to attack the quarterback he's going to pitch it out there to the tailback and now you've built leverage with that simple formation and motion adjustment to pin those guys on the outside. So there's the motion catch the snap shuffle shuffle and here the end actually comes inside. But the quarterback goes ahead and pulls it anyway probably because he realizes the box count dictates hey I've essentially got a four man box. I've got numbers in the run game.

31:02So he goes ahead and pulls it. Now the truth is if he tosses it right there and the tight end is able to effectively block number four the backer which he does not they would have potentially had success on the perimeter. But with the defense shaded that way with the light box numbers again very simple for the quarterback and those are the type of easy reads into decisions that you can give. You know a quarterback like chambleston expect him to be very effective as a runner is that a common thing to take the right tackle right there and pull him like that is almost a lead blocker against the middle linebacker that's almost opposite. So when you run this scheme it's all about angles right. If the defense event were outside they would probably pull the guard. And the the tackle would cut off the defensive end and pin him inside. Okay. But because the defense event is what's known as a four so that's inside shade of the tackle.

32:02The guard if he pulls if that in slants it is a very difficult task to cut him off. You just you lose your angles you lose your leverage. So what they're doing here is that that guard and tackle have the ability to communicate who's going to pull on this particular concept right. So now because of where the leverage of the defensive lineman is the guard is going to turn out and now the tackle gives you the same puller front side but you maintain better leverage on the backs. I did they were a four man front. And they had something. Resimpling this a true four man front then the front side guard would base. Frontside tackle would base the center would block back and now the guard would most likely be the one pulling unless they were reading the defensive end. Okay. And then in different teams have different kind of answers and pro you know ways that they they'll handle that that particular concept.

33:04One of the things that I will say that Ole Miss fans I have seen complain about for what feels like decades is the lack of screens in the Ole Miss offense not throwing screens out to a running back all the time but actually throwing some type of screen where you're releasing lineman and getting down field. I think those things will be returning to Oxford. This is just an example again from the game. They're backed up there behind the stick here. This is like a second or third and like 13. So they're going to show a four wide formation. They're tied in is this in most intermost receiver. And they're going to motion the running back out to trying to track and draw as many defenders as they can to that motion. And then they're going to run a screen back underneath to the tight end. Against heavy pressure teams teams that really get up the field can be very very effective right there.

34:06Tight ends going to set outside much like he's ready to block for the running back and he's going to come right back underneath. Now is it outstanding execution? No. But now they go from a third and 13 to a fourth and two. Still going to punt the football. The reality is if they get out and block that one defender. If one of these offensive lineman blocks this safety, it is a well executed well timed call. Schemed up at the right time and the tight end absolutely keeps the sticks moving right there and has a chance to create an explosive play. And there's some creativity in how he runs some of his screens, but I I certainly expect you're going to see, you know, and I think about you know looking at the tight end here. This is the type of thing to me were where you know, not only can elute cause be successful, but this is the type of thing where a K. Le Maudum K. Le Maudum with his athleticism could be very effective. And you know, as a tight end in this type of scheme. So I think you're going to see a little bit of screen gamer term.

35:11Okay, here's another example of a screen and I think they do a really nice job with some some window dressing here to make it happen so that I get into the balance formation second and three or so. So there's three in the red zone right so they're in an unbalanced so you know both these guys are on the ball, which means the intermost player is actually in eligible. So you have outside guys eligible your slot is eligible. You're off the ball, sniffer tight end is eligible to run him back obviously can be eligible as well. So they're going to take this slot. They're going to motion him in to try and again draw the defense, make the coverage adjust control numbers. Okay, and then they're going to run a crack screen to the running back right here. So both outside receivers are going to do what's called take to they're going to push vertical and then they're going to go crack the next inside defender. Vertical first so that if it's man to man you want you're the guy that's defending you to think it's a slant route and you want him to trail you.

36:13Okay, then they're going to bring the tight end outside and he's going to block the outside receiver or the outside defender and then the quarterback obviously has the tail back on the swing route. So we're just trying to build leverage so they're going to he's going to use the motion by the slot here to try to get coverage to roll try to get eyes going that way. Oh line just cuts everybody and now get your tail back one on one in space now they're unfortunate they get a holding call right here. Okay, but you're talking about an opportunity if that's a key one lacy in space with bodies out in front blocking him. The young man has proven that him one on one against the defenders oftentimes going to go in his favor right if you can adequately block this on the perimeter and get him one on one you know as an Ole Miss fan you have to like those opportunities. So it's a great way again to get playmakers the ball. This is it's a scheme that's become more and more popular over the last several years again it's a great way to alleviate pressure and alleviate heavy run boxes when you have a defense that is hell bent on overloading the box right there.

37:20Okay, just here's two plays later after the penalty they come back now it is a third and 10 he's going to come back he's going to give you another screen variation he's going to again start in this trips formation he's going to bring another guy in motion again he's going to circle him back out. He's they're going to fake the screen to the field and now they're going to go back and throw this tunnel screen to one of his receivers in the boundary and again you talk about the design and execution all the eye candy all the window dressing look right here you have one two three four players all looking at the potential swing out here they're getting the running back out to try to go block most dangerous they're slipping line man out now and the reality is if the first line man out of believing this scenario is the best. Believe in the scenarios the left guard will go flat and kick out the first defender that shows. If that ball can get right here it's absolutely a potential big play for the offense so it's another example of good design it's another example of getting the ball on the perimeter in space to a playmaker and this is just fault of the offensive lineman quite honestly we

38:38tell our guys the first guy out the terminology we use is trap the chains. Okay trap block you go flat we tell our guys you go as flat as you can possibly be because those guys are better athletes than you you go flat you make them adjust and now at least our our ball carrier can try to cut off of it instead he kind of wonders up field a little bit too much. And gets out athleteed by this outside linebacker it's out there truly play a man to man on the tail back the guy that makes the tackles play a man to man on the running back and realizes what's happening late and if 75 is just any flatter and if the receiver comes inside anymore I think they've got a chance for a really good place I get a lot of pressure on the ball I appreciate the design I like what he's trying to do it's a low risk play you're not going to take a sack and get yourself out of field goal position it shouldn't be a turnover that ruins a potential scoring drive right and all things that I think are possible. It's almost like the players matter the talent level actually that I can attest yes absolutely so here it is a little bit later same game third and short now again kind of that high red zone area.

39:47Okay this I think is a well designed screen okay he's they're just simply going to take the one and they're going to all slide to the left and this right tackles going to step down he's going to go leak out for whatever threat is running back is going to step up like he's blocking and slip out to the flat. And by formation you draw as many defenders as you can and if you go to the end zone copy of this and you draw it you know draw a line right down the quarterback right you have majority of the defense to the field which is what you want you just need this guy to be pass rush or aggressively happy you got a receiver out there to block the corner you have one guy to go block the remaining defender and as long as this guy. Does it chase it down you've really got a chance for a good place there it is step up show it leak it out get it to him there it is well executed go back to the wide copy let you see it one more time again very simple design all about getting the ball in space to playmakers.

40:55But the design of it I find just to be so simple yet clearly called at the right time they take the outside receiver and they go crack this linebacker we talk about take to make him think you're running around so that corner actually chases him in man if the corner backs off and play zone they're going to block him and run on the safety because the corner chases the offense of lineman can actually go block the safety and it helps generate the big the big. So I'm going to play one more look at it you can see there there's the chase by the corner out of position go block one guy get an explosive and good situation right there okay so now I'm going to switch I'm going to take us to East Carolina's game versus BYU earlier in the season here again talk about out man offense of line really struggled and the reality is the quarterback has to absolutely awful turnovers in this game.

41:55And if it weren't for those for those turnovers they might have had a chance to to be really competitive and kind of stay in it. But but they move the ball move the ball move the ball and then just that there was a pick six one time when they were backed up in their own in zone and there's one time when they're going in and they throw an interception as well okay but again just looking at some of the things. Alright they start out here interesting formation design again very simple for the quarterback I believe this is a second and 10 you got receivers out wide to the boundary you've got two guys to the field they're going to motion the tight end out and they're going to build numbers to throw a screen to this out or most player this is actually something that Charlie wise and Ole Miss did last year I don't recall what game but I remember them line it up very similar putting the ball into the boundary. Now we're going to have a look at how they're going to be doing in the boundary, motioning out and trying to find numbers to throw him the football okay if they get man to man if they get an over reaction to the motion and they're outnumber to the screen you can see down here at the bottom he's got easy slant routes that he can pull up and throw versus man to man but here he feels like he's got the matchup got the numbers easy completion right there.

43:07You got the first and 10 so now you're talking about I think I said second down but it's actually first and 10 and now you're looking at like a second and five second and then you can see that. Second down and then you can see that the game is going to be a second and six very favorable information or position to be in okay skipping forward again okay going back to some of the easy ways that he gets the quarterback involved in the run game formation into the boundary both receivers tight end everybody into the boundary they're going to motion everybody across try and get the defense to adjust okay very similar scheme to what I showed you last time okay but here instead of pulling one guy pulling just the back they're actually going to pull to they're going to get the tight end out is going to go lead they've got an outside receiver tail backs run in the toss path we saw this a ton we saw some last year also saw this a good bit with Jackson dark when he was at Ole Miss where they're now going to pull garden tackle back the other way quarterback is just simply doing the math identifying his read key and evaluating his reaction okay read key expands keep football

44:13get north and south right now keep the drive moving solid design things we've seen in Oxford for several years now things that are not going away now I'm going to run this one all the way back okay third and two backed up probably want to play a little bit safe right here they start out by showing a 12 p formation meaning they have two tight ends one running back in the formation it's a personal grouping it's a formation that is typically getting a signify to it defense here's something downhill something physical third and two the situation so many things tell you we're probably about to get something kind of hits you in the mouth now soon as they let the defense get set let him make their checks let him do all the things I want to do now I'm going to shift out of it and I'm going to take them all the way to an empty personnel okay you've now taken a defense that has taken three defenders out here including two linebackers there is no second level to the defense now

45:14okay very similar to the scheme that I showed you a minute ago you've got a screen out here if the numbers dictate for the screen I'm going to take the screen instead it's man to man it's the same situation we talked about with the first clip from this game I like the screen take it if it's man to man I don't like it I'm going to work work my passing game here he probably very much regrets not taking his inside receiver he takes the outside receiver oh wow the match up was there hits him in the chest but I mean look Lord if he throws the slot he might he might still be home yeah it's it's a big play yeah it gets you to midfield and that slot was rightfully frustrated after because he he did a great job but again in the simple design simple read for the quarterback and now let's talk about the Ole Miss quarterback because if that's Trinidad Chambers right there quarterback you have to be very worried about quarterback run game as well so you have again you you've gotten the defense into a very

46:14unfavorable look you've given the quarterback a very easy read right there and if he just throws that inside slant it's absolutely a first down good design it's it stresses the defense without being over complicated for the offense and in so many ways that is what good design is about okay I get going back all right same play different flavor we've now seen them run that screen to the running back two different times out of empty with back side slants same play different flavor again start in one formation put trips into the boundary get them to adjust their coverage here comes the nickel okay you bury him into the boundary by formation now they're going to motion across that affects what they can realistically do from a coverage check standpoint because they've declared that they're nickel with the passing strength so it's going to affect the coverage structure here comes the motion across he just identified it's man to man that nickel's running with the slot I'm about to get some type of cover three or cover one it's man to man right here

47:24okay it looks like it's going to be cover one at least to the field so now same thing they can throw the swing to the running back into the boundary or they can throw the slot to the field versus the man to man he sees man to man so he pulls up throws the slot this time and gets the outside receiver again this is first and 10 back up on the 13 yard line doesn't hit his head on the wall gives his quarterback a very easy read and converts it for a first down on the first play of the drive very very effective okay I another example given the quarterback an easy man indicator they're going to start with their slot in the backfield and they're going to motion him out okay he's going to start one way and he's going to cut back the other direction okay and what they're going to do right here is they're going to run just a simple outside zone scheme and he's going to use that other player as his RPO he's going to read the outside defender if that outside defender were to squeeze he's going to quarterback is going to pull it with the chance to either throw the ball here to the receiver on the screen or run the ball

48:40okay again quarterback knows it's man to man he's watching 22 there's my guy steps up 22 is running with him I know it's in demand what's my end man on the line of the line is going to be simple build the math for the for the offense of one give the quarterback a very easy picture if these guys were to spill an attack or squeeze an attack quarterback is going to get off and give it to his guy right here and let him go out run the man and then the defender that's having to chase him across instead gets into a favorable situation in the run game absolutely turns into an explosive solid design clear understanding by the offense of what they're trying to execute okay only a couple more from here I this is just one that I'm excited to see an Oxford I don't think it's one we've seen a lot of I think it's one we could potentially get more of known as a dash concept we've highlighted other teams that run it most often there's some type of a single receiver route into the balance if it's soft coverage he's going to run a hitch or speed out if it's press coverage he's going to run vertical everybody on the offensive line is going to slide that way the tight end is going to set a pick and screen and try to build the wall back inside running back is going to come across the formation into the flat quarterback is going to look first to the boundary and if he doesn't like it right away as quick game he's going to get out of the pocket in bootleg or sprint out into some type of a two man variation

50:05a lot of teams will run like a comeback with a corner or they'll run like a vertical with an outright a deep out route by the slot okay again trying to give the quarterback as many favorable situations as he can quarterbacks going drop look to the boundary doesn't like it gets out of there right now they run this little curl switch concept so the outside receiver is going to go curl up here he's going to make it look like a wheel route curl up there running backs in the flat typically you're going to read this inside out with the running back being your your kind of check down in case you get blitz or something like that again easy read for the quarterback get out there he's almost laid on the throw but simple design move the sticks keep the chains moving and then one of the things that we have seen a ton of over the past several years with the the Charlie Weiss offense and they were certainly doing this when when Baker was still an Oxford is getting into variations of climb routes where you were going to take one player and send him vertical typically on a post bring another player to replace it with the deep

51:19over out and then layer something underneath as a check down okay and I don't recall which way they run this one but again use the eye candy use the motion try to give a coverage indicator for the quarterback there's the seven man protection right there so they're going to take this this receiver from the boundary you can see he's running the post all he's trying to do is clear everything out here comes the guy from the field running this deep over out there it is well layer ball we can lead made a career for himself and I can't be a career for himself and Oxford on this type of concept right and and obviously he's he's not there to run it anymore but there are plenty guys on that roster that I'm sure can but you're going to see these type of shots continue to be layered into and part of this Ole Miss offense and so I think Ole Miss fans should be excited that there's going to be continuity that the offense is in a lot of regards is going to look very familiar but the kind of flip side of it is that they're also going to see some new wrinkles from the from this Ole Miss offense and hopefully they're able to execute it at a high level kind of flipping the page now right there is is Ole Miss defense that Ole Miss staff appears to have a lot of confidence

52:31and there's a lot of talk about the talent and the depth in the front and then there's been some talk about you know guys developing on the back end and the linebacker crew certainly has a lot of experience not necessarily an Oxford but they have a lot of experience and I think that they should like some of their depth on the second level of that defense and Golding mentioned it one of his press conferences earlier this week that this little offense does a good job of stressing you as a defense and in some way some regards similar fashion to the offense we just watched they're going to use a lot of motion and they're going to do a lot of things to make you communicate try and make sure everybody's on the same page and we talk about that a lot with defense about the ability to communicate and all be kind of tied in together but it is absolutely crucial early in the season that you're prepared and that you don't have these mistakes so you know if I run this one all the way back to the beginning you're going to see Louisville starts this game against Miami

53:32and I part of the reason I chose this game is this is a Miami defense that Ole Miss fan should be familiar with you you've seen this defense right so they're going to start they're going to present an unbalanced formation and then they're going to shift out of it and they're actually going to start the game by shifting into a wild cat and they're going to start by giving you Mr. Reaction and so you're talking about you know again if you're getting this type of stuff from this offense early in the season you're talking about okay let's get our call make our check now they just shifted entirely all right what's our check now are we going to communicate are we going to be disciplined in our job and now here they come out with misdirection try to fool the defense don't get a whole lot out of it right but it's more about the presentation the fact and the idea that they're going to stress you with these types of shifts and motions and then your communication as an offense is going to have to be on par very next snap they're going to come out and they're going to get you into an empty formation okay they're going to use motion to bring the running back back into again give the quarterback an indicator of what type of coverage he's getting right now

54:41they make the secondary commit they do a fantastic job layering in easy throws and quick game for their quarterback and they do it through two ways you were going to see a ton of balls that are thrown in this intermediate area this little snag area that you'll hear me talk about a lot and you're going to see them throw a lot of shallow and like underneath crossing routes and that's one of the things that you're going to have to really be looking for if you're if you're the Ole Miss defense so here they go from this empty formation into a four by one you've got three receivers to the right of the offense the tail back is to the right of the offense they're going to take these outside receivers and they're going to put them in a little post-will combination to try and lift that part of the defense clear them get them to vacate out of that space you want the flat defender to run with that will and even if he doesn't carry it deep to at least expand with the will when it looks like his flat has been threatened now you create an easy horizontal stretch for the tight end who's the most intermost receiver and the running back is he releases to the flat again very simple read for the quarterback if he doesn't like his numbers

55:51he has some type of a backside route to give him release so here you see tight end steps up he's just going to wrap right around that linebacker quarterback likes the man to man match up so he just takes the slant to the backside and they go from a second and nine to an easy first and 10 in the game for them a lot of it is going to be what you know how well is the quarterback picked up the offense but the reality is they do a really good job I think of making the offense very manageable for their quarterback and so I don't think that you know I don't think you're going to expect a lot of inconsistent quarterback play I don't think he's going to be completely off page and not tuned into what they're trying to do offensively because again they do such a good job of layering similar concepts for the quarterback. They're so excited about that kid I mean he's probably one of the most highly recruited players out of the status out of the state of South Dakota ever went to Ohio state.

56:54I mean in this era of transfer portal nobody stays in a place very long nope ends up it ends up at Louisville and I mean they're pretty pumped about him we'll see what happens and I think they're going to have they're going to have to keep him up right Yeah I think they're bigger concern than the quarterback is the offensive front of his line I fully agree and so the way they're going to do it the way they're going to protect him and keep him up right or quick game throws like the one I just showed you and things like the one I'm going to show you right now if there's if you're sitting in the stands on Monday or you're sitting on your couch with your wife on Sunday night I said Monday on Sunday night and you see them take splits and reduce them down and put those receivers close to the line of scrimmage you can try to look impressive by say and watch the crosser because more often than not this guy is going to work some type of an underneath route in this offense they have a lot of different ways they can do it here they're going to push these guys on something that's a little bit more down the field and for the quarterback it's a pretty simple read do I do I have the advantage over here from a numbers or matchup standpoint if I do I deal with football if not I'm going to come back underneath and I'm going to find my crosser as he runs away from underneath coverage and you can see here

58:11that as he releases on the shallow they're manda man on him but the corner is going to run into the linebacker that's manda man on the tight end so when the tight end steps out to protect and help in the protection in the linebacker steps out he's going to run right in front of him and create the natural pick for himself. There's the little rub easy read for the quarterback recognize what you're getting coverage wise there's the pressure there's the manda man find your manda man answer first and 10 turns into a long explosive touchdown play can not get any easier for the quarterback simple design good execution six man seven man protect with the tight end chip and the nice little nuance in the shallow route to kind of get himself a little bit of a rub off of that linebacker again very effective very simple in the quarterback and also protect your offensive line because I mean you watch it he does not have to hold on to this football very long and we know that that was a quality pass rush for Miami last year.

59:24Yeah, but he's able to get it out of the ball quickly or get it out of his hands quickly moving on a little bit later in the game. Okay, they're going to try to do they're going to try to do things that you know they're going to RPO very similar to how little miss will do if you don't match the box and you don't fit the box the tail back Isaac Brown will make you pay. Okay, simple math right here for the quarterback. Pre snap I've got six guys to block six guys. Well, I went backwards I'm sorry I thought I went to the next one I got six to block six defense is going to bring a seventh defender from somewhere but they like their running back in space. They handle the six guys in the box. He makes the first guy miss then the second guy miss and turns it into a big game right the kid the kid is explosive the kid is elusive he can make you miss in space he can make you miss in the box he runs hard.

1:00:25Getting him on the ground is going to be absolutely imperative for this Ole Miss defense against Louisville. Giving you just kind of a another example here. Okay of an easy throw and catch very similar to the one that we saw earlier in the game now instead of building the trips formation they're going to start into by two they're going to motion the trips. They're going to clear it out with this guy same stick route we saw earlier he now becomes the flat player. Still get a concept on the backside running back can release of the protection allows him to again very simple for the quarterback. Let him get the coverage there it is easy throw and catch they just vacate the middle of the field entirely. There it is that's a first and 10 converts moves the sticks 11 yard game again very simple for the quarterback. They're going to put him in good situations as much as they can.

1:01:27One of the things that Pete Goldin talked about when he talked about the live game scrimmage or the game whatever scrimmage or whatever they call it game day situation that they had last weekend was that there were some long runs right and he talked about the stretch play and Louisville's ability in the stretch play and they do a good job and I've got three dialed up in a row here to show you if they can be effective at all up front. Again it does not take much for number one to find space. I don't think he has a lead speed but he is not slow by any means and you can see here they give him space Miami has the free hitter they have the defender there to make the play. He gets a little bit of a dag leg the running backs able to separate making a positive game going forward going to a little bit later down the road very similar deal now four wide situation. They just recognize man covered they go run those guys off and block him again if you don't fit it right.

1:02:28He will make you miss and he can absolutely turn it into a big play it does not take much for him to get loose so when you say fit it right for people like me who don't always necessarily know what that means is that me number one right there for Miami doesn't he kind of runs himself out of the play. Well so right there they've got a little stunt going I think what's happening here is they're going to slant him and they're trying to bring 31 here. One has the running back in man to man coverage so when the ball snapped he jumps this way because if he goes to the flat he's got to try to get there. Yeah okay yeah so part of this is this is a great call against the wrong call defensively so as it develops right you need a hat and every gap so you talk about here's a gap between the tackle and the flexed out tight and our wide receiver. So you've got a gap here a gap right there be gap. Yep see gap so what happens is they end up gap deficient on the front side of the run if we pause it here because of the stunt and

1:03:36because number one is trying to get over to play man to man right there they now have nobody in a gap or be gap essentially so it just opens up a massive hole and if you go back to the wide copy both safety are man to man on these receivers so when they push them vertical and their eyes are on those receivers that they have to guard them. So their eyes are not in the backfield so that they can react to the the run play so because of that and because the receiver just go press them vertical right now you can see the balls the ball is getting to the line of scrimmage right now and those two guys they're still a man to man coverage. And they don't realize until the ball is 10 yards down field so part of it is just a lack of gap integrity right there by the defense and I don't know you know I don't know what down in distance it is but I'm safe we see it right here it's a third and 10 and they choose to run the football they get a full blitz pass rush coverage look from the defense and they run the football and they're able to pop it for an explosive play right there.

1:04:48Alright I just here's another example again another stretch play very simple hand it off if you don't have enough guys there it'll make you miss and so if you look at it from the end zone. When this play starts now kind of pauses it gets going. There's another stunt by my amy so 31 is stunning himself out of position which allows him to get reached so the center does a good job on the nose. I guess yeah yeah the guard is able to pin the backer because the kind of flaw in his technique zero cannot be right. Tied in washes the defensive end out he's got contain if zero goes outside I turn him out the ball cuts inside if zero goes inside I turn him in the ball goes outside as a defender you have to always know where your help is and so if I go back to the wide copy of this. You see zero takes it on outside because he's expecting all of his help to come from the inside if there were a quarter safety sitting out here he would probably fit it inside and turn it to that safety let the ball spill to the free hitter well there is no free hitter there in a cover one look right here that free safety's deep you're not asking him to get involved immediately in the run game so here when the safety fits it on the outside and takes on this offensive lineman right there.

1:06:16There he's relying on these guys flowing back down the line to make the play in Louisville is able to cut it off right there and there's there's the explosive yeah. Again I told you we're almost done but I told you when we see condensed splits when we see those receivers start getting typed at the formation crossing routes shallow routes trigger trigger trigger alert them all those are things that at times in the past two years have been a problem for the Ole Miss defense okay so here it is there's a little mesh concept so this is a second and 11 second and 12 so they're going to bring both of these outside receivers are going to come up and underneath they're looking to basically set a rub for whichever player to the bound from the other side is running the shallow route they're going to get the running back out of there he's the first read in the progression the shallow route is the second read in the progression and then he's going to have one of these guys if not both these guys are going to be looking to sit in space versus zone as this guy runs his route if it's man to man he's going to continue running try to catch it on the run and turn up the sidelines if he

1:07:28recognizes zone he's going to try to go find the window and sit in it before he runs himself into a flat defender who's sitting out there just ready to knock his head off okay so here you see from up top there go both shallow routes looking to set the pick running backs out you see it draws two defenders quarterback come underneath find my shallow if this guy was covered he could have worked right here to this little OTV and he would have been open for arguably even a bigger gain okay but again you're getting the ball to an athlete in space so you go from a second and 11 here comes the condensed splits here's the shallow he throws a two yard pass kids able to turn up field and now you go to a third and three third and four instead of a third and long situation again making it manageable for the quarterback very next play here they are they're condensed again here comes another variation of a shallow or mesh constept okay there it is right there this is actually what's called a drive concept okay so quarterback cam work the post wheel

1:08:34if he gets man to man he's probably working the post wheel okay if he doesn't the tight end is going to work this dig route he's got the ability to curl up and settle in any window that he sees outside receiver is going to run the shallow route running back is probably check release he's a part of the protection if nobody comes will get out in the flat for the quarterback if I get interior pressure I have an easy hot route in my face that I can give the football to right now if those guys drop out if they drop back and then take the shallow away that's opening up space behind them to layer the ball behind them to the dig route so here he gets interior pressure he gives him the ball right now before we work himself into trouble and again the throw couldn't get much easier the read could not get that much easier for the quarterback but gave it to an explosive player in space who understands his job gets up field and now on a third and three turns it into a four or 37 yard touchdown

1:09:41yeah that's that's two plays in the game we're in the box score it looks like big long passes and actually it's just a quick little three four yard throw and he takes off yep and all he's got to see is here comes the interior pressure and I just can't throw my guy into danger so there's the pressure he fills it all right he fills this guy dropping out so now he's looking for a shallow route already boom put it on him right now yep get up field the receiver does a good job of settling down and not getting his head taken off well executed again later in the same game what do you notice condensed splits where's the crossing route coming from it's not a guarantee but it's likely there it is right there again that's a first and 10 gets him into a second and two second and three again very simple progression for the quarterback very easy read easy throw and catch and again the big thing is you notice about these throws they're out of his hand before he gets in the back of his hand before a really damn good Miami pass rush could affect him so the question is can the can the Ole Miss defense generate pass rush against what may be a not great offensive one and can they get the quarterback off of the spot now the one thing that I didn't take the time to show you tonight that I made sure I want to mention if you get this offense and third and long screen screen screen screen screen screen screen

1:11:09especially if they don't trust their past protection expect heavy screens there were tons of them in this game and in other games that I looked at so hopefully as a fan that gives you plenty of things to look at on Sunday night hopefully as media it gives you things to look at and write about Sunday night and Monday morning 100% now I'll be I'll be watching when Louisville's in tight things I'll be here comes the cross when it happens people had you know that I'll say your wife will think you're a genius I mean I'm sure she already does but she will she will be the last person who will I'll have to tell anybody but her she'll be back at the she'll be back at the hotel probably watching something completely different but no that's out people last had you know that I said well I watch Pete's Picks Kim preview that's how I do and and sometimes he gets to write he gets it right a lot you you know no joke there've been I mean in all seriousness over the years it has there've been times when the Georgia games really stick out of my mind when they do things and I'm like oh I or I literally could see something

1:12:25coming here here comes this it's you know when you when you study the game when you don't just watch the game and you study the game and you're I've been doing it for so long I I understand what teams are trying to accomplish and in all of those things it's hard sometimes to understand of why do they why do the players on the field struggle with it if I can sit here as a nobody in sitting in my house in Georgia right now and I can tell it to you and you can sit in the stands and say oh here comes this one of the players not see it why do they not get it and and so that is kind of one thing that I do like the rate at which you have to communicate recognize and process on the field is a completely different environment than me sitting here studying film after the fact or even me sitting in the stands or all my couches honestly because I don't go to games very often and seeing something and having a feeling you know what's coming yeah you talk as a defense in the great ones I mean you look at Luke

1:13:31Kekeley and you watch all the videos about him prior to getting into the hall of fame this past year in the NFL like his ability to diagnose and recognize before things happen was absolutely elite right there's not a million of those and and so what you hope is with some of the veteran presence that Ole Miss has brought into this defense that you have guys that have played the not a football that have that are grinders in the film room and can recognize and communicate because players absolutely make a difference but sometimes it's about the mental acumen of the player just as much as anything out when especially in my mind when it comes to elite quarterback play and elite defensive play. It's one of the interesting things Sharif Denson was talking about this this week former Florida defensive back now at Ole Miss and he was talking about learning peak holding system and that one of the things gold and tried to teach was the why they're doing something not just that hey do this but here's why we're doing this this is what we're

1:14:32attempting to do this is the this is the objective and. I mean Pete always talks about wanting guys who love football because that's important because. Obviously there's a lot to it there's more to it than just run fast jump high hit hard and that's part of it but you do have to have people that love the strategic part of it and love learning what it is that you're trying to do and why it is that you're trying to do it because you're going to go up against. Really high level offensive minds right over the course of a season. In the next few weeks I mean Jeff Brahms no matter what you think of him Lane Kiff and Charlie Wise you know on and on you're going to go up against. Talented really smart people who have. Yeah and plans absolutely and the run is not going to stop there you're going to continue to see it and and to get to get where you want. As as this Ole Miss season you know starts to unfold like to their goal I'm sure is set by last year's standard right and to reach those heights you know it's you're going to continue to see a lead offensive minds and and that's that's the other thing too and I think that.

1:15:49You know my Kilton is one of my favorite Ole Miss football players ever Georgia kid Sandy Creek high school south of Atlanta. Mike Hilton from a physical stature standpoint may not have belonged in the SEC or the NFL for as long as he did but he was a relentless football player that loved football and his mental acumen was outstanding and I remember. I remember talking to then assistant coach Matt Luke. About Mike Hilton when Matt was here recruiting at one time and just talking about guys on the roster and guys out of Georgia they had signed and I remember talking about him and he was like that kid just gets it. You know and that that matters so much and you know when you play the scheme that Ole Miss plays defensively they don't just lock their corners up and let the safeties go be free and play football they ask a lot out of those guys on the back end.

1:16:54And so absolutely I think having that that passion not just for the game for knowledge and understanding of the game and I think that's why when you think about it over the past couple of years. There have been some players in the secondary that as the middle part of the season is started to really kind of play out you've seen get better and better and grow in the defense is because they're guys that might have arrived on campus a little bit later and it took that time for them to fully understand it. And then it kind of unlocks and helps them maximize what what they can be so obviously the hobby is to play an elite level that you can get there sooner than later. People will get mad at me if I don't ask you this how do you see this when I sort of playing out Sunday night. I mean I. It's the first game of a season you got 90 new guys on the two rosters I have a hard time believing that Ole Miss is going to go play poorly. I've read just enough to tell me that they have some concerns about their offensive one I know enough to know that they're having to replace some guys I also know enough to know that they're going to be a well coach football team.

1:18:06There are two defensive coordinators co coordinators one is Mark Ivy I knew Mark Ivy when he was a high school coach and I coached against him when I was in Naples Florida and you know and Ivy's going on and went back to App State and was at App State for a long time and has now been at Louisville for several years and and Mark knows football and he is a fiery passion you go Google his name right now there's picture out of there a few years ago I think with him headbutted some guys for the nose is bleeding right and so those guys they're going to be well. Coach they're going to play hard it's going to be an intense football game it's going to be about the team that can limit the most mistakes and possess the football and I think Ole Miss has it in them to be that football team they just have to go do it. We will be back next week we'll look at me realistically we're going to start two weeks of LSU discussion I mean for being honest but we will talk about I got a lot say about Charlotte. We will talk about Charlotte the 49ers coming to town to Oxford next Saturday I think that games at 630 as well.

1:19:13I don't remember the exact time and stuff we'll figure it out we'll we'll have that to you by this time next week so Ole Miss and Louisville from Nashville on Sunday put this in podcast for don't forget grab you some recover 180 sports hydration it's going to be hot. Long day of partying on our Broadway for some of you mix a couple of those in you'll be you'll be thankful you'll you'll be on your way back to Mississippi going man glad I listen to Neil. I got me some recover 180 sports hydration so for Pete de Wees I'm Neumel Crady that does it for this edition of Pete Spixkin preview be back next week for Charlotte at Ole Miss until then have a great weekend take care.